Hub & Spokes Project
TradeCom
TradeCom Facility
The TradeCom Programme was established to provide and coordinate assistance to ACP countries. It aims at consolidating, and even creating, where absent, the necessary capacity that would enable them to craft trade policies, with a view to achieve sustainable development and balanced societies.
The "Hub and Spokes" Project - 'Building the Capacity of ACP Countries in Trade Policy Formulation, Negotiations and Implementation' - is a joint initiative concluded by the European Commission (EC), the Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec) and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) with the support of the ACP Secretariat.
The project, which forms part of the European Commission's Trade.Com Facility, will seek to promote the effective participation of ACP countries in international trade negotiations and to strengthen their capacity to formulate and implement trade policies.
Partners
ACP Secretariat
The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States signatories of the Lomé Convention
Commonwealth Secretariat
The Commonwealth Secretariat, established in 1965, is the main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union it is one of the three main institutions governing the Union
La Francophonie
'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie' is the main international organisation of French-speaking countries and governments
TradeCom Facility
The TradeCom Programme was established to provide and coordinate assistance to ACP countries. It aims at consolidating, and even creating, where absent, the necessary capacity that would enable them to craft trade policies, with a view to achieve sustainable development and balanced societies.