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What we do?

BTFP provides assistance on specific issues related to trade and investment in order to complement the work developed by the National and Regional  BioTrade Programmes. Its support  includes:

  • facilitation of access to services of organisations that are currently not accessible for BioTrade partners and enterprises;

  • provision of services of experts not readily available in the beneficiary countries;

  • generation of demand-driven information on markets, legal, sustainability issues among others;

  • development of methodological approaches, best-practices, and guidelines; and

  • facilitation for exchanging experiences among BioTrade partners.

The programme supports products that have market potential and can be produced without harming biodiversity. To develop and trade these products, export plans are formulated and then implemented through a set of practical trade promotion services, including market information collection, product development, quality improvement, certification, labelling, trade fair participation and matchmaking.

 

Our Aim

Coordinated by UNCTAD, the BTFP aims to facilitate sustainable trade in biodiversity products and services.

It enables specific activities in beneficiary developing countries which enhance sustainable bio-resource management, product development, value-added processing and marketing.

BTFP directly contributes to:

  • improving the functioning of private enterprises whose products and services are biodiversity-based;

  • guiding access to and consolidating those enterprises in foreign markets;

  • improving the living conditions of rural communities sourcing the above-mentioned enterprises;

  • conserving biodiversity;

  • building capacity of the national institutions supporting biotrade enterprises; and

  • increasing national economies by diversifying exports and the national trading base of the countries.