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1.3. Complementary actions
Agricultural Competitiveness and Food Safety Project of World Bank.
Market infrastructure
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Rural Development
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1.3. Complementary actions

Food safety


The World Bank is working with the Ukrainian Government to plan a key intervention in the food safety sphere and very close cooperation in the parallel programming phase has been very productive. Direct communication with the programming mission and liaison with the Beneficiary have been very useful in ensuring no overlapping and optimum synergy. It will be vital to continue this close cooperation in the TORs drafting process to ensure continued synergies.

Agricultural Competitiveness and Food Safety Project of World Bank.


The proposed ACFSP is envisaged to be the first of several investment operations in support of Ukraine's national integrated agriculture sector development program focusing on the improvement of agricultural competitiveness and food safety.

Project components relevant to food safety:

1. Upgrading the analytical capacity of national and zonal (oblast) laboratories. This component will upgrade the analytical capability and capacity of selected national and zonal (oblast) veterinary, plant quarantine and sanitary-epidemiological laboratories in conformity to international requirements and standards.

2. Upgrading the laboratory management systems of selected central and zonal (oblast) laboratories and their accreditation6 to ISO/IEC 17025: 2005.


USAID TIBA project. This project is at the stage of planning. One of its components is planned to be devoted to assistance regarding fulfilment of SPS WTO Agreement. It will be very important that close contact is taken up during the TORs drafting stage when activities will have been more precisely defined.

Market infrastructure


The following projects are planned by international donors in the field relevant to agrarian market infrastructure, which form the basis for synergy with forthcoming EU SWAP project in agriculture:
  • IFC: The project on agro insurance development is already approved and will be financed by CIDA (project start is planned for the mid 2007).

On-going IFC projects deal more with agribusiness supply chain development (three similar projects are currently underway and will overlap in time with forthcoming EU project: (1) “Vegetable supply chain development” – Nikolaev; (2) “Development of milk sector” - Vinnitsa and (3) “Fruit sector development project” – Vinnitsa). Therefore, by the time of the EU project start, there will be a possibility for synergy and/or complementary actions and/or lessons learnt.
  • USAID: the USAID TIBA project is also relevant to market infrastructure and appropriate synergy will be guaranteed by close contact at the TORs stage by which time the precise activities will have been defined.
  • CIDA: in addition to the project to be implemented by IFC, CIDA has just started the second phase of the Grain Crops Project (2006-2009) with the main emphasis on:
  • Business Planning and Risks Evaluation;
  • Standards and Quality of Grain;
  • Marketing and Logistics of Grain Production.

And can be considered as complementary action to planned EU assistance in market infrastructure of grain sector. On-going FARM Programme, which supports advisory services in four Oblasts of Ukraine and assists in agrarian market infrastructure development can complement future EU project in establishment of marketing groups and agricultural service cooperatives.
  • SIDA: although the direction of future support to agriculture in Ukraine is not yet determined precisely, the emphasis for synergy and complementary actions has to be placed on SIDA’s experience in work with NGOs.


SWISS Cooperation office: two on-going projects “Organic Certification and Market Development in Ukraine” - joint funding of SDC and SECO and “Access to Rural Financial Services in the Vinnitsa Region of Ukraine” (till 2008) can complement the forthcoming EU project. Future Swiss intervention in agriculture of Ukraine for the period of 2007-2010 is under consideration

Rural Development


The following projects are planned by international donors in the field relevant to rural development, which form the basis for synergy with forthcoming EU SWAP project in agriculture:

CIDA: CIDA is currently reviewing its proposed activities in the sphere and clarification is expected in the coming months.


Within NAP 2006 there are two projects complementary to that in question, namely, “Regional Fund (Sustainable Local Development, phase III) with budget 15 MEURO and “Community-based approach to local development” with budget 12 MEURO. Both projects support local development and community-based initiatives.


The recently completed DFID project was mainly concerned with the improvement of rural livelihoods and promotion of rural development; focusing on development of off-farm employment, local leadership development and provision of arbitration/mediation services.


Based on the general consensus derived from the consultation process as part of the 2005 Agricultural Sector Assessment, the proposed EC actions are complementary with those of other donors, and can be summarised as follows:
  • There is a need for greater donor co-ordination, with a particular emphasis on reduced overlap for maximum effect, and a request for greater collaboration on maximising impact and value for money;
  • There is consensus that the Government should be more active in requiring greater donor coordination and collaboration in the agricultural sector (and in all sectors for that matter);
  • It was agreed that EU support and technical assistance in the agricultural sector should be in:
  • Institutional and Capacity Building;
  • Policy Development and Legislative Approximation;
  • Training & Development and Awareness Raising.