The support programme contributed to the sustainable economic development of the Republic of Madagascar through support for better integration of the country into the global trading system.

Three-fold purposes: Operationalization of the national export strategy, including the commercial opportunities offered by the EPA; Support to the development and harmonization of trade agreements and legal texts; Support for the operationalization of the National Committee for International Trade Negotiations.

Three-fold outputs: The Support Programme contributed to:

• A market access mapping that was developed along with an action plan for the implementation of the National Export Strategy;
• Legal texts were updated and harmonised in line with international trade requirements;
• Trade negotiation capacities of the key beneficiaries strengthened.
• Intervention areas:
• Market access mapping and preparation of the National Export Strategy action plan;

EPA implementation roadmap;

• Legal texts revision and harmonisation;
• Capacity building on trade negotiation;
• Support to the operationalisation of National Committee for International Trade Negotiations.

Purpose 1 – Operationalization of the national export strategy, including the commercial opportunities offered by the EPA

• Market Export cartography prepared;
• Operational audit of the single export source and proposals for concrete measures in its optimisation carried out;
• Study of the penetration of the export market of Malagasy goods and services undertaken;
• Training modules – Training on Market Penetration; mapping of priority markets in Madagascar prepared and related trainings undertaken;
• Action plan for EPA implementation prepared.

Purpose 2 - Support to the development and harmonization of trade agreements and legal texts

• Document: Anti-dumping regulation project prepared;
• Document: Anti-subsidies regulations prepared;
• Draft Regulation on Safeguards prepared;
• Observation note on regulatory projects prepared;
• Questionnaire for Independent Importers circulated to key stakeholders and feedbacks obtained;
• Survey questionnaire for the implementation of anti-dumping measures circulated to key stakeholders and feedbacks obtained;
• Survey questionnaire for the implementation of anti-subsidies measures for states circulated to key stakeholders and feedbacks obtained;
• Survey questionnaire for the implementation of anti-subsidies measures circulated to key stakeholders and feedbacks obtained;
• Survey questionnaire for the implementation of safeguard measures circulated to key stakeholders and feedbacks obtained;
• Legal Instruments – Trade remedy measures (set of documents) prepared.

Purpose 3 - Support for the operationalization of the National Committee for International Trade Negotiations.

• Training Modules on the International Negotiations prepared;
• Database of bilateral agreements created;
• Report - Madagascar's bilateral trade agreements and their interactions with multilateral (WTO) and regional (EPA, SADC, COMESA) commitments prepared;
• Note on the scenarios used in the TRIST analysis to evaluate the impact of the CFTA on Madagascar prepared.