1. Policy coherence approach in promoting local pharmaceutical manufacturing
Int'l High level multi-stakeholders workshop on promoting pharmaceutical investment in EAC,
2-4 November, Nairobi, Kenya
Ermias Tekeste Biadgleng
Legal Expert
Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD

2. Investor: Education and Skill development
Investment & Industrial Policy
Education and Skill development
Local/regional market
Investor:
Health Policy and Medicine Regulation
Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation
Intellectual Property/ARIPO Patents

3. Policy Coherence to ensure that various policies work together;
Policies that offer the opportunity to support the achievement of a specific objective
Not only inconsistencies, but also gaps or inadequacies;
Monitoring, consultation and problem solving processes
Pharmaceutical sector-
the shared objective of industrial and public health policies

4. EAC: Regional/National Dimension
Challenges:  
Producers: price competitiveness, quality and access to credit;
The region: no new significant investment;
Competition from other countries/regions;
Divergence among EAC partner states
Opportunity: regional integration that expanded the market for local pharmaceutical producers;

5. Nairobi Statement: July 2016) coherence among policies and
EAC Regional Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan of Action, 2016 – as a means for reform;
Nairobi Statement: July 2016)
coherence among policies and
integrating markets

6. Regional policies to integrate the market⩳
Regional Policy for domestic policy coherence
Regional health/medicine policy, and EML
Joint inspection- prioritising local producers
EAC regional investment policy
Effective procurement policies: Harmonisation
Regional IP Policy - Tanzania
Anti-counterfeiting measures: Competition law

7. Pro-active investment promotion
dedicated webpage, empirical data, and regulations
Investment incentives package ⩳
R&D
Skills Development
Networking among researchers
Participation in researches taking place outside EAC;
Researches to take place within EAC;
Technical cooperation (EU-ACP)
Monitoring and evaluation
formalisation and annual reporting

8. Thank you