The EU-EAC MARKUP is a regional initiative focusing on increasing the participation of SMEs based in the East Africa Community (EAC) in intra-regional trade and the European market. On the trade facilitation side, the project aims at enhancing the capacity of trade support institutions (TSIs) to advocate for the removal of sectoral trade barriers in tea and coffee sectors, as well as improving access to trade facilitation and market information requirements by developing/enhancing Trade Facilitation Portals.