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Coordination activities

The STDF's Medium Term Strategy (2007-2011) is designed to move the STDF onto more stable foundations. The Strategy puts much greater emphasis on information sharing and co-ordination in the supply and receipt of SPS-related technical co-operation. This objective is achieved through close contact with donors and developing countries, improved reporting to the WTO/OECD Trade Capacity Building Database and research on the experience of both donors and beneficiaries in SPS-related capacity building.

As a co-ordination mechanism, the STDF provides a forum for information sharing by donors, partners and beneficiaries on past, present and planned SPS-related technical co-operation activities. Central to the STDF's co-ordination role is monitoring of technical co-operation, the sharing of project and programme implementation experience and the dissemination of good practice in relation to both the provision and receipt of SPS-related technical co-operation. Examination of these issues at a regional level is a key part of the STDF's work programme.

The STDF co-ordinates its own activities with those of other programmes. The STDF maintains close contacts with the Aid for Trade Initiative. It complements this global scheme through projects and monitoring of aid flows at an operational, issue-specific level. The STDF also liaises closely with the Enhanced Integrated Framework (IF) for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries. This IF linkage is particularly important for the identification of SPS needs during the elaboration of national Diagnostic Trade Integration Studies (DTIS) and the subsequent design of co-operation projects.

In conclusion, to reinforce its co-ordination function the STDF has been designed to:

• Complement current and future technical co-operation efforts by multilateral, regional and bilateral donors;

• Draw upon, apply and disseminate important implementation lessons from recent technical co-operation efforts in the SPS area; and

• Achieve additional improvements in the quality of technical co-operation work through deeper collaboration.
  

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