

PROGRAMME-SHEET
PO26-Appui à l’intégration de Madagascar au Système Commercial International

Status | [ From 2018-08-31] |
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Region | Indian Ocean |
Project type | National |
Sector |
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Country | Madagascar |
Applicant | Ministère du Commerce et de la Consommation (Madagascar) |
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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.