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Non-State actors - Civil Society and Business interaction on key Regional Integration Challenge
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 10 August 2017 6:05 AM SAST
- Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Action Plan
- Q&A
- Civil Society Break away Role Clarification
- Private Sector Break away Role Clarification
- Break
- Joint Breakaways
- Feedback
- Joint Outcome Document Discussion
- Preamble & Welcome Ulirch Klins
Session is designed to engage with Civil society. Civil society faces same challenges as businesses and SMMEs
Voice of Civil society has not been heard in first 3 days of the conference
2. Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Action Plan Monnane Monnane
Strategy Pillar
- Industrialization as champion of economic transformation
- Competitiveness
- Example: Takes 3 days to register a company in Rwanda. In other SADC countries, it takes 30 days or more
- Regional Integration
3.Q&A
- COMESA has instituted simplified trade regime. How far is SADC in doing the same?
- This is ongoing but details not available
- What is the thinking around feeding into global value chains for leather industry?
- SADC countries not equitably resourced so would this not disadvantage participants if the member countries are to be relied on to fund initiatives?
- There is a Regional development fund that is being worked on
- Private sector needs to come to the party
- There is a Regional development fund that is being worked on
- What is the status of countries who do not appear in the Value chains?
- Inquiries to be directed to SADC Secretariat
- Tool kit for implementation
- This will be taken into account and taken on board
4 Civil Society Break away Role Clarification
5.Private Sector Break away Role Clarification
Questions; Break
6. Joint Breakaways
7. Feedback
8. Joint Outcome Document Discussion
