[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1135, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "(ASEAN/AEC), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), among\ngovernment agencies, the Parliament, civil society and the private sector."}, {"bbox": [97, 206, 1135, 313], "category": "Text", "text": "Target audience: trade negotiators, policy/law makers and implementers (Ministerial/government agencies officers, regulators, and Parliamentarians), business association representatives. The involvement of the respective cohort and the depth of support will be adjusted as per the needs and respective roles in the agreements negotiation processes."}, {"bbox": [135, 313, 1135, 367], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.1** – Undertake an **assessment of the existing coordination/consultation mechanism** and provide **recommendations to strengthen** the system."}, {"bbox": [135, 367, 1135, 421], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.2** - Develop a **mapping with the role and responsibilities** of entities involved in regional integration processes."}, {"bbox": [135, 421, 1135, 473], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.3** – Support the organisation of **regular meetings of representations of the inter-agency coordination**."}, {"bbox": [135, 473, 1135, 530], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.4** – Establish/enhance an **inter-ministerial coordination system** between the government agencies responsible for each accession, to ensure that the agreement negotiation strategies are coherent."}, {"bbox": [135, 530, 1135, 612], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.5** – Undertake **capacity building sessions to provide insights into ensuring inter-agency coordination** with a special focus on including civil society and the private sector. These sessions will also expose stakeholders to international best practices when it comes to undertaking coordination."}, {"bbox": [135, 612, 1135, 667], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 1.6** – Undertake regular **Public Private Dialogues (PPDs)** to ensure that interests of the private sector, civil society and other interested parties are accounted for in the negotiating positions."}, {"bbox": [97, 681, 1135, 763], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities Related to Outputs Area 2:** Enhanced capacity of Timorese government agencies, the Parliament, civil society and private sector institutions in the negotiations and implementation of ASEAN, WTO and EPA agreements."}, {"bbox": [97, 763, 1135, 869], "category": "Text", "text": "Target audience: trade negotiators, policy/law makers and implementers (Ministerial/government agencies officers, regulators, Parliamentarians and civil society and private sector representatives). The involvement of the respective cohort and the depth of support will be adjusted as per the needs and respective roles in the trade agreement negotiation processes."}, {"bbox": [135, 869, 1135, 976], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 2.1:** Inform and review **the required documents/negotiating positions** for the processes of accessions to WTO (e.g. draft working party report, revised legislative action plan and schedules on goods and services), ASEAN (e.g. schedules on goods and services as per ATIGA and ATISA requirements) and EU-Pacific EPA (e.g. market access offer on goods)."}, {"bbox": [135, 976, 1135, 1137], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 2.2:** Provide **evidence-based studies and advisory services in support of the ongoing processes** on different tracks (multilateral, plurilateral/regional and bilateral) to undertake accession-related trade policy and impact studies (including human rights impact assessments and gender analysis) and policy/regulatory assessments on relevant topics – based on demand – such as preferential treatment for LDCs (stemming from the multilateral, ASEAN, EU level), regulatory impact of LDCs status graduation, agricultural and non-agricultural market access commitments, trade in services, etc."}, {"bbox": [135, 1137, 1135, 1244], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 2.3:** Provide **training and capacity-building on trade policy/regulatory formulation, implementation and negotiations** on accessions related issues (e.g. tariff concessions, agriculture, SPS and TBT, rules of origin, trade in services, investments, trade facilitation, green trade, sustainable and inclusive trade and trade negotiating skills)."}, {"bbox": [135, 1244, 1135, 1326], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 2.4:** Provide assistance **to undertake domestic reforms** in line with WTO, ASEAN, EU Pacific EPA commitments by drafting new legislations and reviewing/updating existing legislations including through regulatory assessments."}, {"bbox": [135, 1326, 1135, 1408], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Activity 2.5:** Share experiences from countries successfully acceded to WTO, ASEAN and EU Pacific EPA on procedural and substantial related issues and/or conduct study visits to Geneva on WTO and FTA negotiations and implementation, particularly from the acceding country and LDC perspectives."}, {"bbox": [97, 1422, 1135, 1503], "category": "Text", "text": "**Activities Related to Outputs Area 3:** Increased public awareness of the opportunities and challenges arising from the negotiations, accession and implementation of ASEAN/AEC, WTO and EPA, particularly with special assistance to the private sector, MSMEs and women-led businesses."}, {"bbox": [97, 1503, 1135, 1610], "category": "Text", "text": "Target audience: trade negotiators, policy/law makers and implementers, private sector representatives, civil society organizations, academics and researchers, media, and other interested parties. The involvement of the respective cohort and the depth of support will be adjusted as per the needs and respective roles in the trade agreement negotiation processes."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1145, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 22"}]