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Mainstreaming is one of the core objectives of the EIF, alongside supporting the coordination of trade related technical assistance and building capacity to trade through addressing supply-side capacity constraints.

"Trade mainstreaming"

as defined in EIF Compendium – the user-guide – is: integrating trade into national development and poverty reduction strategies and the operationalization of trade coverage thereof, including through incorporation of trade into sectoral strategies, action plans and budget; intra‑governmental and government-private sector relations as well as government-donor relations.

In order for trade mainstreaming to be successful, policies need to be translated into actions, strategies into resources, implementation and monitoring and evaluation into results on the ground and to cut across associated sectors. Once trade forms part of the wider development framework, complementary and coordinated sets of activities can be undertaken to sequence trade reforms that will promote economic growth and lock in sustainable development for the future.

Useful documents

• Quick facts on Mainstreaming Trade

• Trade and Human Development. A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Trade

• Articulating and Mainstreaming Agricultural Trade Policy and Support Measures

• Developing a Trade Policy Framework to Mainstream Trade into National Development Plans: Practical Steps under the Enhanced Integrated Framework

• The Least Developed Countries Report 2004 (Part Two: Chapter 7)