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TMSA Case Story Series \| Improving Service Delivery and Reducing Clearing Times at Beitbridge Border Post January 2010 The border post at Beitbridge is an extremely important border on the North South Corridor, with significant numbers of trucks and passenger vehicles going to and from the South African ports and, to a lesser extent, Maputo, and countries to the north such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, DR Congo and Malawi. There are also instances in which the land route to the north, into Tanzania and even into Sudan, has been used in preference to the sea route. It is one border post that experiences extreme forms of traffic congestion at peak periods.
TMSA Case Story Series \| Monitoring Non-Tariff Barriers January 2010 COMESA, EAC and SADC in Eastern and Southern Africa, with technical and financial support from TradeMark Southern Africa, a DFID-financed programme, are implementing a web-based NTB reporting, monitoring and elimination mechanism which incorporates concrete timelines for the removal of NTBs. The mechanism enables stakeholders to report and monitor NTBs and to notify NTB national focal points to allow follow-up and action to be taken. It enhances transparency and easy follow-up
TMSA Case Story Series \| Mozambique Fisheries Market Access January 2010 A TMSA Case Story \| supporting Mozambique Fisheries to improve their EU market access through SPS compliance. As a least developed country, Mozambique enjoys duty-free access to the EU under the Everything-but-Arms agreement, a Generalised System of Preference (GSP) scheme. While trade preferences such as these enhance the overall competitiveness of Mozambique in the EU market, it does not guarantee market access.
TMSA Case Story Series \| Negotiating the Tripartite Free Trade Area January 2010 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community (COMESA-EAC-SADC) Tripartite brings together 26 southern and eastern African countries, which are members of these three Regional Economic Communities (RECs). These countries have committed themselves to implement various programmes aimed at deepening integration of their economies in a joint effort to improve the standards of living of their nationals by addressing poverty through achieving increased levels of trade-led economic growth and development.
TMSA Case Story Series \| Tripartite Trade and Transport Facilitation January 2010 The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite has recently launched the Comprehensive Trade and Transport Facilitation Programme (CTTFP) which is a series of initiatives from different RECs that have been brought together into one large integrated trade facilitation programme to be rolled out as a pilot on the North South Corridor, starting in early 2011.
The Chirundu Border Post \| Detailed Monitoring of Transit Times September 2009 The centers of Beitbridge, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Chirundu, between Zimbabwe and Zambia, are the busiest border posts on the North-South corridor. Around 220 heavy goods vehicles transit the border in both directions in one day and the traffic was even higher before the decline of the Zimbabwe economy.
Economic Benefits of an Efficient North-South Corridor: Strategic Level Analysis of Investments in the North-South Corridor Using HDM-4: Final Report April 2009 The North-South Corridor is a pilot Aid for Trade programme which is being administered through the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite process that focuses on transport and transit issues. The North-South Corridor runs between the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to the Copperbelt of Zambia and DR Congo and down through Zimbabwe and Botswana to the ports in southern Africa, taking in 'spur' connections through Malawi and Mozambique in the east.
Report on the Chirundu Wellness Centre: Zambia and Zimbabwe March 2009 Chirundu is a town in Zambia near to the order with Zimbabwe and is a key point on the Great North Road. It is the site of two of the five major road or rail bridges across the Zambezi River, the Chirundu Bridges. Chirundu is some 200 km south east of Lusaka, the capital of the Republic of Zambia. The Great North Road is a major link from Lusaka to Zimbabwe. The small town of Chirundu is nothing short of one large truck stop.
Confronting Climate Change \| a Guide to Climate Change and the Fruit and Wine Industry - South Africa February 2009 South Africa Fruit and Wine Industry Guide form the Confronting Climate Change Programme: This guide answers the following important questions: What is Climate change and how will it affect the South African agricultural sector? How do agricultural activities play a role in global greenhouse gas emissions? What's next for the South African Fruit and Wine climate change program?
Report \| Preparation of a Synthesis Report and Guidelines on Vehicle Overload Control November 2007 Background The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Southern Africa Office of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) working under the Regional Economic Communities Transport Coordinating Committee established under the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Transport Policy Program (SSATP) have identified vehicle overload control as one of the priority areas to be addressed in their 2006/7 Work Program. One of the projects included in the 2006/7 Work Program is the preparation of a Synthesis
Development of the Inland Fisheries Export Sectors in Eastern and Southern Africa - Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and other Barriers October 2007 The ESA EPA Negotiating Group has requested assistance to prepare a road map to achieve the general policy statements which have been made in terms of development of inland fisheries export sectors, including aquiculture, with particular reference to Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary issues. This study aims to produce data which can inform the strategies and processes of the organisations and people engaged in the fisheries discussions in a practical way. It is already acknowledged that SPS issues are a major problem to the development of inland fisheries.
Final Report \| Implementation of Harmonised Road User Charges System in the SADC Region June 2007 The road networks of the SADC countries are essential for economic activity and for basic social needs. However, despite their importance, many road systems are not in satisfactory condition due to inadequate funding for road maintenance. In view of limited resources available through traditional government funding sources, the governments of most SADC countries, prompted by Article 4.5 of the SADC Protocol on Transport, Communications and Meteorology have embarked on securing alternative sources of off-budgetary financing through the introduction of appropriate
Final Report \| Rules of Origin for Fish and Fish Products for the Eastern and Southern Africa Region Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union March 2007 The purpose of this paper is to define a negotiating position and strategy on Rules of Origin as they refer to marine fish and fish products so as to add to Eastern and Southern Africa's (ESA) draft Protocol on Rules of Origin. Rules of Origin need to be studied within the wider context, the widest context being how the ESA countries with marine fisheries industries can use these industries as a tool for their economic development. This report was written under the Regional Trade Facilitation Programme (RTFP) - the programme that preceded TMSA.
Aid for Trade: A Least Developed Country (LDC) Contribution to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Aid for Trade Task Force June 2006 Conclusion: The LDC Group is strongly in favour of an AfT Facility, which should, where appropriate, work in tandem with an Enhanced IF by bridging the gap between identification of traderelated needs and their financing. An AfT Facility could be financed through a combination of existing instruments and, if necessary, new instruments. What is necessary is to ensure that whatever funding instruments are used, they should be flexible enough to allow cofinancing from other sources.
Least Developed Countries' Proposal on Rules of Origin June 2006 1. Rules of Origin have been under consideration by the WTO since almost its inception in 1995 and consensus on Rules of Origin has yet to be arrived at. The main reason for this lack of consensus could well be that different Members of the WTO expect Rules of Origin to serve different functions. The function of Rules of Origin which refer to the DutyFree QuotaFree Market Access for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) provisions are to reduce trade diversion and trade deflection to a minimum, which can be achieved by having Rules of Origin which are simple and transparent.