Under the IF, Bangladesh benefited from an ITC-executed project in the leather sector. In November 2009, Bangladesh joined the EIF. The National Steering Committee ("NSC") was set up and serves to institutionalize inter-ministerial coordination on trade issues. As a first step in the EIF, Bangladesh is undertaking preparations for a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study ("DTIS") which would serve as a basis for mainstreaming trade into the overall development strategy and the relevant line ministries. The pre-DTIS project preparations supported by the EIF and TFM are already underway to support setting up the National Implementation Arrangements ("NIAs") and to ensure full country ownership of the DTIS.