Projects List

Additional Financing for Second Customs Reform and Trade Facilitation Project

Building Trade Policy Capacity: Formulating an International Trade Policy

The Mongolia Interim Country Partnership Strategy emphasizes the importance of employment creation, support for agribusiness and small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs.

Supporting Industrial Park Development in the CAREC Region

This technical assistance aims to improve the policy framework for planning, developing, and upgrading industrial parks in CAREC countries, and thereby increase the region's industrial productivity and competitiveness.

CAREC: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation (Phase 2: CFCFA strengthening and CPMM)

This regional policy and advisory technical assistance is designed to support implementation of the refined Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

Aligning Customs Trade Facilitation Measures with Best Practices in CAREC

The technical assistance will promote a concerted approach to customs reforms in CAREC countries by applying international best practices.

Coordinated Border Management for Results in CAREC

The technical assistance will support time release study analyses at border crossing points to establish the causes of cross-border delays related to border control and clearance procedures.

Facilitation of Regional Transit Trade in CAREC

The technical assistance will identify options for the establishment of an effective and affordable customs transit regime for the CAREC transport and trade corridors.

Aid for Trade for Central Asia

Through the Aid for Trade project, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works with governments in Central Asia to develop better policies that in turn help the private sector create jobs, so that people can better support themselves. The project covers three countries in Central Asia: the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Promoting Cooperation in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for CAREC

This technical assistance will support the implementation of a dedicated sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures program for CAREC to help expand trade and enhance the competitiveness of growers and producers of goods and commodities subject to SPS measures.

Strengthening Tajikistan’s Trade and Investment Regime

The technical assistance will support the Tajikistan government in the conduct of three key activities: (i) an international trade and investment conference to show that Tajikistan is Open for Business; (ii) policy research and analysis on organizational reform of the Standards Agency (Tajikstandart); and (iii) capacity building on policy and regulatory reforms to effect organizational change and tackle technical barriers to trade.

Modernization of Customs Services in Azerbaijan

The project supports the modernization of the customs service in Azerbaijan through infrastructure development, automation of the processes, and personnel training.

CAREC Regional Improvement of Border Services Project

The project will help upgrade facilities at two key border crossing points, one in Tajikistan and one in the Kyrgyz Republic, and introduce a single-window system for tracking cargo to cut processing time and costs.

Support to Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion in Uzbekistan, Phase 3

The project focuses on the regional and industry diversification of exports and foreign investments in Uzbekistan.

CAREC: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation (Phase 2)

The project will support the design, implementation and monitoring of key trade facilitation and private sector development activities under CAREC.

Addressing Trade Logistics Bottlenecks and Facilitating International Trade and Transportation in Central Asia

The project is funded by the Trade Facilitation Facility, a$40 million multi-donor trust fund launched in April 2009 to help developing countries improve their competitiveness through concrete improvements in their trade facilitation systems and by reducing trade costs, with initial emphasis on Africa and low-income countries.

Afghanistan Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

A diagnostic trade integration study (DTIS) evaluates internal and external constraints on a country’s integration into the world economy, and recommends areas where technical assistance and policy actions can help the country overcome these barriers.

Aid for Trade for Central Asia, South Caucasus, and Commonwealth of Independent States

The overall goal of the project is to support inclusive growth in the region through the promotion of trade and the enhancement of each country’s competitiveness to support these countries’ efforts to reduce poverty and improve peoples’ lives.

Border Management for Central Asia, Phase 8

The program aims to promote stability and security of Central Asian states through the Integrated Border Management (IBM) and Regional Cooperation.

Modernization of Customs Services in Azerbaijan

The project supports the modernization of the customs service in Azerbaijan through infrastructure development, automation of the processes, and personnel training.

CAREC – Transport and Trade Facilitation: Border Crossing Point Improvement and Single Window Development Project

The project will support national single window (NSW) development in selected CAREC member countries and develop a regional platform for the networking of NSWs for the CAREC region through public–private partnerships and the establishment of the Alliance of National Single Window Operators of CAREC.