Description
The ACP-EU TBT Programme's main objective is to contribute to improved competitiveness in local, regional and export markets by enhancing the export capacity of economic operators in ACP countries, through:
- The enhancement of the capacity of regional and continental quality infrastructure institutions: i) To coordinate and harmonize ACP Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures to facilitate intra-regional trade and ii) To represent ACP countries’ and region’s interest in TBT related international fora, in particular the WTO TBT Committee
- A broadened capacity of economic operators to comply with Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures set by major trading partners in selected priority sectors
- The Dissemination of results and experiences to raise capabilities for providing support at the intra-ACP level
