Peter Bernhardt

Mr Bernhardt has been working for several multilateral and bilateral donors, including WB, DFID, USAID, BMZ / GIZ. International Trade Law and Trade Policy Expert with more than 20 years of experience in multilateral trading systems (i.e.EU, WTO ) and assessment and diagnostic of domestic national trade laws and trade policies in view of either accession requirements, post-accession compliance / harmonization and/or elaboration of national regulations and trade policies as well as organization / sensitaztion / formalization of Public-Private Dialogue in pre-accession and implementing stage of the policy cycle, including as team leader in various trade related donor projects and senior trade lawyer on WB´s Afghanistan DTIS. Ample knowledge of and experience in: National Trade Law and Trade Policy analysis, evaluation, and policy design; Analysis and drafting of EAC bill on the elimination of NTB´s in the EAC Partner States; Analysis and drafting of the National Trade Policy of Afghanistan, including WTO accession and regional integration; Analysis and drafting of Chapter II (Export Promotion and Multilateral Trade Integration) and Chapt IV (Regional Trade Integration) of WB Afghanistan DTIS; Cross-cutting expertise of trade related and commercial legislation topics, with particular focus on trade policy, trade facilitation, quality standards and conformance issues;Legal analysis, including preparation of road maps for necessary regulatory reform and the actual drafting of new legislation and amendments necessary for implementation and enforcement; Analysis of best practices in the frame of enabling business environment for promoting investment opportunities in various countries; Extensive experience working with private sector representative organisations; Analysis of institutional reform, capacity building, training and workshop delivery, including training needs assessment, training design and delivery and on-the-job training and coaching.