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In Yemen, foreign donors are the main source of funding for the Small and Micro Enterprise
Development unit (SMED), representing 90% of its financial sources.
Box 4.2 The role of donors: Burkina Faso’s National Export Promotion Strategy
Burkina Faso developed its National Export Promotion Strategy in 2009, as a result of its participation
to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a multi-donor programme set up 1997 at the WTO, and
subsequently reviewed in 2005, to support LDCs to address the supply-side constraints which limit
their participation in the global trading systems. A key step in the programme is the Diagnostic
Integration Study (DTIS), undertaken to identify constraints to competitiveness, supply chain
weaknesses and sectors of greatest growth and/or export potential. The DTIS includes an Action
Matrix, a list of priority reforms, which is validated by national stakeholders and by the Government.
Burkina Faso joined the IF in 2002. Its DTIS was validated in 2007 and, based on this, a National
Export Promotion Strategy was designed in 2009. The priorities identified in the DTIS Action Matrix
have mainly been addressed through support received from development partners in sectors including
mining, cotton, animal husbandry, various fruits and vegetables and the industrial capacity. Projects
addressing cross-cutting issues have also been supported and include SME development and
competitiveness. For instance, to encourage the transformation of agricultural products, the DTIS
suggested the creation of an agro-industrial park for SMEs.
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International trading partners may also play a direct role in supporting SME upgrading and insertion
into global value chains. As a case in point, over 2006-2008, as one of Indonesia’s major trading
partners and one of the main destination markets for Indonesia’s non-oil and gas products, the
European Union implemented the Trade Support Programme 1 (TSP‐1), which also comprised
specific measures to improve the capacity of SMEs to enter the EU market in specific sectors, mainly
consisting of improvement in framework conditions, such as the country’s food safety control system,
and orientation programmes for SMEs. The assessment conducted by the OECD and the WTO
highlighted the effectiveness of the programme in fostering networks and improving institutional
capacity, but also pointed to the difficulties of building up national capacities in highly technical areas,
within the short-term horizon of the cooperation programme (Box 4.3).
Box 4.3 Trade cooperation programmes: European Union - Indonesia Trade Support
Programme I
In 2006, the European Union initiated the EU ‐RI Trade Support Programme‐1 (TSP‐1) aimed to
upgrade the technical aspects of the bilateral EU‐Indonesia import/export process and facilitate
Indonesia’s more extensive integration into the international trading system. Two out of four
components of the programme also included support measures to SME export. These components had
the following objectives and measures:
Component 3. Improve the access of Indonesian companies to services enabling technical conformity
data updates and to recognised testing certificates in selected industrial sectors via a select number of
Research and Development Institutes.
Measures:
i)Training on EU laboratory management practices.
ii) Training on ISO 17025 and Quality Assurance.
iii) Training on conformity assessment for selected commodities
iv) Twinning programme with EU lab’s
v) Dissemination with seminars and workshops
Component 4. Ensure improved access to the EU market for Indonesian companies dealing in frozen