Main findings and conclusions This final evaluation has attempted to give an unbiased view of the achievements, successes and challenges, and sustainability prospects of the AfT project, which was designed seeking to support the initiated by the Government of Uzbekistan strategic processes related to the WTO accession negotiations, trade policy reforms, export promotion, diversification of markets and exported goods. Overall, the project’s approach focused on capacity building and changes in practices, enabling stakeholders at all levels to perform better – from Government officials, through trade support organisations, and lately to individual companies. The project was highly relevant to needs and context, and particularly strong in adapting to policy changes over time. It served as an effective platform for scaling up support to the Government in time of the crisis building on the existing project capacities, governance and management arrangements, partnership network, knowledge base and expertise. Operating at three different levels and through different pathways, the project was very effective and successful in achieving the expected results – in many cases exceeding the targets. Being flexible and aligned to emerging demands, its interventions received greater support among stakeholders, which influenced the delivery and efficient use of resources, as well as the degree of ownership of the resulting benefits (and thus their sustainability). This contribution took place during a time of rapid change, including the implementation of key reforms, which led to a very high level of appreciation regarding the project adequacy and relevance to the needs of Government authorities, private sector organizations and small businesses. Key informants interviewed expressed the project’s added value and emphasized that continuing the work started is critical and needed. Urgent tasks pending further support have already been identified by responsible authorities – those are found to be a logical continuation of project’s accomplishments and a required precondition for effective completion of reforms. The areas mentioned to focus on further are related to accomplishing the harmonization of legislative, bylaw and technical acts with the WTO requirements, assisting the next phases of the WTO negotiation process, finalizing the structural trade policy reforms initiated, broadening the scope of supported production sectors, etc. This project has strategic value as it its connected with high political commitment from the Government of Uzbekistan, thus manifesting strong ownership and acceptance over project policylevel outputs. What regards investments in capacity strengthening and modelling of innovative procedures and service-lines, long-term sustainability prospects are weaker and rely strongly on both Government confirmation and continuous financing from development partners.