Public officials working in customs, immigration, port health, drug law enforcement, and police from 11 COMESA Member States participated in a one-day regional webinar on implications of COVID-19 pandemic on border management. The event conducted on Wednesday 20 October 2021 was necessitated by the need to address the health challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic…
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The COMESA Secretariat and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania have jointly signed an agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of coordinated border management activities and construction of a border market at the Tunduma Tanzania-Zambia Border Post. The European Union allocated a total of EUR 2.7 million to this initiative under the COMESA Small-Scale…
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There is fresh attempt to revitalize the COMESA Customs Union agenda, which will result in the full realization of the Common Market. The COMESA economic integration timetable envisaged the attainment of the Customs Union by 2004, but this has since faced headwinds that has stalled the programme. As a result, COMESA Secretariat has called for…
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COMESA has trained its Trade Information Desk Officers (TIDOs) that serve in selected borders in the region, on how to implement the Simplified Trade Regime and ensure the minimum standards for the treatment of small- scale cross border traders are upheld. The training was conducted on 23 September 2021 as part of capacity building for…
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ARABIC 4(a) 2020 Macroeconomic Developments in COMESA region_ARA 5(c) COMESA TIME BOUND MATRIX – 6 SEPTEMBER_ARA 6(a) Achievements under the EDF Programmes 2021 SSCBTI final ِ ARA 6(a)cont. Achievements under the EDF Programmes 2021-TFP final ARA 6. Draft Progress Report on COMESA CTFWP (2018 – 2020) and Draft Work Programme for 2021-2[25452] Arabic 7(a) Update…
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Small cross border trade between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to flourish after the two countries begun the process towards implementation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR). This will be done under the soon to be launched Great Lakes Trade Facilitation and Regional Integration Project, (GLTFIP) which covers the two…
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Thursday, September 16, 2021: Over 200 participants drawn from the academia, think tanks, government and the private, the private sector from the region and globally participated in the eighth annual COMESA Research Forum which took place virtually on 13 – 16 September 2021. The four-day forum received presentations on research papers focusing on regional mitigation…
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Seychelles is among four COMESA countries that will benefit from the US$5.7million grant provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to enhance monitoring and reporting of climate actions. The other three are Zambia, Eritrea and Comoros. The five-year project titled Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) will enable beneficiary countries to comply with the Paris…
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Lusaka, Wednesday 25 August 2021: COMESA has awarded nine (09) scholarships worth USD 24,300 to students admitted to Kenyatta University in Kenya to pursue a Master’s Degree Programme in Regional Integration. The Scholarship Award Selection Committee sat on 1st July 2021 and considered all the applications based on the scholarship award criteria before awarding the…
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Lusaka, Wednesday 25 August 2021: COMESA has awarded nine (09) scholarships worth USD 24,300 to students admitted to Kenyatta University in Kenya to pursue a Master’s Degree Programme in Regional Integration. The Scholarship Award Selection Committee sat on 1st July 2021 and considered all the applications based on the scholarship award criteria before awarding the…
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