The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), funded by the European Union, aims to support several selected value chains at the national and regional level so as to promote structural transformation and better access to regional and international markets while taking into account social and environmental concerns. The Programme was adopted under the 11th European Union Development Fund (EDF) Regional Indicative Programme for a total amount of €120m.
The major objectives of the programme are to strengthen the competitiveness of West African countries and also enhance their integration into the regional and international trading system. To reach this overarching goal, the programme is aimed at improving:
• performance, growth and contribution to the industry,
• regional trade and exports of selected value chains, and
• the business climate
The WACOMP includes 16 national components (one for each of the 15 ECOWAS Members States and Mauritania). Each national component was allocated a certain amount of resources implemented by selected agencies under the guidance of the country. Each country will focus on the selected sectors with the aim to upgrade the value chains, improve the quality of the products and their export and integration in the regional and global value chains. In each of the countries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) and clusters are supported to increase their capacities and upgrade their production and marketing process.
Each country focuses on defining appropriate strategies with the aim of promoting marketing and/or export, improving general coordination with national strategies and reinforcing national institutions, improving quality and standards, reinforcing cooperatives, enhancing product design/development, marketing and sale, organising export consortium in the selected value chain, improving market access conditions to facilitate the creation of jobs, and in the perspective of green and inclusive growth.
PROGRAMME DE RESILIENCE ET DE RELANCE DES MICRO-ENTREPRISES ET DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES AU SENEGAL (P2R) APPEL A CANDIDATURE POUR LA SELECTION D’AU MOINS 5 INNOVATIONS EN PRODUITS, PROCEDES OU TECHNOLOGIES SUSCEPTIBLES D’AMELIORER
L’objectif général du P2R est de soutenir l’opérationnalisation de l’axe du Programme de résilience économique et social (PRES) dédié aux entreprises et du Programme Sénégal Émergent (PSE) post-COVID en tenant compte des secteurs prioritaires
Agribusiness entrepreneurs start business acceleration program in Bissau, Cacheu and Bissorã The WACOMP-GB project is implementing, through two IDEA Centers, the National Youth Entrepreneurship Agency (ANEJ) and the non-governmental organization (NGO) Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de
As part of the support for selected companies for the implementation of the Resilience and Recovery Program for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Senegal (P2R), a training session on “Tool Development and Digital Marketing”
In collaboration with the West Africa Competitive Programme – The Gambia (WACOMP-GM), The Gambia Standard Bureau (TGSB) successfully concluded the public engagement on the draft national standards for onion and its related value chain products.
The 4th Edition of the UNIDO-WACOMP Newsletter has been launched. This Newsletter features activities of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme at Regional and National Levels. Kindly explore the interactive newsletter below which highlights the
The project embarked on a 2-week long tour to all the project’s beneficiary 120 gardens where the officials assemble the bench weighing scales the project supplied the gardens in April. To ensure proper utilization and
In August 2023, UNIDO concluded an exciting 5-day workshop on packaging, made possible by the financial support of the European Union in Sierra Leone. This workshop gathered 27 participants from both, the public and private
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