Team Europe Partnership with Lao PDR to increase sustainable and inclusive trade, investment and connectivity in the agriculture and forestry sectors (TICAF) The Action is the flagship programme under the Green TEI for Lao PDR, with contributions Team Europe partners (EU, DE, FR, EFI tbd), supporting the broader EU Green Deal, Growth&amp;Jobs, Forest Partnership and Global Gateway geopolitical priorities. It intends to support Lao PDR¿s Green Growth Strategy, by contributing to a greener, sustainable and more inclusive growth through increased domestic production, processing, exports, national revenue, and decent job creation in the coffee, tea and forest-based value chains. This will be achieved by improving governance in the 2 pillars of the green TEI i.e agriculture value chains, and forestry partnerships, through policy dialogue, private sector partnerships, sharing of knowledge and expertise, capacity building and technical assistance support in each of the sectors. EU will play a prominent role, in particular to foster policy dialogue in relation to ensuring deforestation-free commodities, responsible investment, climate-resilient approaches, and environment and labour standards. TheTICAF is composed of: 1) Targeted support to sustainable rural development through better governance in the agriculture sector and the coffee and tea value chains; 2) Targeted support to enhance forestry governance and sustainable forest conservation and production throughout forest-based value chains; 3) complemented by EFSD+ guarantee and/or blending operations to foster responsible private investment in agriculture and forestry and to improve trade and transport connectivity with EFIs (these operations are currently being identified, and funding has been reserved in the 2021-2024 Multi-annual Action Programme for Lao PDR to that effect). The support to private sector investment will be provided through a guarantee to an EU Financing Institution providing loan(s) to private sector development in green sectors in Laos (selected through EFSD+ call for proposal). The support to connectivity is expected to contribute to the Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity (SEARECC) programme led by the World Bank for road rehabilitation in Lao PDR, and be complemented by the KFW-led rural road programmes 3 &amp; 4 with targeted intervention in the north and central Lao PDR.The programme will benefit from Support to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), decided as part of the AAP2022, that is considered as an enabler of the TICAF