Research and Evaluation - TradeMark Africa

Research

TradeMark Africa (TMA) shares knowledge from its direct experience on what works in Aid for Trade (A4T) programming in Eastern and Southern Africa. Strengthening lessons learned, combined with complementary external partnerships and applied research, will bolster TMA’s ability to produce long-term impact in its programmes. Credible thought leadership will also pave the way for an increased audience with governments as they implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). TMA will emphasise a continuum of learning and sharing from its internal strategy and processes, through its ongoing and new engagements with strategic partners, that combine to generate a greater momentum than either strategy could on its own.

Evaluation

The evaluation programme will be used to investigate the assumptions in the Theory of Change (TOC) where TMA’s knowledge needs to be improved. The dual focus will be on better understanding the pathways to intermediate outcome level; and the effectiveness of TMA interventions in contributing to the achievement of intermediate outcome targets. Importantly, evaluation will be used to provide evidence and fill knowledge gaps from the results framework and modelling tools.

Evaluated Projects

Uganda Country Programme

The projects include Mirama Hills road and OSBP, Busia OSBP, URA ASYCUDA World, URA Approved Economic Operators (AEO), URA Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), UNBS and MTIC Improve Testing, Uganda NTB National Monitoring Committee, MEACA coordination and leadership, MEACA and EAC coordination, and SEATINI

Evaluated Projects

Export Development Programme

This formative evaluation set out to measure the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the TMEA-supported Traidlinks interventions in Rwanda and Burundi. The overall aim of this evaluation was to ascertain the results and assess the programme performance and provide the findings, conclusions and recommendations with respect to the...

Evaluated Projects

Kenya Programme

Since its inception in 2011, the TMEA Kenya Country Programme has been assisting the Government of Kenya and the private sector to implement interventions to boost trade within itself, with its neighbours, and with the rest of the world, and to facilitate effective participation and leadership of the country in...

Evaluated Projects

Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade

This formative evaluation gauges progress of TMEA’s NTB projects (5 projects at the country level and 1 project at the regional level) in reducing the time taken and costs involved in trading along the key corridors in East Africa. It follows the 5 OECD-DAC evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency,...

Evaluated Projects

Standards Harmonisation and Conformity Testing Programme

The TradeMark Africa (TMEA) Standards Harmonization and Conformity Testing Programme was launched in 2011 to support the National Standards Bureaux (NSBs) in achieving regional harmonization of standards and improving their testing capacities with the aim of improving trade competitiveness in East Africa by reducing the time and cost of testing...

Evaluated Projects

The Rwanda Electronic Single Window

The Rwanda Electronic Single Window (ReSW), which was effectively launched in 2012, represents a major initiative to facilitate trade, enhance international competitiveness, and promote development and regional integration, with the ultimate aim of reducing poverty. TMEA provided $3.3 million for the first phase of this project from 2012 to 2014....

Evaluated Projects

The East Africa Customs and Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate Training Programme (EACFFPC)

The EACFFPC is one initiative under TMEA’s third strategic objective area of “Improved Business Competitiveness”. The EACFFPC programme contributes to one of the strategic outcomes which underpins the strategic objective area, namely that of “efficient trade logistics services”. The results logic underpinning the EACFFPC project is that trained clearing agents...

Evaluated Projects

Single Window Information for Trade (SWIFT)

Phase 1 evaluation involved assessing a total of 6 SWIFT projects whose systems had been deployed and they included: two projects in Kenya ( in the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (KNCCI), and the Tea Directorate (TD); two projects in Rwanda (in the Ministry of Agriculture (RALIS -...

Evaluated Projects

Rwanda Country Programme

The projects include (1) institutional capacity building for the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), (2) support to the Ministry of Trade and Commerce’s (MINICOM’s) cross border trade project, (3) legislative support for MINEAC, (4) Kagitumba IBM, (5) Kagitumba Mirama Hills bridge), (6) Pro-Femmes/Twese Hamwe and (7) support to EACSOF. The final...