Trade in Services in Sub Saharan Africa

The Action intends to contribute to the liberalisation of services with an aim to increase Sub Saharan Africa¿s (SSA) competitiveness to boost sustainable economic growth to attract investment to create decent jobs and to benefit consumers.In order to promote continental and regional economic integration to better answer countries¿ needs and to take into account the different levels of regional level integration the action will have one continental component and regional components one in each Regional Economic Community (REC) mandated in Economic Integration and Trade ECOWAS ECCAS EAC COMESA and SADC. Strong emphasis will be put on the direct involvement of private sector and business associations. The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to increase intra regional continental and bilateral trade in services enabling higher integration into regional and global value chains and actors to benefit from all trade agreements (Multilateral Continental REC and Bilateral EPA). The Specific Objective (Outcome) of this action is to Increase Services liberalisation and exports for selected Services sectors at multilateral continental regional or bilateral level. The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective (Outcomes) are Output 1. Trade barriers in Trade in Services (TiS) are analysed and TiS policies are properly defined Output 2. Commitments in trade in services are defined Output 3. Awareness of export opportunities is enhanced for the private sector especially for women and youth led businesses Output 4. Appropriate harmonised and transparent TiS regulations integrating social and climate related provisions are developed and more accessible.