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N T I S2010Figure 12.1: Possible Linkages between NTIS Technical Committees and NBF Working Group12.6 Shift to a Programme-based Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp)A SWAp is a programme-based approach to development that brings together governments, donors, andother stakeholders within a sector. Rather than focusing on a short- to medium-term limited package ofspecific policies and/or activities aimed at supporting those, a SWAp is driven by a set of operating principles.The approach involves responding over time to changes and moving under government leadership towardsbroadening of the policy dialogue, the formulation of a single, shared sector strategy (that addresses privateand public sector issues), the development of a common, realistic expenditure programme (including bothgovernment funding and DP resources) to implement the strategy, the formulation of common monitoringarrangements, and more coordinated procedures for funding and procurement.As experience elsewhere shows, the formulation of the NTIS, the steps taken to put in place the NTIS NIAswith EIF support, and the shift to a SWAp approach can happen in parallel. But a note of caution needs tobe raised here that a Trade SWAp is in practice more difficult to put in place than in most other sectors in nosmall part because trade development issues cut across many ministries and agencies and intra-governmentalcoordination may take time to achieve. This is in contrast to SWAps in sectors such as health or educationwhere often one or two ministries, at most, are responsible for the sector’s development.NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT249