The Brussels Development Briefing n.47 on the subject of “Regional Trade in Africa: Drivers, Trends and Opportunities” took place on 3rd February 2017 in Brussels at the ACP Secretariat (Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels) from 09:00 to 13:00. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with IFPRI, the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, and CONCORD .

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Opportunities for
the Private Sector

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Background - TMEA
• Trade and Markets East Africa (TMEA)
• Regional & National presence - branches in all 6 member
states, Juba & Arusha
• Multi-donor – Belgium, Canada, Denmark, EU, Finland,
Netherlands, Sweden, UK and US.
• Budget - $560m 2010 to 2017, Strategy 2 defined
• Best example of an effective Aid for Trade programme
globally: Owen Barder - Vice President, Director - Centre for
Global Development

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Core Principles
• Private sector is at the heart of our TF measures
• We work in politically informed, problem-driven, iterative and
adaptive ways, recognising the complexity of the trade environment.
FCAS countries, in-house technical expertise
• Mix of regional/national; hard/soft infrastructure; TA/Financial aid
in response to the environment
• Partnerships with both government and private sector underpin our
approach
• Robust governance structures
• Equity in design of all projects (Winners/losers, gender)

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Tourism as a value chain
As a result of integration the tourism sector in three EA states enjoy:
 Single Tourist Visa
 National IDs recognised as travel documents within
 competitive international and regional marketing of their countries and products

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Innovation and Technology

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Export Competitiveness

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Asante
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