Institutional Consulting

Below is a review of some consultancies that reflect our institutional experience:

Design of Public Policy Tools

• Strategy and Action Plan to address the dismantling of export subsidies in some Central American countries.
• Strengthening the Origin Verification System for the administration of trade agreements – Panama.
• Diagnosis and analysis of the national legal framework on food safety, as well as the development of a proposed framework law for the National Food Safety System – Costa Rica, 2011.
• Study on the Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements in Latin America – Inter-American Development Bank
• Proposal for the creation of a Technical Department of Rules of Origin and a Unit of Origin – Dominican Republic
• Basic Manual for the Inspection of the Origin of Goods within the Framework of CAFTA-DR Dominican Republic                                                                  
• Methodology for measuring Chilean investments in Costa Rica and El Salvador – Chili
• Competitiveness Policy Program of the Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic.
• Study on various National Quality Systems, as well as the preparation of a proposal to reform the Law of the National Quality System (Law No. 8279) – Costa Rica. 2014.
• Policy recommendations to improve the systemic functioning of the Paso Canoas and Peñas Blancas border crossings for the trade of goods. Costa Rica, 2013-2014.

Institutional Training

Market Access

• Workshop on market access standards within the framework of international trade agreements – Panama.
• Conference on the administration of agricultural quotas under DR-CAFTA – Dominican Republic.
• Regional Workshop: Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Textile Sector Based on New Trade Agreements – Dominican Republic.
• Workshop on the negotiation of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union: opportunities for SMEs Costa Rica.

Rules of origin

• Seminar on the experiences of Central American countries in the implementation of CAFTA-DR regarding rules of origin and customs procedures – Panama.
• Training in rules of origin for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and the country's productive and social sectors– Nicaragua.
• Workshop on rules of origin of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union – Dominican Republic
• Conference on rules of origin and customs procedures for representatives of the private sector – Dominican Republic
• Workshops on the implementation of new origin regimes in the Americas –Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil
• Regional Workshop on Experiences in Negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the United States Andean countries.
• Conference on Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation within the Framework of the WTO and DR-CAFTA Dominican Republic.
• Customs and Port Trade Facilitation Program – Dominican Republic.
• Conference within the framework of the First Congress on Logistics and Foreign Trade Services on the Costa Rican Trade Agreement Network and its Implications for Merchandise Trade – Costa Rica.

Trade Facilitation

• Conference on Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation within the Framework of the WTO and DR-CAFTA Dominican Republic.
• Customs and Port Trade Facilitation Program – Dominican Republic.

Administration of Trade Agreements

• Conference within the framework of the First Congress on Logistics and Foreign Trade Services on the Costa Rican Trade Agreement Network and its Implications for Merchandise Trade – Costa Rica.

Non-Tariff Measures

• Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade & Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Experience in their implementation through Free Trade Agreements – Taiwann, 2011.

Implementation, dissemination and administration of trade agreements

• Analysis of the degree of implementation of preferential trade agreements in Latin America – Inter-American Development Bank.
• Construction of decision trees for the creation of the CAFTA-DR GEDOEL (Electronic Source Document Generator) Software – USA.
• Development of Guides on Import Quotas and Safeguards for the Trade Community – Dominican Republic.
• Analysis of CAFTA-DR implementation regulations in the area of customs and drafting of proposals for legal and regulatory reforms – Dominican Republic
• Drafting of the Manual on Verification of Origin – Panama
• Drafting regulations and preparing manuals and guides on Advance Rulings. Panama, 2014.

Studies and Research

• Impact analysis of Central American agricultural trade flows and their effect on food security – Costa Rica, 2013
• Business climate and investment potential for the development of a Special Development Region – Honduras.
• Trade Facilitation in Central America – Costa Rica.
• Sectoral analysis studies on the Chinese market for the negotiation of the Costa Rica-China FTA – Costa Rica.
• Geographical indications and the negotiations of the Association Agreement between the countries of Central America and the European Union – Costa Rica.
• The Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements in Latin America: The experiences of Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Peru in implementing customs and trade facilitation provisions within the framework of free trade agreements with the United States – Costa Rica – USA, 2010.