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Presented by Mr. Stephen N. Karingi Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division (RITD)

Progress Report for Subprogramme 5 during 2012-2013: Trade, Economic Cooperation & Regional Integration. Presented by Mr. Stephen N. Karingi Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division (RITD).

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Presented by Mr. Stephen N. Karingi Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division (RITD)

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  1. Progress Report for Subprogramme 5 during 2012-2013:Trade, Economic Cooperation & Regional Integration Presented by Mr. Stephen N. Karingi Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division (RITD) 8th Session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration, 6 - 8 February 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Completed outputs during the remainder of 2011 • Status of activities 2012-2013 • Results achieved & impact • Testimonials • Lessons, challenges & opportunities

  3. COMPLETED OUTPUTS DURING THE REMAINDER OF 2011 (After the 7th Session of the CTRI)

  4. STATUS OF ACTIVITIES 2012-2013

  5. RESULTS ACHIEVED & IMPACT 2012-2013

  6. TESTIMONIALS • On the ARIA series: “Thanks a lot for a nice workshop on regional Integration(…) I have inhaled a lot of knowledge which will be useful in my home country and Africa at large. Further, I would like to ask whether (…) ''ASSESSING REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA V'', is a yearly publication or not. And if it is a yearly publication, how can our office (BANK OF TANZANIA) be in position of accessing a hardcopy whenever it is published?”, officer from the Bank of Tanzania, 22 August 2012 “I am desperately searching for the various volumes of ARIA-1 to V. Did you release these in book form? I am aware that these are available on the internet and on the UNECA website but just wondered if I could get formal copies thereof for eth office of Minister Manuel and President Zuma?”, representative of the Office of the Presidency of South Africa, 1 August 2012. On the Regional Workshop on Exchange of Best Practices: “The joint activity on regional integration we conducted recently was a resounding success. MEFMI will undertake the necessary follow up interventions at country level to ensure the imparted skills and knowledge are applied to empower member States to make a contribution to the advancement of the regional integration process”, MEFMI, 27th August 2012 • On the Workshop on Export Diversification and Trade Facilitation: “It was great meeting you in Addis last week, and thank you so much for you presentation, which I think will go a long way in assisting African States to appreciate the use of models to analyse trade flows. I propose that in future these analyses should be backed by country case studies, as this will help us to appreciate production contraints, and also hidden factors that may be undermining the smooth movement of goods across borders.”, participant from COMESA, 13 August 2012. “I found that this workshop was very timely as we are going to have a discussion on boosting Intra-African trade in the last week of September. Thanks for inviting me and my country”. participant, Sep 2012.

  7. LESSONS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES • Better target the different needs of beneficiaries in terms of key messages and outputs arising from ECA’s work. • RITD is expected to deliver on the assumption that member States are willing to implement their obligations. Lack of effective national commitment to implement adopted protocols and decisions undermines progress. • Full involvement of the RECs in the design & implementation of joint tasks remains a challenge but is necessary to enhance their participation & ownership of outcomes.

  8. LESSONS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES • Anchoring support based on a programme of activities which addresses long term goals is critical. This is the case of the African Mining Vision. Opportunities have been identified to create programmes in energy, the trans-African highway project, implementation of UN Road Safety Decade, of the Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African trade and for CFTA negotiations. • In the case of ATPC, lack of capacities of target beneficiaries (RECs) to formulate and follow-up on their technical cooperation request impinges on delivery and is worsened by ad hoc demands. ATPC therefore needs a scaling up of resources to provide adequate support to the RECs.

  9. LESSONS, CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES • Partnering up with other regional institutions such as MEFMI has been instrumental in delivering outputs of common interest which enabled the programme to fulfill technical assistance and consensus building objectives • The sub-programme forged a close working relationship with the AUC in the implementation of virtually all of the activities under review, in particular in the areas of trade and market integration, and infrastructure. This partnership contributed a great deal in facilitating the process of securing AU Summit’s support and decisions on some of the recommendations emanating from the sub-programme’s work (e.g. ARIA V and VI) on the themes of enhancing intra-African trade and establishing a continental free trade area. The Subprogramme needs to continue and strengthen this collaboration.

  10. Thank you for your kind attention!

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