

PROGRAMME-SHEET
PO17-Renforcement des capacités commerciales du Sénégal: Facilitation des échanges, accès au marché et mesures de défense commerciale

Status | [ From 2017-10-02] |
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Region | Western Africa |
Project type | National |
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Country | Senegal |
Applicant | Direction du Commerce Extérieur (Senegal) |
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The support programme aimed at strengthening Senegal's commercial capacities in the field of Trade Facilitation, Market Access and Trade Defence Measures.
Four-fold outputs: The Support Programme contributed to:
- The Trade Facilitation Agreement implemented;
- Assessment study on fishery subsides and WTO negotiation positions elaborated;
- A better understanding and use of the Trade defence instruments at the regional and multilateral levels and a strategy to better implement the trade defensive measures was elaborated;
- The offers notified to the WTO as part of the services waiver were studied and popularized with a view to optimal implementation by Senegal.
Intervention areas:
- Effective implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement;
- Action plan and training for key public actors on Trade Facilitation Agreement and Sanitary and Phytosanitary customs procedures;
- Comprehensive analysis of fisheries subsidies and recommendations for Senegal to adjust to WTO rules and policies;
- A benchmarking study on the use of trade defence instruments, recommendations for updating the regulatory framework, design of a warning system;
- Sensitization workshop on the Use of Trade Defence Instruments;
- A study and sensitization workshop to assist Senegal in making the best possible use of the WTO Services waiver for LDCs.
Purpose 1 –Implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in Senegal
- Study on the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation - The Impact on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Control Procedures and Conformity Assessment of Senegal undertaken;
- Training modules on trade facilitation and its effective implementation prepared;
- Training Report Study on Trade Facilitation Agreement implementation in Senegal prepared;
- Training at a national level to share the study on TFA successfully undertaken;
- Action Plan on Barriers to Trade submitted and approved by the respective authorities.
Purpose 2 - Fishery Subsidies Analysis and Senegal's Adjustment to the Rules and Policies of the WTO
- Study on Fishery Subsidies in Senegal undertaken;
- Restitution Workshop on the study on fishery subsidies material Study on fishery subsidies in Senegal successfully held;
- Material of the restitution workshop prepared and circulated to the key stakeholders;
- Report of workshop on the harmonization of Senegal’s negotiations positions on grants for fisheries prepared.
Purpose 3 -Optimization of the use of trade defence instruments by Senegal
- Report: Mechanism of trade alert for Senegal prepared;
- Report: Training program to consolidate the capacity to manage Senegal’s business defence instruments procedures prepared;
- Workshop materials prepared and circulated to the key stakeholders;
- Study on anti-dumping legislation for Senegal undertaken;
- Draft anti-subsidy legislation for Senegal prepared and submitted to the respective authorities;
- Draft Safeguards legislation for Senegal prepared and submitted to the authorities;
- Terms of reference of the benchmarking mission on trade defence measures prepared;
- Report of the restitution workshop of the benchmarking study prepared.
Purpose 4 -Implementation of the Least Developed Countries services waiver in the WTO
- Analytical study on selected service sectors of Senegal undertaken;
- Analytical Report on tenders notified to the WTO under the services derogation prepared;
- Material of the restitution workshop on the subject prepared;
- Negotiations positions at WTO for Senegal prepared and submitted to the respective authorities.
Programme funded by European Union at the request of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States - Implemented by AESA CONSORTIUM