Meeting the needs of partner countries

JITAP enhances development opportunities of African country partners, through their more effective participation in the Multilateral Trading System (MTS). Its activities aim to meet the most pressing needs of the eight countries, corresponding to the needs expressed at the Tunis ministerial meeting. JITAP’s three objectives are to:

• Build national capacity to understand the evolving MTS and its implications for external trade.

• Adapt the national trading system to the obligations and disciplines of the new MTS.

• Seek maximum advantage from the new MTS by enhancing the readiness of exporters.

The objective of JITAP II is to build and strengthen the capacity of selected African countries to integrate into the Multilateral Trading System (MTS). More specifically, capacity in partner countries is to built or strengthened in three main areas:

• Trade negotiations, implementation of WTO agreements, and related trade policy formulation

• National knowledge base on MTS

Supply capacity and market knowledge of exporting and export-ready enterprises to derive benefit from business opportunities presented by trade liberalization under the emerging MTS.

Like its predecessor, JITAP II will be implemented jointly by ITC, UNCTAD and WTO in an integrated manner, in cooperation with the beneficiary countries and with support from the donor community.