The aim of the project is to provide institutional strength for trade mainstreaming, donor coordination and resource mobilization for addressing trade-related needs.

 Results

• A fruitful exchange programme was organized between EIF National Steering Committee Members of Bhutan with Lao PDR counterparts in Vientiane.
• The project partly funded the drafting and finalization of the Draft Competition Policy and the Draft Trade Development Act.
• A Tier 2 project proposal on E-Infrastructure for Trade and Services Development has been finalized and submitted to the Executive Secretariat for the EIF.
• Bhutan’s trade strategy is included in the Economic Development Policy 2014 and the Eleventh Five Year plan (2013-2018).
• A round table meeting with donors is held every year by the Gross National Happiness Commission.