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COMESA & the European Union sign EUR 7.6 million Financing Agreement for Institutional Capacity Building Programme

16/12/2020

COMESA and the European Union have signed a EUR 7.6 million Financing Agreement for the COMESA Institutional Capacity Building Programme. Secretary-General Chileshe Kapwepwe co-signed the Agreement with the Ambassador of the European Union to Zambia who is also the Special Representative to COMESA, Mr. Jacek Jankowski on Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at the COMESA Secretariat.…
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Zambian SMEs Receive Capacity Building Support from COMESA Business Council

14/09/2020

Over 50 Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) drawn from various sectors across Zambia participated in a two-day virtual training on capacity building organized by the COMESA Business Council (CBC). Participants were drawn from horticulture sector, meat, dairy and other agro-food industries. The objective was to enable the SMEs to meet the demands of the…
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Expenditure Verification of a Grant Contract for the Capacity Building Project for Implementation of the Regional Integration of the Democratic Republic of Congo – 7th and 8th Call

24/08/2020

RFP: EXPENDITURE VERIFICATION OF A GRANT CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF THE MADAGASCAR REPUBLIC

20/08/2020

Phase II of Tripartite Capacity Building Programme Begins as AfDB Provides $1.1m for Implementation

16/07/2020

COMESA Secretariat has received $1.1 million funding from the African Development Fund (AfDB) for the implementation of the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme Phase II. The funds will support COMESA, East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and their Member States to operationalize the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), a major milestone…
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CMI Scales-Up Capacity Building Initiatives

21/11/2019

Nairobi, Thursday, November 21, 2029: In recent weeks, the COMESA Monetary Institute has scaled up capacity building initiatives targeted mainly at staff of Central banks in Member States. The main objective of these initiatives is to improve macroeconomic management and financial stability in the region with the aim of enhancing the COMESA Monetary Integration Programme.…
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Capacity Building Strategy for TFTA Developed

16/08/2019

Lusaka, Friday, August 16, 2019: The tripartite Regional Economic Organizations namely COMESA, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), have developed a capacity building strategy to support implementation of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) integration agenda. The strategy aims at providing a mechanism for coordinating Tripartite capacity building initiatives,…
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Experts identify priorities for capacity building to enhance market access for Kenya exports

26/06/2019

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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AfDB extends funding to the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme

22/02/2019

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided USD 2.9 million supplementary funding for the Tripartite Capacity Building Programme (TCBP). The funds will be used to complete critical activities that are essential to the smooth operationisation of the TFTA. Among them is the completion of the industrial and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) databases, training of border staff…
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Building Regional Capacity on FDI Statistics

17/12/2022

Experts in Balance of Payments from the EAC-COMESA-SADC-IGAD and IOC region have undergone a four-day workshop to enhance their capacity in the production of statistics under Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), a key driver of growth in economies. The training was conducted by the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) in…
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