DAI/Nathan Group Awarded Peru/Andean Trade Capacity Building Project

The DAI/Nathan Group is pleased to announce the award of USAID’s Peru and Andean Trade Capacity Building (PATCB) Program.  This four year, $17 million task order under the GBTI II IQC will build on the successes of MYPE Competitiva/ATCB and CRECER, both projects managed by Nathan Associates since 2003.  PATCB will be implemented by Nathan Associates in collaboration Development and Training Services Inc. (dTS), Apoyo Consultoria, Fahsbender Consulting, and Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE).     The primary goal of the program is to support successful implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (USPTA), which entered into force in February 2009. Open and prosperous trade via that and other agreements, such as APEC and a proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, will broaden economic growth and reduce poverty. To help ensure this, the PATCB program will endow Peru with a fully functional management information system, management procedures, and judicial protocols to enforce labor rights; customs and judicial IPR training programs that build capacity to meet IPR obligations; municipalities with simplified procedures for business registration; and shorter clearance times for goods in port.   Reforms in each area will make the private sector more competitive and enable businesses to take advantage of trade opportunities. Similar achievements in the Andean region, including regionally coordinated approaches to IPR enforcement, will improve chances for sustained growth and investment.

 

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