Between 17th and 22nd September 2015, Equinoccio and the CARIFORUM Directorate organized successfully an “Advanced Training of Trainers Programme in Competition Law”. The training programme was coordinated by Dr. Taimoon Stewart and Prof. Frédéric Jenny of the Equinoccio consortium. Prof. Jenny delivered the training modules to regional competition practitioners. Dr [...]

Nicaragua - Julio 2015. En el marco del Programa de Competitividad, financiado por la Unión Europea y por encargo del Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio, se han llevado a cabo capacitaciones a empresarios y empresarias de diferentes sectores, para que creen, registren y saquen el mayor provecho a las marcas [...]

SADC has several quality infrastructure development projects and programmes being implemented at regional and Member State levels by various implementing agencies. There has however never been a meeting to take stock of these projects and identify areas of overlap or gaps. In collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [...]

To promote greater understanding of the benefits of regional economic integration, the European Union Delegation in Singapore held a debate on Wednesday April 15 at INSEAD Asia Campus. The debate brought together academics, business leaders, the diplomatic community and government organisations to discuss issues around regional integration. The debate was [...]

Kinshasa DRC was the venue of the 2015 SADC Annual Quality Awards presentation ceremony presided over by the Director General of the Office Congolais de Control (OCC), Dr Albert Kasongo Mukonzo, and graced by the presence of his Excellency he Zimbabwean Ambassador to the DRC, Mr Raphael T. Faranisi. The ceremony was held on 18 March 2015 at the Fleuve, Kempinski Hotel in Kinshasa [...]

The SADC TBT Technical Cooperation Structures’ annual meetings took place from 16 – 20 March 2015 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The meetings were officially opened on Monday 16 March 2015 by Her Excellency the Minister of Trade in the DRC, Madame Nerfetiti Ngudianza – Bayokisa. In her remarks to the gathering of [...]