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The Integrated Framework (IF) for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to least-developed countries (LDCs) is a process that was first established in 1997 to support LDC governments in trade capacity building and integrating trade issues into overall national development strategies.  

Through the IF, the participating agencies (IMF, ITC, UNCTAD, UNDP, World Bank and the WTO) combine their efforts with those of LDCs and their other development partners to respond to the trade development needs of LDCs so that they can become full and active players and beneficiaries of the multilateral trading system, thereby enhancing their economic growth and poverty reduction strategies. 

 

 

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NEW: 12 June 2008: Guidelines for the Implementation of the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Least-Developed Countries

Tier 1 Project Template (Word document)

 

Lignes directrices pour la mise en oeuvre du Cadre intégré renforcé pour les pays les moins avancés

Proposition de projet relevant de la Catégorie 1  (document Word)
 

 

 

 

NEW: 31 May 2008:

Words of Appreciation for UNDP as the Outgoing Trust Fund Manager

Mots d'Appréciation pour le PNUD en tant que Gestionnaire du Fonds d'affectation spéciale sortant

 

 

Newsflash (15 April 2008): Selection of  the EIF Trust Fund Manager

The IF Board has selected the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to serve as the EIF Trust Fund Manager (TFM).

UNOPS is a UN agency with headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.  It also has an established office in Geneva, and it is expected that the TFM activities will be handled out of the Geneva office by staff dedicated to the EIF, supported by regional offices in Africa and Asia.

Meetings will take place with UNOPS in the coming days to agree on a timetable for the operationalization of the EIF Trust Fund.

Please visit the UNOPS website for more information: http://www.unops.org

 

 

Guidelines for the preparation of a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS):
 

English version (pdf - 52k)

French version (pdf - 43k)

 

 

Status of IF Countries - June 08

English version (pdf - 11k)

French version (pdf - 11k)

 

 

 

Newsletters

 

 

EIF Consolidated Documents - Working documents for the implementation of the Enhanced IF - 1 May 2007:

 

English Version
(pdf - 600k)

French version
(pdf - 538)

 

NB: This document is being revised. An updated version will be posted when available.

 

IF Countries:

The status of the progress for each country can be found below:

Afghanistan Guinea

Samoa

Angola

Guinea-Bissau

Săo Tomé e Príncipe

Benin

Haiti

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Kiribati

Sierra Leone

Burundi

Lao PDR

Solomon Islands

Cambodia

Lesotho

Sudan

Cape Verde Liberia Tanzania

Central African Republic

Madagascar

Timor-Leste

Chad

Malawi

Togo

Comoros

Maldives

Tuvalu

Democratic Republic of Congo Mali Uganda

Djibouti

Mauritania

Vanuatu
Equatorial Guinea Mozambique

Yemen

Eritrea

Nepal

Zambia

Ethiopia Niger  
Gambia, The Rwanda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page last updated on 17 July 2008

 

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