SADC Regional Economic Integration Support (REIS) Programme capacity building activities in support of the implementation of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Annex to the SADC Protocol on Trade continued with the training of 22 SADC NAFPs in Marketing and Communication of accreditation services. The training took place at the [...]

The Trinidad and Tobago Fair Trading Commission (TTFTC) hosted a Workshop on ‘the Fundamentals of Competition Law and the use of economic tools in competition law enforcement’ on Thursday 25 February, 2015 at the Ministry’s Head Office in Port-of-Spain. The Workshop, which involved Agencies such as the Telecommunication Authority of [...]

The conference entitled “The Implementation of the Prevention of Torture and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, or other Cruel Inhumane Treatment through the National Preventive Mechanism” took place in Jakarta, between the 24th and 25th of February 2016, as a result of the cooperation between the EU-PDO and the Association for [...]

A Forum of SADC Investment Promotion Agencies Chief Executives and Senior Officials was held at The Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) Maseru, Lesotho on February 17-18, 2015. The objective was to accelerate efforts of achieving inclusive and sustainable Regional Economic Integration and the promotion of Peer to Peer learning among SADC Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs). Key points that were discussed [...]

Key partners involved in a new Capacity-building Project to support effective implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) met in Georgetown, Guyana on 19 January 2015, to chart the way forward. The Project, valued at €3,099,915, is financed from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme [...]

With support from the SADC Regional Economic Integration Support (REIS) Programme, the SADC Technical Regulations Liaison Committee (SADCTRLC) and SADC Secretariat Standardization, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM) Programme conducted training for 20 regional officers from 7 SADC Member States for data collection in the area of technical regulations. The [...]