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FTAA.sme/inf/105/Rev.4
October 27, 2003
Original: English - Spanish
Translation: non FTAA Secretariat
FTAA - CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON SMALLER ECONOMIES
TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE
NEW MATRIX OF PROJECT PROFILES
Background
The Hemispheric Cooperation Program (HCP) was presented and approved at
the Quito Ministerial Meeting, November 2002,; its objective is to
“strengthen the capacities of those countries seeking assistance to
participate in the negotiations, to implement their trade commitments,
and to address the challenges of the hemispheric integration and to
maximize the benefits of it, including productive capacity and
competitiveness in the region.” (Ministerial Declaration, Quito,
Ecuador, paragraph 18, November 1, 2002).
The HCP establishes a mechanism to receive, disseminate, evaluate and
consider possible financing or technical assistance to specific projects
submitted by the FTAA countries, groups of countries or negotiating
groups (FTAA.sme/08/Rev.1, October 18, 2002). This mechanism adopted the
form of a Project Profile Matrix which summarizes the main
characteristics of the projects submitted by the countries in the format
agreed by the Consultative Group of Smaller Economies (CGSE). The Matrix
has been modified and updated on several occasions according to the
changing countries needs, suggestions by the countries to give more
clarity to the tool, as well as the inclusion of new profiles sent by
countries.
Objective
The Project Profile Matrix has been conceived as a versatile finding
tool, through which countries and donors would be able to identify and
evaluate immediately the specific needs of countries and groups of
countries, the status of the response to those needs, the kind of
technical assistance required, as well as the ad-hoc cooperation given
by the Tripartite Committee institutions.
Methodology
The countries and/or group of countries identify and shape their needs
for assistance in the Format of Project Profiles (FTAA.sme/05) and send
them to the Negotiating Group or to the CGSE, as the country and/or the
group of countries determines. If the profile is sent to a Negotiating
Group it is then later sent to the CGSE. Once it has been sent to the
CGSE and the Administrative Secretariat for translation and
distribution, the latter sends it to all the participating delegations
of the CGSE and to the Tripartite Committee to incorporate it into the
Project Profile Matrix.
The Tripartite Committee continuously up dates the Matrix with the
information provided by the countries or group of countries. The matrix
also includes the information sent by the countries that offer
cooperation. Thus the corresponding column shows the activities
undertaken within the framework of the project or specific needs.
Structure
The present version of the Project Profile Matrix incorporates the
suggestions and agreements of the CGSE during their XXI Meeting (Puebla,
Mexico 16-17 June, 2003) and ratified during their XXII Meeting (Puebla,
September 3-5). The Matrix consists of four sections: 1) Projects
Submitted; 2) Executed Projects or in execution; 3) Ad hoc cooperation
granted by the Tripartite Committee; 4) Studies.
The section of Projects Submitted includes the project profiles that at
the moment of its incorporation into the matrix or the updated version
have not received technical assistance. The Projects have been marked
with an asterisk when their senders have indicated that those projects
require immediate attention
The second section of the Matrix includes the Executed Projects that
have received technical assistance or financing and their status are
either executed or in execution. This information allows countries and
donors to know the progress of the cooperation, and the themes and
sectors assisted; therefore it facilitates the identification of new
areas of technical assistance as well as the necessity of continuing
some programs, projects and cooperative actions.
The ad hoc Cooperation section responds to the purpose of maintaining
informed interested parts about the actions that have been carried out
by the institutions of the Tripartite Committee (IDB, ECLAC, OAS) which
respond to the different technical assistance and financial needs
submitted in the framework of the FTAA.
Finally, the Studies section includes a list of documents, research
papers, technical information and proposals solicited to the Tripartite
Committee, which have been grouped under the common denominator of
Studies. This enumeration allows a quick distinction between this kind
of request from that requiring another type of technical assistance.
The information contained in each of the four sections of the matrix is
organized by columns. In the sections of Projects Presented, Executed
Projects and Studies, each project profile contains eight columns. The
first refers to the –theme or sector– the sequence follow the chapter
ordering proposed by the Technical Committee on Institutional Issues of FTAA, and the
incorporation of the civil society theme, electronic commerce as well as others; this
last includes all those projects that do not correspond with a specific subject or
comprise various subjects. The second column –classification– corresponds with
the classification project or study within the FTAA; its function is to facilitate the
location of profiles and their identification by the group who sent it.
A third column –Countries/ Group of Countries– identifies the senders of
the project, as well as its institutional contact, following by the
–Title– of the project in the fourth column, such as it appears in the
profile sent to the CGSE. The fifth column –Objectives– identifies the
more general objectives contained in the project, while the sixth column
–Components– lists the specific needs of cooperation be it financing,
technical, etc. A seventh column describes the –Expected Results– of the
cooperation whereas the eighth and final column, –State of Cooperation,
Column only included in the divisions of Executed Projects and Studies–
informs about the state of technical assistance and financing responses.
At the moment, the last column incorporates only technical assistance
that the donors have sent to be included in determined projects.
With respect to the ad hoc Cooperation section, the information is
grouped in seven columns: a) Organization, identifies the institution
which informs, IDB, ECLAC, or the OAS; b) Area of Cooperation,
identifies the kind of cooperation: financial, technical or other; c)
Description of the Cooperation, if it is a program, project or a
specific activity; d) Objectives of the Cooperation; e) Offered to
governments, private sector, or others; f) Period, means the period of
time in which the cooperation is or was given; g) the Contact, the
beneficiaries and/or the participating institution.
The present status of the Matrix of Project Profile is presented in the
following part of this document, according to the information received
until October 10th, 2003.
| 1. Projects
Presented |
| Theme or sector |
Classification |
Country/
Group of Countries |
Title |
Objective |
Components |
Expected Results |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/113
* |
Paraguay |
Technical and financial assistance for customs services. |
- To modernize and strengthen the capacities of the General Directorate of
Customs. |
- Experts
- Training of DGA technicians and international negotiators.
- Provide support for participating in international meetings and courses.
- Provide support for publishing texts for distribution.
- Acquisition of equipment and materials
|
- To respond in a timely and efficient manner to the requirements of
senior levels of government. |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/116 |
Grenada |
Facilitating trade through support to Metrology Services. |
- To set up and operate a calibration system reliable and traceable to
national or international standards. |
-Financing to hire an expert in metrology, staff support, training; to
acquire equipment and, to construct a laboratory building. |
- A metrology laboratory; primary, secondary and working standards;
equipment and trained metrology staff. |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/118 |
Bahamas |
The strengthening and modernization of the Customs Department and The
Department of Statistics, with regard to trade data. The automation of Ports of Entry to facilitate trade and the
collection of data. |
- To build skills and technical capacity;
- To provide timely trade and tariff data;
- To modernize and computerize the Ports of entry in the Family Islands. |
- Technical assistance (engaging the services of an expert).
- Training courses, seminars and workshop.
- Financial resources. |
- Upgrading of customs facilities and the provision of timely and
accurate trade data.
- Greater understanding of the FTAA rules.
- Strengthening capacity. |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/128 * |
Dominican Republic |
Advice on the Harmonization of Norms (Mutual Recognition
Agreements) |
-Endow the personnel of DICOEX with the necessary capacity for
analysis and implementation so that the country can take advantage of the trade agreements that it has signed.
-Identify the non-tariff barriers. |
- Specialized technical assistance
- Training |
- Improved market access.
- Simplification of bureaucratic procedures. |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/129 * |
Dominican Republic |
Training in the identification of technical barriers to trade |
- Endow the personnel of DICOEX with the necessary capacity for analysis
and implementation so that the country can take advantage of the trade agreements it has signed.
-Identify the non-tariff barriers that exist in the form of procedures, regulations and norms that impede free trade |
- Specialized technical assistance
- Training
- Planning and strategic analysis |
- Improved market access for the country’s exports |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/133 |
Dominican Republic |
Simplification and Automation of Export Processes and Set-up of One-Stop
Windows for Foreign Trade Operation Centers |
- To simplify, centralize, and automate export processes. |
- The sum of DOP 131,000.00 is being requested to purchase furnishings and equipment
for, and remodel, the SIVUCEX Operation Centers. |
- To simplify, centralize, and automate export processes. |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.sme/inf/112 * |
Paraguay |
Strengthening Paraguay’s Negotiating Capacity: Support for the Harmonization
of Agricultural and Trade Policies |
- Modernize and strengthen the institutional capacities and techniques
in order to optimize their contribution to the formulation of policies that promote the sustainable development of the
agricultural sector
|
- Technical Assistance.
- Training.
- Support for participating in meetings.
- Equipment. |
- Qualified personnel and appropriate infrastructure.
- The DGP and the CECII are the main contact point.
- Strengthen and increase their capacity to manage.
- Create information systems. |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.ngag/inf/62 |
Nicaragua |
Training of technicians in aspects of phytosanitary
diagnostics, including modern methodologies and processes for the detection and identification of pests.
|
- Train technicians performing phytosanitary diagnostics in modern
analysis techniques for recognizing and identifying pests. |
- Training expenses for 6 individuals in a North-
or South American laboratory.
- Purchase of equipment and basic reactives. |
- To recognize and identify pests in a maximum period of 8 hours.
- Less costly product.
- Grater reliability.
|
| Agriculture |
FTAA.ngag/inf/63 |
Nicaragua |
Training of Professionals and Technicians in veterinary diagnostics,
and food-borne diseases (FBDs), including modern methodologies and processes to detect and identify FBDs and illnesses
in domestic animals. |
- Train technicians performing zoosanitary diagnostics in modern testing
and identification techniques for animal diseases and food-borne diseases (FBDs). |
- Training facilities for 8 individuals in a North- or South American
laboratory.
- Purchase of equipment and basic reactives. |
- Detection and identification of animal diseases in a period between
8 to 12 hours.
- Disease-free animals and better quality food products. |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.sme/inf/109 * |
Paraguay |
Improvement of Plant Protection in Paraguay in Support
of Agricultural Trade Policy |
- To modernize and strengthen the Plant Protection Division (PPD)
in order to optimize its role and contribute towards the design of policies. |
- Experts for the diagnosis and formulation design of the Ministry
of Agriculture's Plant Protection Policy System.
- Training PPD technicians.
- Provide support for participation in agricultural negotiations and internships.
- Equipment and materials. |
- Count with skilled employees, infrastructures
and equipment at the DDV. |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.sme/inf/140 * |
Dominican Republic |
Strengthening the Sanitary Services System in the
Agricultural Sector of the Dominican Republic |
- Contribute to the strengthening of an efficient
agricultural production platform in the country, under a production scheme that safeguards agri-food
quality and safety |
- A specialist to gather information and determine the
baseline situation.
- Consulting initiatives to develop a “Proposal for a National Sanitary Regulation System for the Agricultural Sector”
- Facilities to train 100 personnel.
- Consultants to design a proposal to harmonize laboratories.; |
- A strengthened official system for sanitary regulation will be in place. This system will have credibility and be institutionally sound.
- A minimum installed capacity will exist in the sector to provide diagnostic and design services, and quality control and certification systems.
- Human resources skills.
|
| Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties |
FTAA.sme/inf/75 * |
Dominican Republic |
Workshop-seminar on managing antidumping measures, a comparative
analysis of antidumping measures in regional agreements among the countries of the FTAA Course on identifying
the distinction between trade and competition policy. |
- Training in negotiations for the members of the NGADCV. |
- Specialized technical assistance.
- Consultants |
- More training and expertise for the members of the NGADCV. |
| Services |
FTAA.ngsv/inf/25 |
Uruguay |
Strengthen Uruguay’s capacity to participate fully
in the negotiation of the FTAA Chapter on Services. |
-Conduct the negotiation of services efficiently.
- Present an offer that is consistent with the regulations currently in force. |
- Financial assistance to hire personnel and purchase computer equipment. |
- Database containing the inventory of non-conforming measures and quantitative
restrictions included in the country’s regulations. |
| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/114 * |
Paraguay |
Strengthening Paraguay’s negotiating capacity
for the negotiations on services in the FTAA. |
- To develop a methodology for formulating statistics.
- To develop mechanisms for coordination with other sources of statistics in the region.
- To train technical experts in developing statistics. |
- An expert in the development of statistical methodologies and analysis.
- Implementation of the proposed statistical system.
- The development of software and the acquisition of international statistics. |
- To have a methodology for developing statistics,
a database, and trained personnel.
- A reliable, comparable statistical system.
- Mechanisms to complement other regional centers that develop statistics. |
| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/134 *
FTAA.ngsv/inf/39 |
Dominican Republic |
Technical assistance for the performance
of specialized studies on the opening of the services sector in the FTAA. |
- Identify vulnerable services subsectors.
- Design and perform specialized studies on the impact of the opening of the services sector.
- Strengthen the legal framework of the services sector. |
- Advice on the design and performance
of a study on the opening of the services sector.
- Advice on the legal framework of the services sector.
- Previously conducted studies of the main economic consequences of the opening of services sectors.
- Workshops and studies on other countries’ experiences.
- Statistics. |
- A specialized study that reports on the
opportunities and limitations experienced in the opening of the services sector
- A specialized study of the opening of the internal services market.
- Detailed breakdown of the vulnerable services subsectors.
|
| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/135
FTAA.ngsv/inf/40 |
Dominican Republic |
Technical assistance on trade information mechanisms
in the services sector and the development of a database to provide support in the trade negotiations process |
- Develop an information system on trade in the services sector.
- Improve the database on trade in services. |
- Specialized courses.
- Technical support for the development of databases. |
- An effective information system and database.
- Capacity to maintain the database and trade information system.
- Training of national technicians. |
| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/136 *
FTAA.ngsv/inf/41 |
Dominican Republic |
Technical assistance for training a negotiating team
to participate in and follow up on trade negotiations in the services sector. |
- Update the negotiating team.
- Train those who handle agreements.
- Improve the technical know-how of the negotiating team regarding each services subsector. |
- Seminars and training courses.
- Advice on how to improve the follow-up on commitments.
- Workshops and studies on other countries’ experiences with the management of trade agreements on services |
- A negotiating team that is up-to-date on the latest
techniques used in trade negotiations.
- Appropriate follow-up on the commitments derived from the services-related negotiations
- Detailed knowledge of trade in the services sector. |
| Investment |
FTAA.sme/inf/107 * |
Paraguay |
Program of Institutional Strengthening in Investment |
- Strengthening the institutional capacity.
- Training and improvement of negotiators. |
- Financial resources for: participation in seminars
and courses; internship at international agencies; and formulation of diagnoses and analyses.
- Technical assistance to institutions. |
- Trained officials.
- Strengthened institutional capacity. |
| Government Procurement |
FTAA.nggp/inf/61 *
FTAA.sme/inf/76 |
Dominican Republic |
Request for technical assistance and cooperation
to prepare a market access offer for government procurement |
- Train a technical team to prepare a market access
offer for the Dominican Republic |
- Workshops and seminars.
-Political and administrative structure of the countries of the hemisphere.
- Government procurement statistics for the region. |
- A market access offer.
- Stronger national institutions.
- Creation of a trained team. |
| Government Procurement |
FTAA.nggp/inf/102
FTAA.nggp/inf/102/Rev.1 |
Ecuador |
Support in the negotiations on market access
in government procurement. |
- Make a general assessment of the Ecuadorian negotiating
process in the area of government procurement.
- Provide support for obtaining, processing and evaluating information related to decision-making in the negotiations
on market access in government procurement.
- Provide support for administrative and coordination activities. |
- An expert consultant for five days.
- A junior consultant for six months. |
- Improving Ecuador’s information handling, consultation
and decision-making process with respect to government procurement. |
| Government Procurement |
FTAA.sme/inf/117 |
Peru |
Systematization and standardization of
information on government procurement carried out since 1999. |
-To standardize information used in
monitoring selection processes and to generate statistical reports. |
- License for software applications.
- Training.
- Technical assistance from an international expert in government procurement. |
- To expand and to strengthen CONSUCODE’s
organizational and functional capacity.
- To have relevant, necessary information that will contribute to decision-making in the international negotiations.
- To analyze the influence of the government procurement system. |
| Competition Policy |
FTAA.sme/inf/110 * |
Paraguay |
Upgrading institutional capacity for the formulation, approval,
and implementation of national competition legislation. Training programs for public officials, parliamentarians,
and civil society. |
- Approval of Paraguay’s competition law bill.
- Training for parliamentarians, public officials, and civil society |
Resources to finance the organization of, and
participation in, national and international seminars or courses and internships. |
- Public officials, parliamentarians, and civil society are
trained
- Parliament approves Paraguay’s bill.
- To implement trade commitments derived from the FTAA.
- To access all the benefits derived from the FTAA. |
| Competition Policy |
FTAA.sme/inf/111 * |
Paraguay |
Strengthening Paraguay’s negotiating capacity
and active participation in the negotiation of the FTAA Chapter on Competition. |
- Strengthen Paraguay’s participation in the FTAA negotiations. |
- The amount required to finance Paraguay’s participation in the meetings
of the NGCP during the 2003 – 2005 period. |
- Restore Paraguay’s active participation in the NGCP meetings
of the FTAA. |
| Competition Policy |
FTAA.sme/inf/142 * |
Dominican Republic |
Technical assistance in drafting a
Competition Bill; training and transferring experiences. |
- Provide the team coordinating the work
aimed at implementing a competition regime with the necessary conceptual tools.
- Be provided with technical assistance for the process of establishing a Competition Agency.
- Build capacities to study cases.
- Creating a culture of competition. |
- Expert consulting services for the technical review of the bill
- Internships.
- Courses and workshops.
- Specialized consulting on establishing a Competition Agency
- Workshops on information dissemination techniques. |
- Establish a competition regime in the Dominican Republic |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
FTAA.ngip/inf/16 |
Uruguay |
Strengthening of the Industrial Property System to accommodate
technological innovation and competitiveness. |
- Create the conditions for the country’s participation
in the region and in the global economy, thereby fostering innovation and competitiveness through intensive
mobilization and utilization of industrial property.
|
- Training and advisory.
- Funds for training courses, equipment, electronic publications, publicity and services management and maintenance. |
- Trained staff.
- Trained users of the system.
- Information and advisory services.
- Enhanced infrastructure.
- Material for dissemination.
- Integration into national and regional networks. |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
FTAA.sme/inf/108 * |
Paraguay |
Institution building, dissemination of the
importance of industrial property |
-Strengthening the communications network.
- Publicity.
- Training technical experts. |
-Financial and technical assistance.
- Training courses and internships |
- Implementation of trade agreement mechanisms.
- Professionals well versed on the topic. |
| Dispute Settlement |
FTAA.sme/inf/106 * |
Paraguay |
Program for the Training of Assistant Negotiators |
- Training and upgrading the skills of officials assisting negotiators
of dispute settlement mechanisms |
- Financing for participating in seminars and courses.
- Internships in International Organizations. |
- Appropriate level of training for negotiators’ assistants. |
| Civil Society |
FTAA.sme/inf/121 |
Bahamas |
The development and expansion of a Public Relations
exercise on the FTAA throughout The Bahamas. |
- To build consensus and to increase awareness
and educate civil society on the FTAA |
- Training and material for dissemination.
- Human resources to promote training.
- $200,000. |
- To build national consensus by increasing awareness
and understanding of the FTAA process |
| Civil Society |
FTAA.sme/inf/139 * |
Dominican republic |
Support Unit for the Dominican Republic’s International Trade
Negotiations |
- To boost the level and the effectiveness of the participation
of the Dominican Republic's civil society in international trade negotiations fora. |
- Seminars and workshops.
- Publications
- TV and Radio program.
|
- To improve the information level of the civil society during
the negotiation process.
- To improve the civil society participation in society forums and spread of information |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/87 |
CARICOM and Dominican Republic |
Spanish, English, and Portuguese language programs and courses |
- To implement Spanish, English, and Portuguese language programs that
will help develop human resources’ language skills so as to ensure greater and better participation in the hemispheric
integration process. |
- Provide native speakers from these countries to teach the Spanish,
English, and Portuguese language courses.
- Scholarships to improve Spanish, English, and Portuguese language skills through study in countries where these are the
official languages.
|
- Contribution to the development of capacities.
- Enhanced communication and capacity to interact with members of the public and private sector in
the Hemisphere who are involved in the trade negotiation process.
- Improvement in trade relations with partners in the Hemisphere |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/84 |
Nicaragua |
Institutional strengthening. |
- Strengthen the communications network. |
- USD 297,000 for hardware
- USD 150,000 for computer equipment |
- Benefits for the Ministry of Industry and Trade and
its negotiators. |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/119 |
Bahamas |
The strengthening and modernization of Office of
The Attorney General to conduct legal review and reform in response to the new environment of
trade liberalization and hemispheric integration. |
- To build capacity, human, technical knowledge and technical capacity;
- To review existing legislation in relation to complying with the proposed FTAA Agreement
- To modernize and computerize the Office of the Attorney General. |
- Specific Technical assistance (engaging the services of an expert)
- Training courses, seminars and workshop.
- Financial resources. |
- Upgrading and modernization of the Office of The Attorney General.
- Enhance understanding and compliance with FTAA rules and regulations.
- Strengthening capacity. |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/122 |
Bahamas |
Building Capacity and the Policy level and strengthening
the overall negotiating capacity of Bahamian officials the FTAA and other relevant trade related Agreements |
- To build capacity of policymakers to make effective policy decisions.
- To build negotiating capacity to develop the negotiating expertise of negotiators to participate fully in the FTAA negotiations.
- To develop negotiating strategies for the various sectors on market access and offers. |
- Engaging of an expert.
- Training courses, workshops. |
- Greater understanding and awareness of FTAA rules and regulations and
their impact for The Bahamas.
- The implementation of laws compliant with FTAA rules and regulations
- The development of a strategy for negotiations. |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/123 |
Bahamas |
Technical Assistance to develop Competition and
Government Procurement Legislation |
- Strengthen the institutional and technical
capacity to prepare Competition Law and the formulation of Government Procurement Policy. |
- Specialized Technical Assistance.
- Training courses, seminars and workshops.
- Financial Resources. |
- Enactment of Competition Laws
- Development of concise and clear Government Procurement Regulations |
| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/130 * |
Dominican Republic |
Commercial Intelligence Unit |
- To strengthen the technical capacity of the negotiating team.
- To encourage the participation of the national production sectors |
|
- An established commercial intelligence program.
- A negotiating team that is well-advised and stronger. |
* Projects that required immediate assistance.
| 2. Executed Projects or in execution |
| Theme or sector |
Classification |
Country/Group of Countries
|
Title |
Objectives |
Components |
Expected Results |
Status of Cooperation |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/80 |
Dominican Republic |
Strengthening of institutional and operational
aspects of the Foreign Trade and Treaty Management Agency of the State Secretariat of Industry
and Commerce (SEIC). |
- Build the capacities of Agency staff for the preparation
of studies and establishment of trade rules.
|
- Specialized technical assistance.
- Financial resources.
- Training courses and internships. |
- Agency efficiency.
- Implementation of trade agreement mechanisms.
- Increased availability of information. |
U.S. Government activities in this area include:
Strategic analysis and planning and general awareness training on trade-related issues, compliance with
trade agreements and the FTAA process.
At least 2 training courses were delivered to assist key public
and private sector officials in identifying areas for financial, trade and investment policy reform.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Competitiveness Strategy Center, opened in
2001, increased interaction among key public and private-sector individuals and changed mindsets about
the role of competitiveness in today’s global economy.
USAID helped forge new business alliances and
public/private/community partnerships in four regions of the country to develop strategic plans, identify
clusters of complementary industries, identify trade and investment policies to improve competitiveness in
global markets, and create jobs, thus reducing poverty. |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.sme/inf/77 |
Dominican Republic |
Strengthening agricultural negotiations. |
- To design policy measures to mitigate the negative impact
of agricultural imports |
- Financial resources.
- Technical assistance and advisory services.
- Training. |
- 20 trained negotiators.
- Information for decision-making.
- Intelligence unit for negotiations.
- Studies to identify export potential. |
The U.S. Government sponsored capital-based
representatives from all 34 FTAA countries at the November 2002 WTO SPS Committee meeting.
Two officials from each country participated, one technical expert and one trade expert.
USAID assistance supported the nascent specialty coffee industry in the Dominican Republic, helping
farmers and many small businesses associated with coffee processing, distribution and marketing. In
the face of historic low prices, USAID is helping Dominican public and private partners to form a new
organization to ensure production and marketing compliance with high standards for specialty coffee and
form strategic partnerships with trade associations to attract new buyers and expand existing sales.
|
| Services |
FTAA.ngsv/inf/23 |
Andean Community |
Building the Andean Community’s negotiating capacity:
Enhancing the statistical information databases on available services in the Andean countries. |
- Develop a system that enables statistical information to
be used for drafting policies on trade in services. |
- Assessment conducted by two experts hired
with international cooperation funds.
- Meeting of government experts.
- Distribution of the Andean Community proposal to the countries.
- Financial resources and technical assistance to support national institutions. |
- A database of reliable and uniform information
on trade in services. |
The U.S. Agency for International Development
is organizing a services study tour for 10 Andean Community country officials to meet with
USG services experts.
|
| Services |
FTAA.ngsv/inf/24 |
Andean Community |
Support for the Andean Community to strengthen
institutional capacity, needed to implement its commitments and adapt to the integration process:
strengthen contact points. |
- Strengthen the Andean Community’s services-related information systems.
- Enhance the services information system. |
- A study by two experts, funded through international
cooperation, to identify sources.
- Meeting of government delegates and experts.
- Prepare domestic evaluations.
- Financial and technical assistance resources needed to support national institutions. |
- Have a reliable and sustainable information
system and linkages between government and private institutions enabling the supply of
services-related information |
U.S. Government activities in this area include:
Similar activity as that identified for Project FTAA.ngsv/inf/23 |
| Government Procurement |
FTAA.nggp/inf/50 |
CARICOM |
Technical assistance in the preparation of
its market access offer in Government Procurement. |
- Development and preparation of a market access
offer in Government Procurement. |
- Each CARICOM State will provide procurement
statistics, specifically for the years 1998-2000, and other information relevant to its sensitive
sectors, national developmental policies, etc. |
- It is expected that the project output will be a
CARICOM market access offer in government procurement. |
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency provided funding
for nine CARICOM officials to participate in a capacity building seminar on government procurement
that was held in Panama and organized by the IADB. Officials from Antigua, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent, and Suriname attended the event, which took place September 9-13, 2002.
USAID provided assistance in developing a Virtual Secretariat that linked the seven Regional Negotiating Machinery
(RNM) offices with the 15 CARICOM member states Trade Ministries. The network enables member countries to collaborate
and exchange information on trade related matters, including government procurement. Through the OECS Trade Policy
Assistance Project, and CDN $ 3 million project from 2001 to 2004, Canada has provided considerable technical assistance
to OECS members and trade departments on market offers, including data collection. |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
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Dominican Republic |
Specialized Training in Intellectual Property |
- Train the government authorities responsible for
intellectual property rights.
- Provide specialized training to develop training capacity of civil-society professionals and
businesses |
- Human Resources
- Funding |
- Legislation
- Professionals with specialized training. |
U.S. Government activities include:
Strategic analysis and planning and general awareness training on trade-related issues, including intellectual
property rights, and compliance with trade agreements and the FTAA process are strengthening the public and
private sector’s capability to take advantage of new market opportunities. USAID sponsored training for key public
and private sector officials, which helps identify areas for financial, trade and investment policy reform. At
least 2 courses have been delivered to date.
|
| Civil Society |
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Dominican Republic |
Increased Participation of Civil Society in
the FTAA Process |
- Train key players of civil society in FTAA trade
negotiation issues.
- Create a pool of human resources
- Documents to be used in HR training. |
- 5 courses
- Consultants to prepare documents.
- Instructors
- Facilities, equipment, and logistics. |
- 50 persons trained as disseminators.
- Increased participation of Civil Society. |
U.S. Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department
of Justice officials participated in a civil society outreach event, which addressed competition
policy and consumer protection issues. USAID sponsored the officials’ participation at the event,
which took place in June 2002. |
| Civil Society |
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Nicaragua |
Strengthening of the Trade Information Office for private sector
and civil society negotiations and consultations |
- Publishing and advertising by the Trade Information Office.
- Seminars and courses to educate civil society representatives. |
- USD 200,000 for publicity and training. |
- Informed proposals from Nicaraguan civil society |
Through the Central America Trade Readiness Technical Assistance
Project, Canada is currently developing a training module of civil society outreach and consensus-building that
will be delivered to government officials in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. This course is
expected to occur in mid-2003. Cost of each seminar would be approximately CDN $ 40,000.
|
| Others |
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Dominican Republic/Nicaragua |
Fund to support the restructuring of companies
and the redeployment of their production |
- Fund to support the restructuring of SMEs |
- Financial resources
- Specialized technical assistance |
- Strengthening the capacity to compete and export
- Creation of new enterprises
- Redeployment of production |
The U.SAID-funded Competitiveness Strategy Center,
opened in 2001, increased interaction among key public and private-sector individuals and changed
mindsets about the role of competitiveness in global economy.
USAID helped forge new business alliances
and public/private/community partnerships in four regions of the country to develop strategic plans,
identify clusters of complementary industries, identify trade and investment policies to improve
competitiveness in global markets, and create jobs, thus reducing poverty. |
| Others |
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CARICOM and Dominican Republic |
Training and retraining through scholarships and
foundations to enhance competitiveness. |
- To develop job training and retraining programs
in selected areas that are directly related to the production of quality goods and services at
a high level of competitiveness. |
- Scholarships for the advance training of selected
technical personnel.
- Financial resources for developing job retraining programs.
- Technical assistance for developing training programs. |
- Improvement in supply of services related to foreign trade.
- Workers and technical personnel with better skills and greater productivity.
- Higher level of competitiveness of goods and services destined for foreign markets.
- Increased capacity of the productive sectors to respond to changes in foreign demand. |
U.S. Government activities in this area include:
- Similar activities as those identified in Project FTAA.sme/inf/82
- U.S. Government activities with CARICOM in this area include:
USAID is funding business advisors to provide technical assistance to small and medium-sized companies in
the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries. Assistance has included diagnostic assessments
of enterprises to determine their financial and export viability, and the provision of business facilitation
services such as, improving financial management and marketing capabilities, upgrading packaging, labeling
and production processes.
The Small Tourism Enterprise Program has enhanced the competitiveness of small hotels, sites and attractions,
and improved environmental management practices of tourism enterprises.
Walk-in Centers in all of the OECS countries provided small hoteliers and other tourism industry participants
with access to training and other informational material to improve management and other business operations,
facilitate marketing a Caribbean brand and enhancing environmental business conscientiousness by promoting energy
conservation, recycling and solid waste and wastewater management.
Canada activities in this field include:
A six year, CDN $ 25 million project, the Caribbean Regional Human Resources Development Program for Economic
Competitiveness, directed towards OECS members states, Jamaica and Guyana. Project trains people to meet developing
labour market demands, primarily in the private sector, with some attention paid to public sector roles. |
| Others |
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Andean Community |
Financial Cooperation and Technical Assistance in support
to the subregional and national competitive programms of the Andean Community. |
- Support with financial resources and technical assistance
the subregional and regional strategies and polices orientated to improve the Andean Community competitiveness
in the hemisfere. |
- Financial Assistance.
- Financial Cooperation. |
- Establishment of a subregional mechanism of coordination.
- Contribute to improve the commerce and investment flow at the Andean Community in the FTAA.
- Supporting and streghtening the national competitive systems.
- To Strengthen the government institutions and the active participation of the private sector. |
USAID missions in Bolivia and Peru are developing trade-related
economic growth initiatives in support of competitiveness in these countries. |
| 3. Tripartite Committee: Ad hoc cooperation |
| Organization |
Field of Cooperation |
Cooperation Description
|
Objective of Cooperation |
Offered to: |
Period |
Contact |
| ECLAC |
Training |
Second International Trade Forum on Trade Facilitation. |
To contribute to the construction of an equal trade facilitation
mechanism. |
Public and Private Sector. |
May 14th-15th, 2003. |
ECLAC United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Training |
Courses on programming and evaluating the activities
of the Public Sector, constructing strategic visions, decentralizing processes, approaching and
management of local development both regional and local. |
To offer training to the public and private sector,
and academics about the different themes related to the economic and social forecast |
Civil servants of the State, academics, institutions
or public sector organizations. |
Continuing. |
ECLAC
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@ecalc.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Latin American and
Caribbean Institute
for Economic and Social
Planning (ILPES)
Mrs. Alejandra Naser
E-mail: anaser@eclac.cl
|
| ECLAC |
Training |
Seminar on the competitiveness of the argicultural
and farming industry with a look at the trade negotiations, and with an emphasis on Latin America
and the Caribbean. |
To offer a better view of agriculture in the region
in accordance with the studies on competitiveness, trade flows, and foreign investment. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society of the
region. |
December 2002. |
ECLAC
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Productive development
and management |
| ECLAC |
Training |
Training Seminar: Multilateral negotiations,
international trade and sustainable development: present challenges for Latin America and
the Caribbean |
To offer the tools necessary to understand
the context of international trade and its relationship with the environmental theme and
sustainable development. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
December 2003. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Sustainable Development and Human Settlements. |
| ECLAC |
Training |
Course-Workshop on Sustainable Development
Indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean. |
To understand the concepts surrounding the theme
of SDI, to know the valuable experiences and to establish regional networks. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
June 2-6, 2003 |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Sustainable Development and Human Settlements |
| ECLAC |
Training |
2nd International Course on Market
Instruments and Sources of Financing Sustainable Development. |
To help with the conceptual and methodological
elements, case studies, and the installation of instruments of economic and environmental
management. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
July 1-9, 2003 |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Sustainable Development and Human Settlements |
| OAS |
Training |
Workshop on Investment.
Organized by the Minister of External Relations of Ecuador and the Commerce Unit of the OAS. |
To promote an understanding of the subjects
of negotiation in services and investments as well as of the process of formulating
supplies. |
25 participants from the public and private sector. |
January 10, 2003: Quito, Ecuador |
OAS: Maryse Robert |
| OAS |
Training |
Workshop on services and investment.
Organized by the Minister of External Relations and the Commerce Unit of the OAS. |
To promote an understanding of the subjects of
negotiation in services and investments as well as of the of the process of formulating
supplies. |
30 participants of the public and
private sector. |
January 14-15, 2003: La Paz, Bolivia |
OAS: Sherry Stephenson and Maryse Robert
Minister of Trade: Ana María Rengel |
| OAS |
Training |
Workshop on investment for members of the CARICOM Technical
Working Group on Investment. Organized by the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM),
the Commerce Unit of the OAS and the Canadian Government. |
To promote an understanding of the themes of
negotiation in investment. |
25 participants of the Public Sector |
January 19, 2003: Nassau, Bahamas |
OAS: Maryse Robert |
| OAS |
Training |
Workshop on the Services for the members of the CARICOM
Technical Working Group.
Organized by the RNM and the Commerce Unit of the OAS. |
To promote an understanding of the themes of negotiation in
services, as well as the process of formulating supplies. |
Government officials. |
January 26, 2003: Georgetown, Guyana |
OAS: Sherry Stephenson
Secretary CARICOM: Byron Blake |
| OAS |
Training |
Workshop on services for government officials in Guyana.
Organized by the Minister of External Relations, International Cooperation, and the Commerce Unit of
the OAS. |
To promote an understanding of the themes of negotiation
in services as well as the process of formulation supplies. |
Government officials. |
January 26, 2003: Georgetown, Guyana |
OAS: Sherry Stephenson
Ministry of External Relations
of Guyana. |
| OAS |
Training |
Advanced Training Program for Governmental Civil employees on
multilateral and regional commercial approaches for the Americas, offered by the University of the West Indies,
Barbados. Organized by the Commerce Unit of the OAS in conjunction with the WTO and the University of the
West Indies. |
This two week program is offered in English for government officials
of the Caribbean with the responsibilities in negotiations of the FTAA. The course covers the themes of the
DOHA Agenda for Development, as well as those of the FTAA, with an emphasis in the themes of interest for the
Caribbean. |
Government Civil employees of CARICOM with direct responsibilities
in the areas of trade and/or economic integration. |
June 16-27, 2003:
Bridgetown, Barbados |
OAS: Pamela Coke-Hamilton
UWI: Lolita Applewhaite |
| OAS |
Training |
Advanced Training Program for Governmental Civil employees
on multilateral and regional commercial approaches for the Americas, offered by Georgetown University,
Washington DC.
Organized by the Commerce Unit of the OAS in conjunction with the WTO and Georgetown University. |
This two week course is offered in spanish for governmental officials of
Latin America with responsibilities in the negotiations of the FTAA. The course covers the themes of the DOHA Agenda
for Development as well as the FTAA. |
Government civil employees from Latin America with direct responsibilities
in the areas of trade and/or economic integration. |
June 30-July 11, 2003:Washington DC,
United States. |
OAS: Maryse Robert
Georgetown University:
Robin King |
| OAS |
Training |
Seminar on Services for government civil employees and representatives
of the private sector of Guyana. |
To promote the understanding of the themes of negotiation in
services. |
Government representatives and the private sector. |
June 30, 2003: Belice. |
OAS: Sherry Stephenson and Patricio Contreras
Ministry of
Investment and Trade of Belice: Haydee Alonzo. |
| OAS |
Training |
Seminar on awareness and education on the FTAA process. |
To promote the understanding of the FTAA process as well as the
themes of negotiation. |
Governmental officials and the private sector. |
July 1, 2003: Belice. |
OAS: Sherry Stephenson and Paul Fisher
Ministry of Investment and Trade of Belice: Haydee Alonzo. |
| OAS |
Training |
Train-the Trainer´s Program. |
This new category of training is to be carried out
at the present time in Central America. The program will also be offered in the Caribbean,
the Andean Community, Panama, and the Dominican Republic with the help of the HCP. This program looks
to build the capacity of a critical mass of individuals in different trade themes and disciplines so as
to strengthen the local capacity in these areas and thus to promote the sustainability of programs of
commercial qualification at the national and regional level. |
Private sector specialists, academics, and other experts. |
First activity is in San Jose, Costa Rica: July 15-16, 2003 |
OAS: José Manuel Salazar and Gisela Vergara |
| OAS |
Training |
Cycle of Workshops, Conferences, and Discussions about Trade
Policies for upper executives, managers and other leaders. |
This new category of training will be carried out in conjunction
with the Ministries responsible for the commercial policy of Central America, the Dominican Republic, Panama,
the Andean Community, and MERCOSUR. The cycle has been designed in order to help strengthen the capacity
related to trade and foster the dialogue among the public and private sector as well as the civil society
in the context of the HCP. |
Upper executives, managers, and other leaders. |
First activity is in San José, Costa Rica: July 17-18, 2003- |
OAS: José Manuel Salazar and Gisela Vergara. |
| OAS |
Training |
Intensive Training Session on Investments for the Governmental
civil employees of the Caribbean. Organized by the Commerce Unit of the OAS, WTO and UNCTAD, with participation
of the University of the West Indies in Puerto España. |
The objective of the course is to prepare the government civil
employees in the CARICOM countries given that very few countries have negotiated trade agreements. The course
examines the principal themes of investment in the commercial agenda from the multilateral as regional point
of view with a special emphasis on the process of the FTAA. |
Governmental civil workers from CARICOM member states with
experience and direct responsibilities in the areas of investment. Candidates should be nominated by a government
agency or by an regional institution involved in the FTAA process or in DOHA. |
September 15-23, 2003: Puerto España, Trinidad and Tobago. |
OAS: Maryse Robert
UNCTAD: Anna Joubin-Bret
UWI: Stephen Vasciannie
WTO: Primitivo Gómez-Torán. |
| ECLAC |
Datbases/Software |
Network directory of Latin American and Caribbean social
institutions. |
To distribute relevant and comparable information about
web sites generated by national and regional institutions which converge in socioeconomic development
of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society of the region. |
Permanent. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold s/n
Santiago, Chile.
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Statistical yearbook of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
To provide the pertinent information on diverse social and economic
indicators of the analyzed region. |
Governments, academics, and the civil society of the region. |
Annual. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@ecalc.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
Statistical Unit and Economic Projections
Mr. Hubert Escaith
E-mail: hescaith@eclac.cl |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Graphical representation system of data and
of the smooth management of international trade. |
To offer relevant information on international trade. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society of
the region. |
1990-2001 |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
International Trade and Integration
Mr. Jaime Contador
E-Mail: jcontador@eclac.cl |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Competitive Analysis of Nations (CAN) |
To offer the useful tools necessary to make an analysis descriptive
of international trade and competitiveness. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society of
the region. |
1984-2000 |
To contact the World Bank´s Section of publications go to
the web page: www.worldbank.org |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Databases for International Transport. |
To offer information about ports, marine transport,
marine resources, trade and integration, training and related organizations. |
Governmental officials and the civil society of the region. |
1999-2000 |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web Page: www.cepal.org
Natural Resources and Infrastructure
Jan Hoffman and/or Gabriel Pérez,
E-mail: ti@ECLAC.cl |
| ECLAC |
Datbases/Software |
REDATAM |
To offer a software to process and map census data
and the surveys for the local and regional analysis. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
Permanent |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.eclac.org
Latin American and Caribbean Center of Demographics
E-mail: redatam@eclac.cl |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Central American Isthmus: Half a century
of macroeconomic statistics. |
To provide the pertinent information of diverse economic
indicators of the Central American Region. |
Governments, academics and the civil society of the region. |
1950-2000 |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-Mail cepal@un.org.mx
Economic Development Unit
Mr. José Octavio Martínez
E-mail: jmartine@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Basic social indicators of the Northern Sub-region of Latin
America and the Caribbean. |
To provide information about the diverse social indicators
of the sub-region. |
Government officials and the civil society of the region. |
Permanent. |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Social Development Unit
Mrs. Ana Sojo
E-mail: asojo@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC |
Databases/Software |
Module to Analyze the Growth of International
Commerce (MAGIC). |
To provide a tool on data analysis of foreign trade
calculation of competitiveness indicators. |
Governmental officials, academics and the civil
society of the region. |
1990-2002 |
ECLAC-Mexico
Masaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Industrial Development Unit
Mrs. Claudia Schatan
E-mail: cschatan@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC; |
Databases/Software |
Basic information on the Agricultural Sector. |
To provide information on the agricultural sector of the northern
sub-region of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
Government officials, academics and the civil sector of the
region. |
1980-2000 |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Agricultural Unit
Mr. Braulio Serna
E-mail: bserna@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC |
Databases/software |
Central American Isthmus: Report on Hydrocarbon
supplying. |
To offer information on the energy sector of the sub-region. |
Governmental officials, academics and the civil sector
of the region. |
Annual. |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Energy Unit
Mr. Fernando Cuevas
E-mail: fcuevas@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC |
Databases/software |
Central American Isthmus: Electricity sub-sector
statistics. |
To offer information about the energy sector in the
sub-region. |
Government officials, academics and the civil sector
of the region. |
Annual. |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Energy Unit
Mr. Fernando Cuevas
E-mail: fcuevas@un.org.mx
|
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Economic Study of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
To provide information and analysis of the economic situation
of the analyzed region. |
Government officials, academics and the civil society of
the region. |
Annual. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Preliminary balance of the economies of Latin America
and the Caribbean. |
To provide information and analysis about the economic situation
of the analyzed region. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society of
the region. |
Annual. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.eclac.org; |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Social Panorama of Latin America. |
To provide information and analysis of the social situation
of the region and some topic of social interests. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
Annual. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy |
To provide information and analysis about international trade
in the region. |
Government officials, academics, and the civil society of
the region. |
Annual |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Studies about the innovation of national systems, productive
reconstruction, business and sector competitiveness and the environmental impacts in the framework of trade
liberalization. |
|
Government officials, academics and the civil society of the
region. |
Permanent |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Foreign investment in Latin American and the Caribbean. |
To provide the information and analysis in the areas related to
foreign investment in the region. |
Government officials, academics and the civil society of the
region. |
Annual |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Studies on sustainable environmental development,
air pollution, environmental and urban management. |
|
Government officials, academics, and the civil society
of the region. |
Permanent. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Studies on energy, sustainable development, natural resource
development, institutional aspects and infrastructure development. |
|
Government officials, academics, and the civil society of
the region. |
Permanent. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
|
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Studies on the NAFTA effects. |
|
Government officials, academcis, and the civil society
of the region. |
Permanent. |
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Studies and technical assistance on policies and trade measures, services
and composition of the exports and imports. |
|
|
|
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Assistance to the FTAA negotiating groups. |
To offer, together with the IDB y OAS, technical and financial assistance
to the process especially to smaller economies. |
Governments of Latin America and the Caribbean. |
The FTAA process. |
ECLAC
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Los desafíos de la clasificación de los servicios
y su importancia para las negociaciones comerciales” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: December 2001. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Las tendencias principales del comercio,
la política comercial y los acuerdos de la integración de los países de la Asociación de Estados del
Caribe (AEC)” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: November 2001 |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Facilitación del comercio: un concepto
urgente para un tema recurrente” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: December 2001. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “La calidad de inserción internacional
de América Latina y el Caribe en el comercio mundial” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: May 2003 |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Normas de origen y procedimientos para su
administración en América Latina” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: May 2003. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Trade between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Central
American Common Market (CACM) countries: the role to play for ports and shipping services” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: May 2003. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Developing countries’ anti-cyclical policies
in a globalizad world” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: June 2003. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Study: “Asimetrías y cooperación en el Área de Libre Comercio
de las Américas” |
|
Government officials |
Published on: May 2003. |
Web page:
www.cepal.org |
| ECLAC |
Studies. |
Competitiveness Study for the Countries of the
Andean Community of Nations. |
To attend the request of the Andean Community
to provide it with a study on the competitiveness of its exports using the CAN and MAGIC
programs. |
Andean Community of Nations. |
In progress |
ECLAC-Mexico
Mazaryk 29, 13th Floor
Col. Polanco, 11570 DF
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Mr. Jorge Máttar
E-mail: jmattar@un.org.mx |
| ECLAC |
Studies |
Study on the possible effects of the FTAA
for the CARICOM countries. |
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Government officials, academics, and the civil society
of the CARICOM countries. |
In progress |
ECLAC-Port Spain
1 Chancery Lane,
P.O. Box 1113
Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago,
West Indies
Mr. Esteban Perez
E-mail: eperez@eclacpos.org |
| ECLAC |
Others |
Attending the requests of the governments the
Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) carries out missions of cooperation
in subject related to the work program at the central. |
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ECLAC
United Nations Building
Dag Hammarskjold Ave. s/n
Santiago, Chile
E-mail: CEPAL@eclac.cl
Web page: www.cepal.org
The Latin American and Caribbean Institute of Planning. |
| OAS |
Others |
Intensive Course for the negotiating group
of Honduras during one week |
The course offered a panorama of the international trade
system, relevant subregional agreements and specific aspects of trade, such as investment, rules, services
and dispute settlement. |
Government officials |
January 9,10 and 13-14, 2003: Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
OAS: Theresa Wetter
Honduras: Ministry of Commerce |
| OAS |
Others |
Trade Unit experts´ participation in the Seminar on Services.
Organized by the Secretary of the Andean Community, IADB-INTAL and UNCTAD. |
The objective of the seminar was to offer and opportunity to
change ideas and information between the negotiators of the Andean Community in services who attend the WTO
and FTAA negotiations and the IADB, UNCTAD and OAS experts, in the fields of financing services, the movement
of natural persons, domestic regulation, and others. |
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May 27-30, 2003: Lima, Peru. |
OEA: Sherry Stephenson and Patricio Contreras |
| OAS |
Others |
Trade Unit expert’s participation in Workshop of Investment
to CARICOM government officials. Organized by CARICOM Secretary |
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Government officials, RNM representative, labor unit
representatives and consultants. |
May 9-7, 2003: Port Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
OAS: Maryse Robert |
| 4. Studies |
| Theme or sector |
Classification |
Country/Group of countries
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Title |
Objectives |
Components |
Expected Results |
Status of Cooperation |
| Market Access |
FTAA.sme/inf/86 |
Nicaragua |
Conduct of sectoral studies to serve as the basis for the negotiation
of the tariff elimination schedule in the FTAA Agreement. |
- Determine export potentials and degrees of competitiveness.
- Decide on negotiating strategies for market access and agriculture. |
- USD $20,000 for studies
- USD $10,000 for strategy development. |
- Inventory of national production
- Understanding of technological development levels. |
The U.S. Agency for International Development will
fund a training course for new government negotiators, drawing on historical experiences of past trade
agreements (e.g., the NAFTA, the GATT, the WTO, the Canada-Chile FTA). |
| Agriculture |
FTAA.sme/inf125 |
Bahamas |
Technical Assistance for studies and analysis for
the Agriculture Sector. |
- To strengthen institutional and technical
capacity in the Ministry of Agriculture to prepare studies.
- To increase the export potential of the sector. |
- Specialized technical assistance from international
and regional institutions;
- Financial resources;
- Training courses and workshops. |
- Strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture to prepare
agriculture studies on the export potential of the sector and areas in the sector requiring safeguards. |
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| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/120 |
Bahamas |
The preparation of sector studies in Financial Services
Sector (Banking, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Trust Stock Exchange, E-Commerce, Martime, Registry and Financing,
Aircraft Registry and Financing). |
- To build technical capacity and understanding of FTAA rules and
regulations;
- To prepare negotiating strategies for greater market access;
- To carry out sectoral analysis to determine how FTAA will affect the various sectors |
- Technical assistance (the services of an expert);
- Training courses, seminars and workshop.
- Financial assistance
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- Greater understanding of the FTAA rules and regulations
and their impact on the sector.
- Developing and conducting effective negotiating techniques. |
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| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/124 |
Bahamas |
Technical Assistance to carry out studies
and analysis in the Distribution, services-sub-sector |
- To prepare the business sector to increase
their competitive. |
- Training courses and workshops on the WTO;
- Studies on the advantages and disadvantages of trade liberalization.
- Networking with international agencies and businesses to form strategic alliances.
- $60,000. |
- Building knowledge and capacity about the advantages
and disadvantages of trade liberalization;
- Strengthening opportunities to form strategic alliances. |
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| Services |
FTAA.sme/inf/126 |
Bahamas |
The preparation of studies in the Tourism Sector |
- To determine the negotiating strategies for the tourism
sector |
- Training courses and workshops
- Specialized technical assistance;
- Conducting sectoral studies;
- Training to developing strategies for greater market access |
- Improved knowledge and building of capacity for tourism officials.
- Increased potential for market access. |
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| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/90 |
CARICOM and Dominican Republic |
Analysis of the fiscal impact of trade liberalization and
tax reform. |
- To provide technical assistance that allows these countries
to gauge the fiscal impact of FTAA and to be prepared for possible tax reform scenarios. |
- Financial and technical resources to conduct fiscal impact studies.
- Specialized technical assistance. |
- Quantification and determination of the fiscal impact of trade
liberalization.
- Identification of alternative sources of fiscal revenue to mitigate negative fiscal impact of the elimination of tariffs. |
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| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/127 * |
Dominican Republic |
Exportable supply diagnosis |
- To guarantee macroeconomic stability
- To foster a suitable climate for promoting foreign investment
- To draw up organization schemes for trade |
- US$ 64,007.83 |
- The project would be national in scope, included business
and production organizations, as well as would participate, government agencies.
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| Others |
FTAA.sme/inf/131 |
Dominican Republic |
Impact study: costs/benefits of exporting Dominican products
to the countries of Central America. |
- An exhaustive study shall be conducted on the internal
and external markets of the priority products previously selected by the Dominican Republic. |
US$ 74,842.21 |
- A comparative analysis to be made of priority Dominican
products that have export potential in the countries of Central America. |
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* Projects that required immediate attention.
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