USAID's World Trade Organization (WTO) Compliance Activity follows the USAID's WTO Accession Project. The previous project assisted Macedonia in acceding to the WTO. The current project assists the Government of Macedonia (GOM) to comply with the WTO requirements, but also to reap the benefits from being a member of this organization. The project focuses on facilitating public-private partnership (PPP) in the creation of foreign trade policy. In this way, the Project assists the business community in taking part in shaping of the business environment.
USAID’s WTO Compliance Activity implements its activities in co-operation with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, the Customs Administration, the Macedonian bank for Development Promotion, the State Office for Industrial Property, the Agency for Telecommunications, etc.
The USAID's WTO Compliance Project has the following goals:
- Assisting the implementation of the commitments undertaken with the WTO membership
- Support of the government in its efforts for creating transparent and predictable foreign trade system
- Support of Macedonia in its efforts to participate actively in the creation of the multilateral trade system administered by the WTO
- Support of the efforts of the Macedonian economy to use the benefits of Macedonia's membership in the WTO
- Support of the establishment of an institutional basis and co-ordination of the public administration for more effective creation of foreign trade policy and developing mechanisms for active involvement of the private sector in this process
- Support of the use of information technology for faster and easier conduct of transport through the main corridors in Macedonia and the region.
- Support of the use of IT tools in trade such as the TradeMap, RFID technologies, etc.
For more information:
U.S.Agency for International Development
U.S Embassy, Samoilova 21,1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Telephone: +(389) 2 310 2000 Fax +(389) 2 310 2463
USAID Mission contact:
Zdravko Sami
E-mail: zsami@usaid.gov
USAID Development Outreach and Communication office
Biljana Velickovska, DOC Specialist