The Trade, Private Sector Development and Employment (TPSDE) Facility II is an advisory service of the European Commission (EC) managed by the Unit E2 in charge of Trade, Investment Climate, Entrepreneurship & Value Chains within the Directorate General for International Partnerships (INTPA).
The Facility is aimed at providing technical and support services to INTPA Headquarters and EU Delegations (EUDs) to increase their capacity in programming, designing, and implementing interventions to improve the business environment in partner countries. It is an ad hoc facility working on demand for the EUDs and HQ, supporting INTPA E2.
The EU delegation in Nigeria has requested a technical support from the TPSDE Facility related to a general assessment on cocoa, cattle (including leather), rubber and wood value chains, potentially more affected by the EU Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR), regarding the level of preparedness of their private sector to comply with the new requirements to be implemented in January 2025. The assessment will also cover the potential impact of the recently adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).
This document presents the findings on the mapping of actors in cocoa, rubber, cattle (including leather) and wood value chains.