Guinea

The preliminary mission for Guinea took place in September 2002. One of the conclusions of this mission was that Guinea had already benefited from the support of the international community in implementing trade-related activities. Analyses carried out through a number of projects supported by UNDP and the World Bank constituted substantive inputs for the DTIS.

The main mission took place in December 2002, after which the DTIS team completed their draft report.

The National workshop was held in October 2003. It was chaired by the Minister of Finance, and at the Cabinet level, seven ministers were present. The workshop was attended by 200 participants, including the main stakeholders and ambassadors from the main donor countries. Very soon after the workshop, the DTIS and the action matrix were revised in line with the outcome of the workshop. The validation of these documents by the government and approval by the Cabinet took place in December 2003.

At the national level, the dialogue with the private sector was intensified, trade policy measures were initiated to support exports and private sector competitiveness was enhanced.

The World Bank planned to include customs reform measures in the next budget support operation.

Trade issues (mainly regional integration and tariff and customs reforms) were included in the January 2002 PRSP. The next PRSP will reflect the DTIS results.

Three Window II projects were launched:

• Capacity development for trade negotiations
• Export development support
• Agricultural export development support

A revised version of the Action Matrix was prepared and presented in Geneva in December 2006.

IF Focal Point	Mr. Mohamed Said Fofana Directeur National Direction Nationale du Commerce et    de la Concurrence Tel.: +224 60 33 53 37 Cell: +224 64 30 71 21 Mr. Ansoumane Berete Fonctionnaire Principal du CIR Tel.: +224 64 40 79 98 Tel.: +224 30 43 10 48 Cell: +224 60 29 32 96 Fax: +224 30 41 39 90
IF Donor Facilitator	Mr. Mamady Koulibaly Economist Banque Mondiale, B.P. 1420 Conakry, Guinea Tel.: +224 41 50 61/ 41 27 70 Fax: +224 41 50 94
World Bank Contact	Mr. Philip English Trade Coordinator West Africa Tel.: +1 202 473 6483 Fax: +1 202 473 8136
UNDP Contact	Mr. Mbaranga Gasarabwe RC/RR Conakry Nicolas Kazadi Economiste Principal Mr. Mamadou Sow Economiste national
Aide Mémoire
Concept Paper	Concept paper (PDF - 98 k)
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study	English (pdf - 242k) French (pdf - 273k)
Action Matrix	Action Matrix (French) (pdf - 64k) Revised Action Matrix (French) (pdf - 150k)
Date of Workshop	October 2003
Implementation Meeting
Approved Window II Projects	00037018 (pdf - 63k)
Monitoring Matrix
EIF Correspondence	In-country preparations for the EIF