Reference Document Nr. 10: Trade and Private Sector Policy and Development Support programmes financed by EU external assistance

 This reference document relates to support programmes financed by EU external assistance in the areas of Trade and Private Sector Policy and Development (TPSPD) and replaces the 2003 Guidelines for EC Trade Related Assistance and the 2003 Guidelines for EC Support to Private Sector Development.

It aims to take into account relevant developments which took place since, both at policy level and in terms of approaches and practices in relation to support programmes in these areas. In particular, it takes into account the global Aid for Trade initiative launched in 2005 and the resulting EU Strategy for the implementation of Aid for Trade adopted in October 2007, as well as the general initiatives to improve the effectiveness of aid and donor coordination: the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and the subsequent Accra Agenda for Action (2009).

 It is for all those involved in developing, implementing and monitoring such EU support programmes, in particular the Commission’s cooperation sections in the Delegations of the European External Action Service in the recipient countries, as well as the Commission’s services in Headquarters. It seeks to enhance the Commission’s capacity and effectiveness in designing and implementing TPSPD programmes and projects. The document is therefore of an operational nature

 It is available in English only