| TA Name |
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation |
| Country |
Regional |
| TA Number |
7353 |
| Project Number |
43078-
01 |
| Fund Source/Amount[Approved] |
| PRC Regional Coop. and Poverty Reduction Fund |
US$500,000
|
| Regional Coop & Integration Fund |
US$1.50
million
|
|
| Thematic Classification |
Economic growth
|
| Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The proposed TA will support the design, implementation and monitoring of key trade facilitation and private sector development activities under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC). Specifically, it will (i) establish and provide institutional support to the National Joint Transport and Trade Facilitation Committees (NJCs) and the Regional Joint Committee on Transport and Trade Facilitation (RJC), (ii) conduct performance measurement and monitoring of selected CAREC transport and trade facilitation corridors, and (iii) organize private-public sector dialogues to enhance business environment for trade development, and explore opportunities of public and private partnership (PPP) in support of trade logistics development.
The CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy (TTFS) was endorsed by the 6th CAREC Ministerial Conference in 2007 and its Implementation Action Plan was approved by the 7th CAREC Ministerial Conference in November 2008. TTFS aims to strengthen the region's competitiveness and expand trade among CAREC economies and with the global market. The strategy adopts an integrated approach combining transport investments with trade facilitation initiatives. The Action Plan focuses on the development of six CAREC corridors and identifies priority investment and technical assistance requirements to develop infrastructure and facilitate the movement of goods through these corridors and across borders.
Effective trade facilitation involves various agencies, including the private sector, within and outside a country. It will be essential for public and private sector agencies to work in concert to identify the constraints and measures required to improve trade flows, set priorities and timelines to implement those measures. To support this effort, the proposed TA will assist in setting up cooperation mechanisms that will (i) strengthen national and regional capacities to address trade facilitation concerns in an integrated manner; (ii) enhance regional cooperation initiatives in assessing and monitoring performance of selected corridors, identifying bottlenecks to cross border trade and determining courses of action to address such bottlenecks; and (iii) promote PPP and develop innovative financing models to address financing requirements for transport and trade facilitation development in the region.
|
| Impact |
The impact of this TA is to improve trade flows in the CAREC region, contributing to trade efficiency and security, as measured by reduced time for crossing borders along the CAREC corridors by 50% by 2012 as compared with 2007.
|
|
|
| Geographical Location |
Afghanistan. Azerbaijan, Mongolia, PRC, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Procurement |
| Consulting Services |
A total of 25 person-months of international consultant and 25 person-months of national consultant inputs will be required to provide technical services. Consultants will be selected ang engaged by ADB as individuals.
|
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Yuebin Zhang
|
| Responsible ADB Department |
East Asia Department
|
| Responsible ADB Division |
Fin. Sector, Public Mgt. & Regional Cooperation Div, EARD
|
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank
|
| Concept Clearance |
26 Mar 2009 |
| Approval |
25 Sep 2009 |
| ADB |
Others |
Gov |
Total |
Approved Amount |
Revised Amount |
|
$1,500,000.00
|
$500,000.00
|
$500,000.00
|
$2,500,000.00
|
$2,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
| Total Commitment |
Uncommited Balance |
Total Disbursement |
Undisbursed Balance |
|
$0.00
|
$2,000,000.00
|
$0.00
|
$2,000,000.00
|
|
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