Jointly designed by the European Union (EU), the EAC Secretariat and the EAC partner governments, the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP) is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Solidaridad East Africa, Oxfam Rwanda, Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria-Onlus (ICU) and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). MARKUP is funded by the European Union under the 11th European Development Fund.