Kenya - Standards and Trade Development Facility

ANNEX IIINotes to the balance sheet:The tables presents for each area of food safety, animal and plant health (sections 5-7) the current status andneeds of SPS capacities (in general terms), assistance provided by donors and identified gaps with priorities.For each area, there are three sub-components: awareness, regulation and enforcement. In addition to thethree areas, there are separate parts for market access (section 4) and overall institutional capacity (section 8).The columns are explained below. The top of the table (section 1-3) is an introduction and summary of thegaps identified - including those gaps that are of most and immediate concern – and a brief note on trends indonor assistance.ColumnsStatusNeedsAssistanceGapsPrioritiesNotesThe capacities are based on existing capacity assessments and evaluations and other availablestudies (see references in Annex II) and updated in interviews with stakeholders ingovernment, private sector, donor and international agencies (see list of contacts in AnnexIV).Obtained from the same sources.Donor activities are taken from the projects identified in the research work prepared for theDar es Salaam Aid for Trade workshop (see references, Annex II) and updated in interviewswith donor agencies. A full list of the main planned SPS projects and programmes isincluded in Annex I.These are needs that have not been addressed by present or forthcoming donor work. Thegaps have been discussed and verified in interviews and meetings.Priority scales used:1 – high and immediate priority;2 – medium-term priority; and3 – low and long-term priorityPrinciples used for prioritization:• Impact• Costs and benefits• Sequencing• Rule of law: major investment in diagnostics and inspection has to be preceded by legal frameworkand risk management26