Brief Description
The overall objective is to develop national capacity to formulate and implement effective trade and investment strategies that support poverty reduction and wealth creation. The project supports the implementation of the recommendations from the Diagnostics Trade Integration Study (DTIS) and the Investment Policy Review (IPR) which have outlined strategic responses to strengthen Lesotho's integration into the world trading environment.
  

To achieve the above objective, the project will aim for the following:

• Capacity strengthening and awareness building on the Integrated Framework for Trade related Technical Assistance through strengthening of the IF Secretariat in the Ministry of Trade, Industries, Cooperatives and Marketing.

• Investment Promotion Review

• Development and implementation of an acro-sector wide strategy for export promotion
   

Outputs / Achievements:

1. Focus of the activities has been under the third output - development and implementation of agro-strategies for export promotion. Under the integrated framework, support to agro-business development resulted in the establishment of the Laboratory Centre for Mushrooms production which in turn led to the production of mushrooms for domestic consumption.  The same project helped invigorate the peach tree industry and about 7000 Peach Trees have been planted. Farmers have been trained and sensitized in issues relating to agro-business, marketing and export promotion.

    

   The project has managed to source funding and technical assistance from other donors such as the Chinese Government.

Contact:
Ms. Judith Atala
judith.atala@undp.org