“Key Regional Integration Challenges” NON-STATE ACTORS – CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS INTERACTION ON KEY REGIONAL INTEGRATION CHALLENGE“ “Key Regional Integration Challenges”

# Item Objective Presenter Duration 1. Preamble & Welcome Explain why we are here and set the scene of the session Ulrich Klins 5 minutes 2. Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and the Action Plan Shared understanding and ownership leading to decentralisation of the strategy Seth Akweshie & Monnane Monnane 20 mins 3. Q & A on Intro Presentation Seth Akweshie & Monnane 15 mins 4.1 Civil Society Break-away: Role Clarification Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society. Henry Malumo   4.2 Private Sector Break-away: Role Clarification Lebogang Chaka 4.3 Feedback Lebo & Henry 10 mins 5. TEA BREAK: 15 mins 6.1 Joint Participants Breakaway Group 1: Joint Plans Joint actions plans resulted in a national and regional Non-State-Actor Compact on industrialisation. 6.2 Joint Participants Breakaway Group 2: Joint Plans 6.3 7. Joint session: Outcome Document Discussion Agreed joint actions plans and way forward Lebo and Henry 25 mins

Preamble & Welcome Presenter : Ulrich Klins

Exchange between the private sector and civil society organisations on challenges, success stories and solutions with regard to industrialisation, with particular view to the issues of trade facilitation and free movement of people, goods and service Exchange on value chain development that includes SMMEs with particular view to productivity and investment Discussion and possible joint position of civil society and the private sector on the industrialisation and Action Plan (vision to action defined Non-State-Actors engagement). Objectives

Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and the Action Plan Presenters : Seth Akweshie & Monnane Monnane

Breakaway Session #1 Shared understanding and ownership leading to decentralisation of the strategy. Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society

What more can be done to increase regional trade facilitation instruments within the SADC regional community? What are the constraints/challenges that hamper cross border trade flows within SADC? How can these be addressed? What can be done to ensure member countries implement the mutually agreed protocols or programs that promote intra-regional trade within SADC? How can government involve private sector / civil society on issues relating to trade facilitation within the region? How can SADC countries accelerate the co-ordination of trade facilitation amongst member states? Questions

FEEDBACK

Breakaway Session #2 Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society Possible synergies, possible joint activities and definition of the value-add

Questions and Solutions How can private sector/civil society actively participate in being more effective partners in the regional development and integration processes? How can SADC enhance the role of the private sector in regional integration to promote economic transformation? What can private sector/civil society do to address concern about the adverse effects of trade facilitation on the local employment, revenues and livelihoods of the most vulnerable? What role can the private sector/ civil society play in reducing the bottlenecks that are hampering the trade flows between member countries? Questions and Solutions

FEEDBACK

15 mins

Joint actions plans Possible synergies, possible joint activities and definition of the value-add to the implementation of the SADC industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap, at both the regional and national level. Identification of realistic actions.

How can private sector/civil society actively participate in being more effective partners in the regional development and integration processes? How can SADC enhance the role of the private sector in regional integration to promote economic transformation? What can private sector/civil society do to address concern about the adverse effects of trade facilitation on the local employment, revenues and livelihoods of the most vulnerable? What role can the private sector/ civil society play in reducing the bottlenecks that are hampering the trade flows between member countries? Questions

Agreed joint actions plans and way forward Rapporteur Session

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