The FCDO’s Improving Trade Facilitation and Customs Support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (TFCS) was a 3-year, £15-million program aimed at improving the livelihoods of Palestinians by improving cross-border trade whilst taking a systems perspective, improving the capacity of both the public and private sectors.

MSA’s role on the TFCS programme was to provide technical leadership and mentoring to the KMEL team based in Palestine. This was a vital aspect of the programme, focusing on understanding the impact TFCS is having, and how to improve these results to achieve the best possible development impact. MSA provided expertise throughout both the inception and implementation phase of the programme.