Projects

• Trade Facilitation Dialogue

  (Code:2014_03)
  Objective: 

  

  Overall objective is to strengthen capacity of business associations and NGOs to identify and advocate trade facilitation policy actions thereby creating the ground for successful promotion of Ukraine’s integration in global economy in general and further integration with EU in particular.

   

  Task:

  • To improve capacity of business associations and NGOs to identify administrative and regulatory measures that stand to facilitate trade, and to monitor and evaluate progress in their implementation, and to advocate business-enabling changes
  • To facilitate policy dialogue between business associations / NGOs and public authorities aimed at implementation of trade facilitation policy actions
  •  To reduce costs of trade in Ukraine
  Results:

  • Strengthened capacity of business associations and NGOs to identify administrative and regulatory measures that stand to facilitate trade; to monitor and evaluate progress (M&E) in their implementation; and to advocate changes (measured by # of advocacy campaigns, policy wins, persons trained etc.)
  • Developed standardized tool for M&E of progress in implementation of trade facilitation measures; conducted four waves of M&E, including survey of 1000 firms per wave 
  • Increased involvement of business associations, NGOs in dialogues with public authorities regarding trade facilitation actions (measured by policy wins, coverage of debates / hearings, involvement in public councils)
  • Reduced trade costs boosting international trade (measured by Doing Business sub-index, Logistics Performance Index)
  Products: 

  Public events

  Annual Business Surveys

  Monthly Newsletter

  Exporter's guide newsletter

  Other materials 

  Advocacy campaigns  

   

  Project website: Trade Facilitation Dialogue 

  Period: 

  Apr 2014 –  Dec 2018

  Contact: 

  Andriy Butin, butin@ier.kyiv.ua

  Customer: 

  European Union

  International Renaissance Foundation