African Development Bank
- Mapping exercise of key Africa business associations to develop a framework to enable African businesses to participate effectively in trade policy issues, trade negotiations and implementation of trade agreements.
- Assessment of existing national and regional private sector and business associations to determine the extent of existing capacity and how existing institutions can be strengthened.
- Assessment of existing mechanism for interacting with government; identify constraints and ways in which they can be strengthened.
- Assessment of extent of involvement in trade policy issues; Identify constraints and possible ways to overcome these constraints.
- Develop mechanism to provide a greater role for the private sector to influence trade policy, trade negotiations and implementation of trade agreements at regional and sub-regional level.
- Develop a mechanism for operationalization of the private sector platform for influencing trade policy issues and improving the business environment at regional and sub-regional level and propose the potential contribution/role of the Bank.
- presentation of the findings of the mapping exercise at the business round table meeting hosted by AfDB and WTO in October 2010.
- Assess the extent of involvement of business associations in trade policy and trade negotiation processes at national and regional level.
- Identify constraints to effective participation of the business association in these processes.
- Identify mechanisms for improving interaction between governments and business associations in this process.
SPECIALISTS IN BLOCKCHAIN, DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE
Finance House, 10th Floor, Loita Street,
P.O. Box 4889-00506, Nairobi, Kenya.