Madagascar recevra 964 000 euros supplémentaires pour renforcer sa capacité à mettre en œuvre les programmes d’intégration régionale. Les fonds sont fournis dans le cadre de la Facilité d’ajustement du COMESA (FAC) au titre du Mécanisme d’appui à l’intégration régionale (MAIR) du 10e Fonds européen de développement. Cela fait suite à la signature de la…
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Nairobi, Wednesday, June 26, 2019: Upgrading and accreditation of laboratories for testing agricultural products for export has been identified as one of the priority areas that could benefit through the new COMESA led project on mainstreaming Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) capacity building into national policy frameworks. This is according to industry experts attending a…
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Nairobi, Tuesday, June 25, 2019: Regional countries are set to increase market access for their agricultural products following the commencement of a new capacity building project to mainstream sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) priorities into national policies. The project is titled: ‘Mainstreaming SPS capacity building into the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and other…
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Les pays de la région devraient accroître l’accès de leurs produits agricoles aux marchés suite au lancement d’un nouveau projet de renforcement des capacités: «Intégration du renforcement des capacités SPS dans le Programme détaillé pour le développement de l’agriculture africaine (PDDAA) et dans d’autres cadres de politique nationale visant à améliorer l’accès aux marchés». Le…
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) participated to the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security and the 22nd Plenary Session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia which were held in Mauritius from 18 to 20 June 2019. Organised by the…
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Nairobi, Friday, June 21, 2019: The implementation of the COMESA Industrial Strategy has officially begun following the approval of an Action Plan and Regional Guidelines on Local Content Policy Ministers responsible for industry from the 21 Member States and their representatives adopted the two instruments today during the closure of the 3rd COMESA Ministerial Committee…
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Le 21 juin, les Ministres ayant en charge l’Industrie dans les 21 États membres ou leurs représentants ont approuvé le Plan d’action et les Lignes directrices régionales de la Politique de contenu local, lors de leur 3e réunion tenue à Nairobi (Kenya). Cette étape a ouvert la voie à la mise en œuvre de la…
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Nairobi, Thursday, June 20, 2019: Preparations for hosting the Source 21 COMESA High Level Business Summit and International Trade Fair to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 17 to 21 July 2019 are at advanced stage. The event will be jointly hosted at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, by the COMESA Business Council (CBC) in collaboration with…
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COMESA Gazette Volume 22
Nairobi, Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Fifteen out of 21 countries in the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa, (COMESA) have established dedicated Road Funds and Road Development Agencies to undertake maintenance, and development of roads for both the regional and national road networks. These are: Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,…
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