The COMESA Secretariat has committed to support the improvement of key transboundary initiatives to improve efficiency at the Kasumbalesa border point between D R Congo and Zambia. Over the years, this border point has experienced efficiency challenges related to movement of cargo and now the two governments are actively engaged to finding a lasting solution…
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COMESA is developing a regional Statistics Strategy covering the period 2021-2025. Its main focus will be to strengthen the collection and dissemination of statistical information in the region with the overall objective of supporting regional integration. The current Statistics Strategy covered the period 2017-2020. COMESA stakeholders from Member States, Partner organizations and the Secretariat held…
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In this edition: Member States Hold the Key to the Operation of the COMESA Information Sharing Portal Tripartite Transport Corridor Trip Monitoring System Set for Piloting National Monitoring and Evaluation Missions Mounted as RISM Project Winds-Up A New Statistics Strategy for COMESA is in the Works Border Efficiency Tops Agenda for DR Congo and Zambia…
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This publication comprises a listing of measures that COMESA Member States have put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus. They cover trade facilitation and support to businesses, protection of the vulnerable from the impact of the spread of the virus and other relevant measures. It also includes the support received from…
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eCOMESA Newsletter Issue 640
This paper, Making the Case to Integrate Human Mobility into Cross-border Trade and Trade Facilitation:- Cross-border Trade and Border Management in Select Countries and Borders in the COMESA Region: A Case Study is a joint initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and COMESA Making the case to integrate human mobility_v06_11Aug2020b
COMESA and Mauritius have agreed on the need to prioritize a regional-wide post-Covid-19 recovery plan to assist Member States get their economies back on their feet. In a meeting conducted virtually between COMESA Secretary General, Chileshe Kapwepwe and the Mauritius Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Hon Nandcoomar BODHA, the two agreed…
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COMESA has welcomed the launch of the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) as an invaluable One Stop Shop that will ensure access to safe and affordable quality medicines in Africa. Launched in June this year, the digital platform is intended to serve as a consolidated online marketplace to facilitate the provision of COVID-19-related medical products…
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Measures in COMESA MS in Response to Covid Vol 23
The COMESA Secretariat has developed modules for an online course on trade and gender which will help the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women in the region. This is part of an information kit presented to Member States in a virtual meeting of COMESA Gender Experts held on 21- 22 September. The revision…
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