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Capacity Building for Trade Associations

Trade Associations play a role in promoting appropriate policies, regulations, and necessary reforms relating to their sector of operations. They create opportunities for networking and consultations among industry players as well as being a voice when it comes to new regulations and legislations while encouraging best practices among its members. According to Peter Gomersall^[1], trade associations exist to support their members and further their interests, to defend them when they are under threats and to promote a common position on issues affecting the environment in which they operate.

Given the foregoing, the PDF Bridge Trade Policy Workstream organised a two-day capacity-building session targeted at strengthening the leadership of non-oil export-related trade associations and improve on their business strategy to position them to take advantage of the opportunities in the non-oil export value chain. The sessions had in attendance delegates from government agencies such as FMITI, NAQS, FMARD, NOTN, CBN as well as executives of trade group drawn from various industries including agricultural commodities farmers, agricultural commodities exchange and aggregators, industrialists, agro-processors, women, and youth development groups, textile and apparel among other participants.

[1] https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/download/7852/8030

Inclusive growth: Impact of women’s participation on Nigeria’s macroeconomic performance

This literature review provides a global context for the links between women’s participation in economic activity and economic growth, and recommendations to overcome key challenges to the economic empowerment of women in Nigeria.

Capacity Building for Trade Associations (Day 2)

Trade Associations play a role in promoting appropriate policies, regulations, and necessary reforms relating to their sector of operations. They create opportunities for networking and consultations among industry players as well as being a voice when it comes to new regulations and legislations while encouraging best practices among its members. According to Peter Gomersall^[1], trade associations exist to support their members and further their interests, to defend them when they are under threats and to promote a common position on issues affecting the environment in which they operate.

Given the foregoing, the PDF Bridge Trade Policy Workstream organised a two-day capacity-building session targeted at strengthening the leadership of non-oil export-related trade associations and improve on their business strategy to position them to take advantage of the opportunities in the non-oil export value chain. The sessions had in attendance delegates from government agencies such as FMITI, NAQS, FMARD, NOTN, CBN as well as executives of trade group drawn from various industries including agricultural commodities farmers, agricultural commodities exchange and aggregators, industrialists, agro-processors, women, and youth development groups, textile and apparel among other participants.

[1] https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/download/7852/8030

Here is a link to Day 1 of the training.

No-Deal BREXIT & Implications for Trade from Nigeria to the UK

This report presents information to stakeholders solely in the event of a No-Deal Brexit Highlight areas of change in UK non-tariff trade measures and administrative requirements. It indicates areas of minimal changes and opportunities arising from the UK temporary tariffs schedule.

Tailoring Nigeria’s response to COVID-19

With the global COVID-19 pandemic came the need for local manufacturers to step up to the challenge and produce face masks, face shields, and PPEs due to dwindling supplies caused by high demand the world over. The support provided by government agencies to these entrepreneurs was critical, this in turn was derived from the technical advice supplied by the PDF Bridge programme under the Trade Policy Workstream through dialogues, studies, and roundtable events. The workstream focuses on non-oil exports by bringing underrepresented voices into economic policy and strengthening the participation of exporter groups in trade. The workstream engaged with representatives of Abia State Government during its dialogues particularly with the Director-General of the Abia State Marketing and Quality Management Agency (ASMQMA). This engagement led to increased capacity and redirection of strategy for the Aba Textile cluster in the production and distribution of finished goods. With help from the State Government’s agency on quality and standardization, Abia State Marketing and Quality Management Agency (ASMQMA), tailors generated an estimated $4-5million for the Nigerian economy from Abia State alone from the production of PPEs. This created a 110% increase in tailoring personnel.

Strategic framework and implementation plan on MSME re-categorisation & enhanced local content development and implementation strategy

Following a market analysis of the sector, this strategic framework and implementation plan was created to enhance the growth of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises.

Results: reforms and technology innovations at the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly

This information leaflet explains how an Embedded Adviser supported the Public Accounts Committee of Nigeria’s House of Representatives to revise its processes and systems and increase its efficiency.

Report on YouWiN! Long-term follow-up survey

This report describes a 2016 survey of individuals who were successful in the first round of the YouWiN! business plan competition in 2011. The survey shows that YouWiN! continues to have significant impacts five years after application and three years after all funding was received.

Programme Completion Report

Policy Development Facility Phase II (PDF II) was a flexible, rapid-response facility set up to support Champions of Change in implementing economic and social policies that help reduce poverty in Nigeria. Funded with UK aid from the UK government, PDF II’s goal was to provide Champions of Change with improved capacity and evidence to help them pursue vital economic and social reforms.

As the successor to PDF, PDF II began operations on 1 April 2015 and ran for five years, ending on 31 March 2020.

This document chronicles the achievements, impacts and long-term benefits of Policy Development Facility Phase II

PDF Bridge Newsletter (2nd Edition)

This newsletter captures activities of embedded advisors, consultants, trade policy workstream and the project management team