Knowledge Academy – 2015 –
Trade Facilitation Track
Donor Support for Trade
Facilitation
Richard Chopra
Programme DirectorCapacity Building Directorate, World Customs Organization
Overview
What is development cooperation?
WCO Cooperation with Development Partners/donors
What does donor support for implementation of the WTO
- Trade Facilitation mean for Customs Administrations /
Revenue Authorities?
How to attract and manage donor support?
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Donor Support for Trade Facilitation
What is development cooperation
&
Who is a « donor »?
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Development cooperation in a nutshell - CHARACTERISTICS
1) Aims explicitly to support national or international
development priorities
2) Not driven by profit
3) In favour of developing/emerging countries
4) Based on cooperative relationships that seek to enhance
benecifiary’s ownership
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Development cooperation in a nutshell – TYPES/MODES
1) Financial (and in kind) transfers (grants, loans, equipment…)
2) Capacity building support (via programmes/projects…)
3) Policy change at national and global levels
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Development partners / donors include among others:
International Financial Institutions (IMF, Development Banks,
World Bank…)
Development Partners (International development agencies
such as UNDP or national development arms such as Sida,
Norad, AFD, USAID…)
Institutional and technical partners (WTO, WCO, ICT, bilateral
technical partners....)
Private sector and non-profit (NGOs…) operators that have an
interest in area (theme or region) of work
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How does the WCO cooperate with
development partners/donors?
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WCO Cooperation with Development Partners - 3
Modalities:
Responsive funds or Customs Cooperation Funds (CCF)
 Pre-defined criteria (thematic, regional, national) of capacity-building activities
eligible for funding
 Benefits: pro-active and responsive to emerging Members’ needs
 Some CCF will focus on WTO TFA implementation (Japan, Germany, HMRC,
China…)
Regional or sub-regional programmes/projects/initiatives
 Sustainable support to a region or a sub-region in priority areas of development
defined by the beneficiary region or sub-region
 WCO-Sweden Programme, WCO-DfiD….
 Some projects focus on trade facilitation (WCO-EAC CREATe project, WCO-SACU
Connect project, WCO-WACAM Project, WCO-ESA Project…)
Multi-country projects
 National support to multiple countries through one programme (does not have a
specific regional focus)
 WCO-Norad programme, WCO-INAMA project, WCO-UNODC Container
programme, WCO-Finland programme (TFA focus)
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Donor Support for Trade Facilitation –
WCO Mercator Programme
Needs
assessment
Planning
Delivery
Monitoring
TRS
Tailor-made
track
TRS
Various diagnostic
reports
WTO needs assessment
Strategic
planning
CB/TA
delivery
Performance
indicators
Self-Assessment
Evaluation Mission
Annual Survey
Regional Workshops
with other government agencies
National Workshops
with OGAs
Overall
track
Promotion of WCO global standards for trade facilitation
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Donor Support for Trade Facilitation
WCO – MERCATOR PROGRAMME
 Contributions via CCF funds or other voluntary contributions
 Contributions via expertise as well
 Members can request for support under the WCO Mercator Programme
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Donor Support for Trade Facilitation
What does donor support for WTO TFA
implementation mean for Customs
Administrations / Revenue Authorities?
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What does donor support for WTO TFA mean for us?
Development partners support is governed by key principles
 Become familiar with them (Paris/Buzan declarations...)
Support for the WTO TFA implementation will be prioritized for
« Category C articles »
 Have a clear understanding on the impact of the WTO TFA on our
business
 Accurately assess our current ability to implement the WTO TFA
 To actively participate in the categorization
 Assume an active and leading role in the National Trade
Facilitation Committee
 Reflect initiatives related to WTO TFA implementation in the
Strategic Plan / CRM Modernization Plan
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What does donor support for WTO TFA mean for us?
 Effectively benefit from the donor support requires to:
Enhance resource mobilization capacity, including knowledge
of development cooperation/donor context
Enhance donor coordination capacity & prioritize initiatives to
ensure an effective level of absorption capacity
Enhance programme/project management capacity
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How to attract & manage donor
support?
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 WCO – Support/Tools available:
 WCO – Capacity Building Compendium:
 Chapter 10:
Donor Engagement
 Chapter 5:
Project Management
 WCO – Resource Mobilization Workshop Package
 Delivered in 5 out of 6 WCO regions already and internally as well
 Available in French & English
 Available on the CliKc Platform
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OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAPTER ON DONOR ENGAGEMENT
Respond to the needs expressed by Member-Administrations in the field of
donor engagement
 Provide orientation and share “best practices” in the following areas:
 Development cooperation mechanisms and terminology
 Development of sound business cases to secure buy-in for
customs modernization
 Formulation of well-articulated project proposals to attract donor
funding on concrete “customs modernization initiatives”
 Management, monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded
projects
 Effective organization of regional/national donor conferences
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Donor Engagement
Current content of the Donor Engagement Chapter
 Item 1:
Key steps to organize a Regional or National Donor Conference
 Item 2:
Developing a sound business case to secure internal and
external buy-in
 Item 3:
Developing project proposals according to donors’
expectations
 Item 4:
Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects: Key Principles
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Donor Engagement
Proposal Development – Step by Step Approach
Step 4: Drafting your
project proposal
Step 3: Carry out the
detailed planning
Step 2: Fill out the Logical
Framework
Step 1: Prerequisites
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Donor Engagement
• Elements of a Project Proposal
• Context/Rationale
• Expected Results: (EU) Overall Objective,
Project Purpose, Results
• Risk/Assumptions
• Cross Cutting Themes
• Project Activities, Schedule and Workplan
• Logical Framework
• Budget
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Donor Engagement
Intervention
Logic
Indicators
Source of
Verification
Overall
Objective
How the
objective is to
be measured –
quantity, quality,
time.
How will the
information be
collected,
when, by whom
Project Purpose
How the
purpose is to be
measured –
Q,Q,T
As above
Results
How the results
are to be
measured – Q,
Q,T
As above
Activities
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Assumptions
Donor Engagement
Building the Logical Framework:
4. Assumptions
1.Intervention
logic
2. Verifiable
indicators
3. Sources of
verification
Overall
objective
1
8
9
Project
purpose
2
10
11
7
Results
3
12
13
6
4a
4b
4c
5
Activities
(optional)
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Project Management
OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAPTER ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 Respond to needs expressed by member-administrations in
the field of Project Management
 Provide “practical” guidance and share “best practice” in the
following areas;
 Project Management methodologies
 Project lifecycle (Five Step approach)
 Governance
 Roles & responsibilities
 Project Office
 Key success factors
 How to avoid common mistakes
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Project Management
Project Lifecycle
General Information
• Step 1: Start-up
• Step 2: Initiating the
project
• Step 3: Implementing
• Step 4: Closure
• Step 5: Evaluation
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Project Office
Key Success Factors
Key roles
Planning Checklist
How to avoid Common
mistakes
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Project Management
Why bother?
If you don’t implement a structured
approach to managing change then your
Customs administration will fail to meet its
Strategic Objectives
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Thank you for
your kind attention
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