Trade & Regional Integration

Private sector development and the facilitation of trade, often through better regional integration and agreements, help to build a stronger global market place and fuel development across borders.

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Customs - Export helpdesk - Fair Trade - Market access - Multilateral trade negotiations - Regional integration - Regional trade agreements (RTAs) - Trade administration - Trade education/training - Trade facilitation - Trade Policy - Trade-related adjustment - Aid for trade

News Story: Servicification Workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi 2 September 2016

Leah Worrall created a new WIKI page | 3 October 2016

A sensitization workshop on Services Trade and the Concept of "Servification" in Industrial Development was held on Friday 2 September at the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi and funded by the Hub & Spokes II Programme. The session was opened by the Director of Trade, Ministry of Trade and...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
Views from the Field: In Conversation with the EU Ambassador to the African Union

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 23 September 2016

Gary Quince, who is nearing the end of his five years heading the EU Delegation to the African Union, shares his experiences and discusses the EU's support to the AU, touching on the gap between optimistic treaties and their implementation, joint programming and engaging with the private...

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About the programme

Leah Worrall updated the WIKI page | 19 September 2016

The Hub and Spokes programme is an innovative Aid for Trade initiative that helps to strengthen trade capacity development in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions. It is a joint programme of the European Union , the ACP Group Secretariat , the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Organisation...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
News Story: Samoa Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour Public Awareness Consultations - 17 September 2016

Leah Worrall created a new WIKI page | 19 September 2016

The Samoa Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (MCIL) held two consultations with stakeholders in Savai'i and Upolu in mid-September 2016. The meetings were part of an awareness raising programme and aimed to receive stakeholder views on the improvement of service delivery by the Ministry, as...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
The Trade & Development Link

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 16 September 2016

Trade and the private sector are expected to play a crucial role in the SDGs and their implementation, from creating jobs to ensuring that growth benefits the economy and the people, through promoting labour and environmental standards. But some question how increased trade flows and economic...

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Recent Examples of Activites

Leah Worrall updated the WIKI page | 15 September 2016

PACIFIC Adviser technical support on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus with Australia and New Zealand and PICTA with respective Governments; expected to encourage trade among Pacific countries and their partners. The Samoan Adviser provided technical support on...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
News Story: Commonwealth Secretariat’s DSG Mr. Deodat Maharaj addressed students of the College of Micronesia on the topic of “Small States in changing world"

Leah Worrall updated the WIKI page | 14 September 2016

Commonwealth DSG Maharaj addresses students from the College of Micronesia On Wednesday 7 September 2016, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Deputy Secretary General Mr. Deodat Maharaj addressed 40 students and staff of the College of Micronesia on the topic of “Small States in a changing world” at the...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
Promoting a maize-to-livestock feed value chain in the Indian Ocean Islands

Giorgia MEI posted Information | 13 September 2016

Published on June 2016, this briefing note examines the potential for developing a maize-to-livestock feed value chain in the Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) region of Eastern and Southern Africa (defined here as comprising the countries of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles and the French...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Video: PIFS Trade Adviser Discusses Trade Policy Frameworks

Leah Worrall updated the WIKI page | 12 September 2016

PIFS Trade Adviser, Fredrick Kamusiime Fredrick discusses in a video the role of national trade policy frameworks in helping to enhance sustainable economic growth in the Pacific region, with associated benefits on employment and standards of living within communities. He has been working with the...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme
News Story: Lesotho Breakfast Meeting and One-Day Awareness Training on ISO/IEC 17025

Leah Worrall created a new WIKI page | 12 September 2016

A breakfast meeting and one-day awareness training course on ISO/IEC 17025 was held for Lesotho stakeholders on 30 May 2016. These were facilitated by t he Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS) and the National Accreditation Focal Point (NAFP) of Lesotho, housed...

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Project: Hub and Spokes Programme

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