Kiribati applied to become an IF beneficiary country in July 2007. The Technical Review was approved by the EIF interim Board, and Kiribati was accepted into the IF in May 2008. Subsequently, Kiribati started preparations for a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study ("DTIS") in July 2008 with UNDP as Lead Agency and support from the EIF. In December 2009, capacity development activities were funded under Window I support from the IFTF, and as a result, a National Implementation Unit ("NIU") was set up.