Mid-Term Evaluation of the Trade Facilitation Support Program (TRFACI)

Full description of the project

In order to support the reforms undertaken in the trade sector and contribute significantly to their improvement, the European Union, in coordination with the Algerian authorities, decided to finance a trade facilitation support program (FACICO), with the signature of a financing agreement in April 2007. The project aims at facilitating the liberalization process of the Algerian economy and provides a specific assistance to the Algerian government in its fight against the important difficulties that affect the commercial sphere.

Overall objective

The purpose is to evaluate the implementation of the trade facilitation support program since its inception in March 2009. The mid-term evaluation will focus on the project activities conducted so far, with a view to proposing an analysis and recommendations to verify the adequacy of these activities with the expected results. This evaluation concerns the organization and the instruments of implementation of the activities and will verify the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of the latter.

Specific objectives

Provide essential data to:

  • Reassessment of the sectoral context;
  • Analysis of the relevance and viability of the project
  • The proposal of possible modifications in the implementation of the project during the last year, before the generalization of the achievements.
  • It must identify the actions initially retained by the program but already carried out by the beneficiary, and propose a reorientation of the budgetary availabilities thus released.

Pays

Algeria

Bénéficiaire

Ministry of Trade

Organisme de financement

European Union (EU)

Full description of the project

In order to support the reforms undertaken in the trade sector and contribute significantly to their improvement, the European Union, in coordination with the Algerian authorities, decided to finance a trade facilitation support program (FACICO), with the signature of a financing agreement in April 2007. The project aims at facilitating the liberalization process of the Algerian economy and provides a specific assistance to the Algerian government in its fight against the important difficulties that affect the commercial sphere.

Overall objective

The purpose is to evaluate the implementation of the trade facilitation support program since its inception in March 2009. The mid-term evaluation will focus on the project activities conducted so far, with a view to proposing an analysis and recommendations to verify the adequacy of these activities with the expected results. This evaluation concerns the organization and the instruments of implementation of the activities and will verify the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of the latter.

Specific objectives

Provide essential data to:

  • Reassessment of the sectoral context;
  • Analysis of the relevance and viability of the project
  • The proposal of possible modifications in the implementation of the project during the last year, before the generalization of the achievements.
  • It must identify the actions initially retained by the program but already carried out by the beneficiary, and propose a reorientation of the budgetary availabilities thus released.

Country

Algeria

Recipient

Ministry of Trade

Funding organization

European Union (EU)