Central African Republic

<p>The overall objective of the proposed project is to attract investment and promote trade and sustainable industrial and business development at continental level, concretely supporting the AfCFTA Secretariat and the African Union and delivering on the Africa-EU partnership for sustainable growth and jobs.&nbsp;</p><p>The project contributes to this objective by</p><ul><li>identifying trade and investment opportunities along regional value chains with potential at continental scale in Africa, including potential for investment by EU economic operators;</li><li>Strengthening the EU-Africa dialogue on trade and economic integration, informing high-level events such as the upcoming AU-EU Summit and European- African Business Forum (EABF)</li><li>identifying pilot/selected continental value chains that could be targeted for support in the EU 2021-27 aid programming exercise.</li></ul><p>It supports the implementation of the AfCFTA and ITC&apos;s One Trade Africa Initiative.</p>

<p><span lang="FR">L&rsquo;Union europ&eacute;enne &agrave; travers le&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/international-partnerships/programmes/le-fonds-fid…; target="_blank"><span lang="FR">Fonds Fiduciaire B&ecirc;kou</span></a><span lang="FR">&nbsp; finance le Programme d&rsquo;appui &agrave; la promotion de l&rsquo;entrepreneuriat en milieu urbain et rural (PAPEUR) dont la composante rurale est mise en &oelig;uvre par le Centre du Commerce International (ITC) dans les pr&eacute;fectures de la Lobaye, la Kemo et l&rsquo;Ombella Mpoko.&nbsp;</span><span lang="FR">PAPEUR rural soutient le rel&egrave;vement &eacute;conomique et la relance des secteurs productifs en milieu rural et vise &agrave; am&eacute;liorer les conditions de vie et &agrave; contribuer &agrave; l&rsquo;autosuffisance alimentaire.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span lang="FR">Sur la base des concertations avec les diff&eacute;rentes parties prenantes 3 fili&egrave;res &agrave; fort potentiel de cr&eacute;ation d&rsquo;emplois en milieu rural ont &eacute;t&eacute; s&eacute;lectionn&eacute;s dans le cadre du PAPEUR : <strong>le ma&iuml;s</strong>, <strong>l&rsquo;huile de palme villageoise</strong>&nbsp;<strong>et l&rsquo;aviculture</strong>.&nbsp;</span><span lang="FR">L&rsquo;ITC apportera une assistance technique tout au long de la chaine de valeur agricole des fili&egrave;res prioritaires afin d&rsquo;am&eacute;liorer la productivit&eacute; et la comp&eacute;titivit&eacute; de tous les acteurs &eacute;conomiques.</span></p>