EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sector, Christophe Bazivamo. [Photo/therwandan.com]
The East African Community (EAC) together with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will launch the first ever EAC Industrial Competitiveness Reports (ICR, 2017) on September 29, 2017, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The aim of the ICR is to provide a compass to policy-makers, the private sector (in particular manufacturing associations), and generally a wider range of stakeholders on the broad direction of the industrial development trajectory of the EAC and of the internal competitiveness dynamics among Partner States.
The report assesses EAC’s industrial performance vis-à-vis other regions and role models in Asia and Africa and sheds light on strategic short- and long-term industrialization paths that EAC should pursue.
The Draft report has been presented and discussed at various consultative meetings culminating in its validation, by the programme Regional Steering Commitee, at the regional workshop held in March 2017 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Speaking ahead of the launch the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sector, Christophe Bazivamo said the report provides a synopsis on the ‘State of Industrial Competitiveness in the region and highlights the policy actions required to restore or sustain competitiveness.