AGRICULTURE

The World Bank

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IDF-Grant 27-182, "Strengthening the National and Regional Institutional Capacity for Agricultural Trade Policy" is funded by the World Bank and administered by RUTA (Regional Office of Technical Assistance). The project is executed by CORECA (Consejo Regional de Cooperación Regional) and CAC (Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano)

The program is expected to prepare the trade policy units in specific countries and one regional assistance unit to participate in trade negotiations under the FTAA; agreements between Mexico and Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras; new negotiations with CARICOM; and WTO multilateral negotiations.

Expected outputs:

1. 4 regional training workshops covering the WTO including the Agreement on Phytosanitary Measures, the Agreement on Agriculture and antidumping measures;
2. 7 national workshops covering trade agreements, negotiations and trade regulations and treaty management;
3. 7 national workshops to strengthen the use and management of impact indicators in priority production areas;
4. 1 in-service training mission to Mexico to expose trade unit staff of beneficiary countries to trade instruments, modern trade legislation and operational procedures of Mexico's Trade Policy Unit;
5. 2 studies on specific commodities; and
6. 7 national courses on managerial and administrative techniques.

Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua; Central American Agricultural Council (CAC)

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