Pillar 1: Providing Fully Integrated Trade Capacity Building for RECs

This is a key pillar in the sense that it reflects the increased priority that ATPC will give to promoting the regional dimension of trade capacity development. In concrete terms, Trade Policy Units (TPUs) will be created in selected RECs. This will entail training of staff, the provision of equipment such as software and hardware, and operational systems. It is envisaged that this combination of activities will culminate in RECs having the personnel and tools capable of responding to their own needs as well as to demands from member countries.