The contract is concluded for a period of two years until 2011 with possibility of extension for an additional two years. Potentially lot 10 services have a total value of €24 mio. For the past 4 years Human Dynamics has already successfully built a track record implementing framework contracts under the current Lot 10.
The main areas of intervention under Lot 10 are:
Trade:
- Trade policy development and reform,
- Support to trade negotiations,
- Regional economic integration – support to establishment of customs unions,
- Trade facilitation / customs,
- Conformity assessment (accreditation, certification and testing laboratories) covering Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues / Technical barriers to trade,
- Metrology,
- Standards and norms covering Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues / Technical barriers to trade,
- Support to producers in Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues,
- Support to producers in addressing issues related to Technical barriers to trade,
- Intellectual property (industrial property, copyright / related rights),
- Trade in Services,
- Competition policy,
- Trade and environment,
- Trade defense instruments / dispute settlement / transparency and government,
- Procurement,
- Trade promotion,
- Market analysis / strategy development;
Private sector
- Private sector development policy and reform,
- Privatisation and industrial policy, including Public-Private Partnership,
- Sector policies (textile, mining, pharmaceutical industry, agriculture, tourism etc.)
- SMEs policy development
- Regulatory reform for improving the business environment
- Investment promotion (domestic and foreign)
- Small and Medium enterprises (SME) support (inclusive advisory services for management, production, technology, research & development, marketing, partnership, decent work, export promotion, financing, human resources management incl. gender issue, training, environmental impact, production quality, etc.)
- Commercial banking, inclusive financial services to Small, medium and microenterprises (credit lines, equity, guarantees, micro-credit),
- Financial sector regulation (incl. supervision of banking, insurance, pension funds, securities etc.)
- Corporate governance issues
- Supporting professional/commercial/advisory bodies (professional associations, decentralised advisory agencies, local consultancy strengthening, Chambers of commerce, European Information Correspondence Centres (EICC), Business Centres