Afrique Centrale: Renforcement de capacités en matière de commerce des services dans le cadre de la ZLECAf

Summary

This program aims to contribute to the liberalization of services in order to enhance competitiveness, promote sustainable economic growth, attract investment, create decent jobs, and benefit consumers in the Central African Region (ECCAS).

The Overall Objective of this programme is to contribute to increasing intra- regional, continental, and bilateral trade in services. The Specific Objective is to increase Services liberalisation and exports for selected service sectors at the multilateral, continental or regional level in line with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

To achieve this objective, along with the ECCAS commission and its 11 Member States, the programme will focus on the 4 following outputs:

•Output 1: Trade barriers in priority service sectors are analyzed, and related policies are properly defined.

•Output 2: Support to ECCAS member states in the development of lists of specific commitments under the AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services.

•Output 3: Awareness of exporT opportunities is strengthened for the private sector, particularly for women- and youth-led businesses

•Output 4: Appropriate, harmonized, and transparent regulations for trade in services, incorporating social and climate-related provisions, are developed and made more accessible.