Background

The fourth phase of the Aid for Trade project works on promoting inclusive growth in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan through promotion of green productive capacities and competitiveness to support the countries’ efforts to diversify their economies and export baskets and promote trade. 

Objectives

To provide support to building ‘forward-looking’ productive and export capacities of the private sector with focus on higher-added value ‘niche’ products and decent job creation, promoting green value chains, with a cross-cutting emphasis on women’s empowerment, partnerships, and innovation.

Approach

The project’s approach is to tackle economic diversification and trade development issues in an integrated manner by working on three mutually reinforcing levels: policy (macro level), trade/business support institutions (meso level) and direct support to businesses/value chain actors (micro level). 

• Macro: A more conducive environment for trade oriented private sector development
• Meso: Trade Support Institutions that provide efficient services to the private sector
• Micro: More efficient and competitive producers and processors