Title: Capacity Building Support to the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat (MSG) and to Enhance the Efficiency of the Region’s Trade Facilitation Services Project Location: Vanuatu, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands The overall objective of the project was to support the beneficial integration of the four MSG States into the world economy and, thereby, [...]
Common OECS Services and Fisheries Trade Policies
Regional Integration, Trade Facilitation, Trade Policy and Negotiations
Title: Common OECS Services and Fisheries Trade Policies Project Location: St Lucia The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the sustainable economic development, social progression and poverty reduction in the OECS countries through closer regional integration and increased participation in the global economy. The purpose of this technical assistance project was: To [...]
Technical Assistance to Rwanda Private Sector Organisations (PSO) and Civil Society Organisations (CSO)
Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Standards and Technical Barriers, Trade Policy and Negotiations
Title: Technical Assistance to Rwanda Private Sector Organisations and Civil Society Project Location: Rwanda TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), a not for profit organisation which aims to promote regional trade and economic integration in East Africa, has signed a contract with Enabling Environments to provide technical assistance to the Private Sector and Civil Society in Rwanda. The [...]
Mid-Term Evaluation of the RISM in COMESA Region
Monitoring and Evaluation, Regional Integration, Trade Facilitation
Title: Mid-Term Evaluation of the Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM) Project Location: COMESA The RISM Contribution Agreement's (CA) overall objective was to support the economic integration process of the ESA-IO region through the consolidation of the COMESA FTA and the implementation of COMESA and EAC Customs Unions. The RISM also aimed to assist in the [...]
TRIPS Public Health Implementation in COMESA
Regional Integration, Trade Facilitation, Trade Policy and Negotiations
Title: Implementation of WTO decisions on TRIPS public health in COMESA member states Project Location: COMESA The assignment served to promote access to pharmaceutical products in the COMESA region through regional production, trade in medicine, bulk purchasing and importation, and to develop a work program for utilizing the flexibilities in the TRIPS Agreement as amended by [...]
Enhancing the Textile Industry Value Chain in the EAF
Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade Facilitation, Value Chain Analysis
Title: Enhancing the Textile Industry Value Chain in the EAF Project Location: Kenya and selected ACTIF countries The objective of this project was to assist the African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF) integrate the Regional Textile Project for improved institutional capacity and to enhance the regional textile value chain across the federation’s member countries [...]
Competition and Consumer Policy in SADC
Regional Integration, Trade Policy and Negotiations
Title: TA to the SADC Secretariat to Enhance Regional Integration and Harmonisation of Competition and Consumer Policy Project Location: SADC Secretariat and Member States The purpose of this project was to strengthen the capacity of the SADC Secretariat in order to foster regional integration and harmonization of competition and consumer policy in the SADC Member [...]
Review of the 9th EDF RISP 1 and the Mid-Term Review of the 10th EDF RISP Continuation (RISP 2)
Monitoring and Evaluation, Regional Integration
Title: The Final evaluation of the 9th EDF RISP 1 and the mid-term review of the 10th EDF RISP continuation (RISP 2) Project Location: COMESA region In this project, Enabling Environments analyzed and evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of the Regional Integration Support Programme (RISP) initiative for COMESA and the EU. The purpose of [...]
Comprehensive Study on the CET Rates on Sensitive Items
Regional Integration, Standards and Technical Barriers, Trade Facilitation, Trade Policy and Negotiations
Title: Comprehensive study on the Common External Tariff rates on sensitive items Project Location: East Africa Region (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) The study on the Common External Tariff (CET) Rates on sensitive items sought to: Critically analyse the products in the sensitive list; Map out the integration and mainstreaming of sensitive rates into a [...]
Study on EAC Strategic Agro-Processing Value Chain
Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Value Chain Analysis
Title: Study on EAC Strategic Agro-Processing Value Chain Project Location: East Africa Region (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) The objective of the agro-processing value chain study is to generate comprehensive baseline information with focus placed on upstream value added activities for products that incorporate: milk & milk products, grain & cereals, livestock, meat & meat [...]
COMESA Strategic Plan for Standardization and Quality Assurance
Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Standards and Technical Barriers, Trade Facilitation
Title: COMESA strategic plan for standardization and quality assurance Project Location: COMESA The overall objective of the project was to enhance the capacity of COMESA quality infrastructure institutions to coordinate and harmonize regional technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures and finally facilitate intra-regional and international trade. The primary objective of the consultancy was to [...]
3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum
Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade Facilitation
Title: Organization of the 3rd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum: preparation of the event (content) and mobilisation of high level participants from the Caribbean region and the European Union Project Location: Jamaica Whilst the purpose of this contract was to enable public-private dialogue on private sector development issues (i.e. regional integration), notably through support to EU-ACP Business [...]