July 13, 2018 Gaborone, Botswana:
The Republic of Namibia will from 30th July -1 August, 2018 host the third SADC Industrialisation Week (SIW) at Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre in Windhoek under the theme; Promoting Infrastructure and Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development.
The SADC Industrialisation Week is a public-private engagement platform that helps to foster new opportunities for intra-African trade and investment in the southern African region.
The EU will be presenting and we hope to see you all soon.
Downloads:
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Some background documents:
http://www.saiia.org.za/occasional-papers/the-sadc-epa-opportunities-in-the-agro-processing-sectors-of-south-africa-and-lesotho
http://www.saiia.org.za/value-chains-in-southern-africa
https://www.competition.org.za/regional-value-chains/
https://www.tralac.org/news/article/12580-the-role-of-trade-policies-in-building-regional-value-chains-some-preliminary-evidence-from-africa.html
The SADC-EU EPA includes a bilateral protocol on the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs).
The EU gets protection for 251 GIs including 120 wines. South Africa gets protection for 105 GI names: 102 wine names and three agricultural product names — Rooibos tea, Karoo lamb and Honeybush tea. South Africa can add 30 agricultural product names in the future.
Workshop on the protection and promotion of Geographical Indications
20 November 2017, Cape Town
International regulatory framework and enforcement of GIs
- Gis in SA Overview of the Landscape – Marumo Nkomo, Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa (PDF, 700KB)
- GIs in the EU: Value, legal framework and enforcement – Cristina Miranda Gozálvez (PDF, 1.5MB )
- GIs protection the Italian and international perspective – Elio De Tullio, Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (PDF, 1.8MB)
GIs contribution to economic growth and rural development
- GIs contribution to economic growth and rural development – Filippo Arfini, University of Parma (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Introducing South Africa’s iconic meat product Karoo Lamb – Johann Kirsten, Director, Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University (PDF, 2MB)
- GI contributing to economic growth and rural development – Dr Dirk Troskie, Western Cape Department of Agriculture (PDF, 2.8MB )
Developing strategies to add value and promote GIs
- The promotion of GIs in International Trade – Denan Kuni, Wesgro (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Developing strategies for adding value and promotion of GIs – Giampiero Perna, Consorzio Tutela Mozzarella di Bufala Campana (PDF, 1.55MB)
- Developing strategies to add value and promote GIs – Jonathan Steyn, Graduate School of Business (PDF, 2.7MB)
Closing remarks
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