P121 - ESA 5
Capacity Building for ESA-5 countries in view of the Deepening of the EPA Negotiations on Trade in Services, Investment and Digital Trade
BENEFICIARIES
- ESA-5 (Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, Zimbabwe)
- Ministries in charge of trade in ESA-5 countries
- Business communities
PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS
- ESA-5:
- Technical teams of EPA negotiators
- Trade Officials
- Regulatory institutions in services priority sectors
- Statistical bureaux/institutions
- Services suppliers and business community
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
European Union Delegation in Mauritius
PROJECT COVERAGE
The objective of the training is to provide capacity building to the ESA-5 technical experts involved in the negotiations of the deepening of the EPA, more particularly focusing on Trade in Services, Investment and Digital Trade.
Four-fold purposes: The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated to address negotiations on trade in services to strengthen competitiveness and further integration in the global trading system; The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated in the technical and practical aspects of investment that are relevant to the EPA negotiations; The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated in the technical and practical aspects of digital trade to strengthen competitiveness and further integration in the global trading system; and The technical teams of the ESA-5 countries are aware of relevant provisions on trade in services, investment and digital trade in FTAs signed between the EU and third countries.
Four-fold Project outputs:
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA 5 countries are trained on technical and practical aspects of Trade in Services relevant to the EPA negotiations including horizontal provisions, domestic regulations, market access, national treatment, and special and differential treatment among other aspects;
- The technical teams of the ESA-5 countries are trained on the technical and practical aspects of investment that are relevant to the EPA negotiations;
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA 5 countries are trained on technical and practical aspects of Digital Trade relevant to the EPA negotiations and;
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA-5 countries are aware of the provisions on trade in services and investment in FTAs signed between the EU and third countries.
Intervention areas:
- Negotiations on trade in services;
- Horizontal provisions;
- Domestic regulation and transparency;
- Market access;
- Non-Service sectors;
- Trade in services in the EPA;
- Trade in Services statistics;
- Negotiations on investment;
- Direct foreign investment and development;
- Training and capacity building;
- Digital transformation;
- Marketing processes;
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Purpose 1: The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated to address negotiations on trade in services to strengthen competitiveness and further integration in the global trading system
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA 5 countries are trained on technical and practical aspects of Trade in Services relevant to the EPA negotiations including horizontal provisions, domestic regulations, market access, national treatment, and special and differential treatment among other aspects.
Purpose 2: The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated in the technical and practical aspects of investment that are relevant to the EPA negotiations
- The technical teams of the ESA-5 countries are trained on the technical and practical aspects of investment that are relevant to the EPA negotiations.
Purpose 3: The technical teams of the ESA-5 EPA negotiators are capacitated in the technical and practical aspects of digital trade to strengthen competitiveness and further integration in the global trading system
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA 5 countries are trained on technical and practical aspects of Digital Trade relevant to the EPA negotiations
Purpose 4: The technical teams of the ESA-5 countries are aware of relevant provisions on trade in services, investment and digital trade in FTAs signed between the EU and third countries
- Officers from the national authorities of the ESA-5 countries are aware of the provisions on trade in services and investment in FTAs signed between the EU and third countries
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