Central African Republic

<p>This program aims to contribute to the liberalization of services in order to enhance competitiveness, promote sustainable economic growth, attract investment, create decent jobs, and benefit consumers in the Central African Region (ECCAS).</p><p>The Overall Objective of this programme is to contribute to increasing intra- regional, continental, and bilateral trade in services. The Specific Objective is to increase Services liberalisation and exports for selected service sectors at the multilateral, continental or regional level in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)</p><p>To achieve this objective, along with the ECCAS commission and its 11 Member States, the programme will focus on the 4 following outputs:</p><p>&bull;Output 1: Trade barriers in priority service sectors are analyzed, and related policies are properly defined.</p><p>&bull;Output 2: Support to ECCAS member states in the development of lists of specific commitments under the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services.</p><p>&bull;Output 3: Awareness of exporT opportunities is strengthened for the private sector, particularly for women- and youth-led businesses</p><p>&bull;Output 4: Appropriate, harmonized, and transparent regulations for trade in services, incorporating social and climate-related provisions, are developed and made more accessible.</p><p><br></p>

<p>Le Programme pour la Comp&eacute;titivit&eacute; Commerciale et l&rsquo;Acc&egrave;s Aux March&eacute;s - Composante Afrique Centrale (ATCMA) est une initiative majeure visant &agrave; renforcer le commerce durable entre les pays d&apos;Afrique centrale et l&apos;Union europ&eacute;enne. Financ&eacute; par l&apos;UE et mis en oeuvre par l&apos;ITC et l&apos;ONUDI, ce programme de 48 mois vise &agrave; am&eacute;liorer l&apos;acc&egrave;s aux march&eacute;s pour certaines cha&icirc;nes de valeur et &agrave; accro&icirc;tre la comp&eacute;titivit&eacute; &agrave; l&apos;exportation des PME dans ces secteurs. Il cherche &eacute;galement &agrave; r&eacute;duire les obstacles commerciaux, &agrave; renforcer la conformit&eacute; aux normes de qualit&eacute;, et &agrave; promouvoir la valeur ajout&eacute;e et la diversification des exportations. En priorisant les entreprises dirig&eacute;es par des femmes et des jeunes, l&apos;ATCMA vise &agrave; promouvoir l&apos;inclusion &eacute;conomique et &agrave; encourager des pratiques commerciales durables. Avec un budget total de 26 millions d&apos;euros, l&apos;ITC et l&apos;ONUDI coordonneront la mise en &oelig;uvre avec divers partenaires africains pour maximiser l&apos;impact r&eacute;gional du programme.</p>