Djibouti

The National workshop took place on May 12-13, 2004. The DTIS was prepared under the leadership of UNDP, and UNDP is also the IF Facilitator in Djibouti. The workshop was well attended, with a total of over 120 participants from the public and private sectors, the legislature, civil society, etc. The DTIS was presented by the lead consultant, Mr. Patrick Plane, and was followed by small workshops on several areas including tourism, handicraft, fisheries, salt, and transportation and institutional reforms. During these sessions, vigorous debates and fruitful exchange of views among Government officials, civil society and the private sector underlined the importance that Djibouti attaches to the successful implementation of the IF process.

The main donors present at the meeting in Djibouti included the Agence Internationale de la Francophonie (trade-related assistance and capacity building) and other agencies like ITC (export promotion), UNCTAD (agreed on a project on customs), UNDP, as well as the Dubai Port Authorities (new port and oil terminal facility: they intend to invest over US$300 million in this free-trade zone project).

The DTIS recommendations have been incorporated in the March 2004 PRSP in a chapter under growth promotion for poverty reduction.

Two Window II projects have been launched:

Support for tourism sector development
Capacity-building for trade policy formulation

The Government is interested in a DTIS update.

IF Focal Point	Ms. Ron Osman Omar Tel.: + 253 35 32 53 (poste 30), Tel.: + 253 35 69 65 Cell: + 253 81 25 35 Fax: + 253 35 49 09 Alternate e-mail: ronosman@yahoo.fr Mr. Abdurazzak Ahmed Idriss Contact in Ministry of Trade Cell: +253 83 90 01 Fax: +253 35 49 09
IF Donor Facilitator	Mr. Sunil Saigal Tel.: +253 35 13 61 Fax: +253 35 68 95
World Bank Contact	Ms. Miria Pigato
UNDP Contact Person	Mr. Harbi Omar Chirdon Tel.: +253 35 33 71/72 Cell: +253 83 30 53
Aide Mémoire
Concept Paper
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study	English (pdf - 596k) French (pdf - 679k)
Action Matrix	English (pdf - 596k) French (pdf - 679k)
Date of Workshop	12-13 May 2004
Implementation Meeting
Approved Window II Projects	000406200 (pdf - 47k)
Monitoring Matrix
EIF Correspondence	In-country preparations for the EIF

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