The main objective is to assist the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Lao PDR to strengthen policy development, coordination and implementation of Trade strategy. The expert also provided policy advice to AusAID on implementation of its trade sector program in Laos and facilitated coordination with other development partners as they […]
The ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU (ARISE), has the overall objective to support ASEAN Economic Integration process through contributing to the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint for the realisation of the AEC.
The ARISE purpose is to enhance the capacities of the ASEAN Member States in harmonising and implementing policies and […]
The project undertook a formative or summative evaluation for selected PSO/CSO projects for TMEA in Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Rwanda.
The formative evaluations measured the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and
sustainability of the PSO/CSO projects. It assessed the programme or intervention by
examining, amongst other things, the delivery of the programme, the quality of its implementation
and the […]
This project aimed to understand the interrelations between the three RECs and the policy framework of the proposed FTA in order to formulate the EAC private sector’s position on the negotiations. The main objectives of the consultancy were to:
Carry out an comparative analysis of the EAC, COMESA, and SADC economies
Analyse the current and potential imports […]
The outcome was to deliver technical assistance to the Government of Swaziland leading to the development of policies and capacities essential for it to benefit from opportunities arising from global trade liberalisation (WTO; DFQF under EU/EPA and US/AGOA) and various bilateral trade agreements and its membership of the three above mentioned RECs. Imani developed Swaziland’s Aid […]
The purpose of this training project was to build capacity of each of the member states of the ESA EPA configuration in preparing for negotiations in services and specifically in preparing their schedules of commitments in the EAP negotiations.
Imani carried out three day training courses for each of the English-speaking countries involving public and private […]
This project looked to strengthen Human and Institutional Capabilities in the negotiations of and Implementation of WTO Agreements and other trade negotiations inclusive of the Development of an Effective Trade Policy for Seychelles given fisheries as main economic driver. This included strengthening the institutional and human resources capacity of the Ministry of Finance and other […]
This project aimed to support the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Co-operation (MFAITC) in preparing for Services Negotiations in the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.
The objectives of the project were to:
Identify the services, at micro level, that can be (or is already being) exported from Mauritius;
Identify the constraints hindering exports […]
Imani implementated a programme of activities towards trade negotiations capacity building for the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Malawi (MoIT), funded by DFID’s Trade Advocacy Fund (TAF). The project focused primarily on two trade negotiations areas: the drafting of a new trade negotiations framework for Malawi, as well as designing a trade negotiations management […]
Imani has been contracted to deliver a project on behalf of the Trade Advocacy Fund (TAF), in response to a request from the Lesotho Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing (MTICM), looking to strengthen the trade negotiations capacity of Lesotho. The overall expected outcome of the project was to enable more effective participation of Lesotho […]
