The workshop will discuss the existing evidence of best practices and challenges met in agrifood export promotion by some countries from Europe and Central Asia as well as learn the best practices in export promotion from Latin America. The workshop will also contribute to further development of export promotion strategies and plans in Eastern Europe and Central Asia through an analysis of experience in the region.

During the workshop, the best experiences from selected countries of the region will be presented, including:

•  Policies and programs in place to promote agrifood exports;
•  Roles and responsibilities of the different government agencies in agrifood export promotion 

The work in groups will be organized to discuss the steps towards developing or improving the export promotion policies in the countries of the region. 

National experts and representatives of ministries with experience in designing, implementing or analysing export promotion policies and programs from 12 post-Soviet countries will be invited to participate (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan).