Mali

The preliminary mission for Mali took place in January 2003, upon which a concept paper was prepared. At that time, a National Steering Committee was already set up, comprised of public, private and civil society representatives and the PRSP coordination unit.

The main mission took place in March 2003 to have in-depth discussions with stakeholders on the main teams of the study and to collect background material. A draft DTIS was completed in June 2004. In July 2004, a number of thematic workshops were organized to have in-depth discussions on the DTIS and to enhance the involvement of stakeholders. The outcome of these workshops was incorporated in the action matrix of the draft DTIS (pdf - 555k) (French DTIS - pdf 550k), which was discussed during the National Workshop.

The National Workshop took place from 29 November to 1 December 2004. The main issues were discussed during two parallel breakout sessions (Group 1: Customs, trade facilitation, transportation, institutional issues, and business environment. Group 2: sector issues). The matrix was updated and formulated more precisely, and the responsible implementing actors were more clearly identified. The outcome of this workshop was reflected in the final version of the DTIS, which was validated in December 2004.

Reports on the workshop (French pdf - 57k) and an Aide-Mémoire (pdf - 9k) were prepared upon completion of the workshop. During the workshop, it was announced that a special IF implementation committee (set up in July 2004 and chaired by the Prime Minister) would be in charge of the implementation process.

Three Window II projects were approved then, and implementation begun. One of these projects enabled the creation of a management unit for the IF and the recruitment of a national coordinator, who assembled a list of existing and planned donor projects to be compared with the DTIS matrix, after which the government was going to seek out funding for the remaining proposed interventions.

Trade was not fully covered in the 2002 PRSP. A new PRSP under preparation will include DTIS results and priorities.

Four Window II projects were launched:

• Mango export support
• Support for cultural exports
• Institutional support
• Export credit guarantee fund for SMEs

IF Focal Point	M. Mahamane Assoumane Touré Point Focal National Tel.: +223 221 08 20 Fax: +223 221 80 46 Mr. Mohamed Sidibé Coordinateur National Immeuble DNCC, Route de Sotuba BP 201 Bamako Tel.: +223 221 26 73 Cell: +223 636 03 82 Fax: +223 221 26 73
IF Donor Facilitator	Ms. Jean Harman USAID Mr. Gaoussou Traoré Ms. Halima Ouattara-Ayanou B.P. 34 Bamako, Mali Mr. John Ellis Contact at USAID Headquarters Senior Trade Capacity Specialist Tel.: +1 202 712 5711
World Bank Contact	Mr. Abdoulaye Konaté
UNDP Contact Person	Mr. Oumar Sako
Aide-Mémoire	Aide-Mémoire (pdf - 9k) Rapport de synthèse de l'atelier (pdf - 55k)
Concept Paper
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study	English (pdf - 505k) French (pdf - 655k)
Action Matrix	French (pdf - 4.4m)
Date of Workshop	29 November - 1 December 2004
Implementation Meeting
Approved Window II Projects	Project brief (pdf - 269k)
Monitoring Matrix
EIF Correspondence	In-country preparations for the EIF (pdf - 37k)