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Item 2nd EAC Regional Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan of Action 2017–2027:(EAC Secretariat, 2018) East African CommunityThere is abundant interest on the part of the EAC Partner States in promoting their pharmaceutical industry. The first EAC Regional Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan of Action (EAC-RPMPOA): 2012–2016 provided the framework upon which regional and national strategies were aligned in an effort to strengthen the sector. While the implementation of the first plan has achieved several key milestones and contributed to the positive development of the sector, there is need for continuation and further improvement. The current plan (EAC-RPMPOA: 2017–2027) has been developed to build on the achievements and to set out new strategic approaches to surmount the challenges and capitalise on emerging opportunities within the sector. Key findings from this report show that while EAC pharmaceutical markets are growing rapidly, there is still a high dependency on imported pharmaceutical products and local firms are producing below capacity. Local manufacturers are strongly present in the anti-infectives product category but they miss out in immunological and cardiovascular markets, which have a large market share in the region. Even though locally produced medicines cover 66% of disease conditions, the region lacks the capacity to manufacture advanced formulations. This is attributable to a skills gap in the areas of product development and formulation expertise. Furthermore, there is a lack of appropriate and affordable financing for the sector, with options being limited to short-term loans with high interest rates. From the trade perspective, enhanced cooperation and harmonisation would reduce regulatory barriers and broaden export markets.Item Notification of product certification mark in the EAC region(EAC Secretariat, 2022) East African Community SecretariatNotification of product certification mark in the EAC regionItem Draft harmonized criteria for registration and certification of processed and pre-packaged food for Intra-East African Community (EAC) trade(East African Community, 2020) East African CommunityThe East African Community (EAC) has developed a Framework for facilitating cross border trade in food and cosmetic products. The framework aims to enhance intra-EAC trade in processed and pre-packaged foods and cosmetics products without medicinal claims by removing or minimising the impediments / non-tariff barriers (NTBs) created by standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment. The EAC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing (SQMT) and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) frameworks provide for development and harmonization of procedures, guidelines and frameworks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in achieving product safety and quality for consumer protection, as well as trade facilitation. The EAC has developed and harmonized a number of standards that have been adopted and implemented by Partner States in their food control systems and for trade facilitation. The EAC Partner States also recognize results of their respective conformity assessment processes among their respective National Standards Bodies (NSBs) whereby goods certified by the NSB of one Partner State are recognized as meeting quality and safety requirements and move freely across the borders.Item Framework to facilitate East African Community cross border trade of food and cosmetics products(East African Community, 2020) East African CommunityThe East African Community (EAC) has made substantial and steady achievements in its integration process, progressing from a Customs Union in 2005 to a Common Market in 2010. At the heart of these milestones, is the quest for the full liberalization of intra-EAC trade by progressively transforming into a single market and increasing its share of trade in the global market for the socio-economic transformation of her people. Promotion of intra-regional trade remains a key cornerstone as the EAC Partner States move towards the full realization of the benefits of the integration. Statistics show that intra-EAC trade remains low at about 12% (EAC trade and investment report, 2018) compared to other economic blocks such as SADC where Intra-regional trade is at approximately 46% and EU at approximately 67%. This is mainly as a result of non-tariff measures or barriers (NTBs) in form of restrictive trade policy measures and technical requirements.Item East African Community proficiency testing scheme (EAC PT scheme)(East African Community, 2022) East African CommunityEast African Community proficiency testing scheme (EAC PT scheme)Item Post-Harvest loss management strategy and action plan for the fruits and vegetables value chain(EAC Secretariat, 2022) East African CommunityThis document presents a Revised Report for the EAC Post-Harvest Loss Management Strategy and Action Plan for the Fruits and Vegetables Value Chain.” The assignment was undertaken as part of implementation of the recommendations of the 37th Extra Ordinary Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) meeting, during which the EAC Secretariat was directed to develop a regional F&V post-harvest loss management (PHLM) strategy for the sector.Item EAC pharmaceutical manufacturing(EAC Secretariat, 2022) East African CommunityThe pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape in East Africa is rapidly transforming with an estimated market size of USD 3 billion (this is set to be even higher with entry of DRC in to the Community) and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12%. New investments and expansion of existing facilities are ongoing in all the EAC Partner States. The region is implementing policies and strategies that are aimed at promoting local production of medicines. These include the second EAC Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan of Action (EAC RPMPOA 2017-2027) and the Medicines and Health Technologies Policy and Strategic Plan (2016-2021). In addition, the EAC Industrialization Policy and Strategy (2010-2030) has prioritized pharmaceutical manufacturing as one of the six key strategic industries for collective support. All EAC Partner States have established semi-autonomous regulatory agencies.Item The East African Community leather and leather products strategy and implementation roadmap 2020 – 2030(EAC Secretariat, 2021) East African CommunityThis document is a response to the 19th Summit of EAC Heads of State, held in 2018, concerning the promotion of the cotton, textile, apparel and leather industries in the region, with a view to making the region more competitive and creating jobs, ‘decided to prioritize the development of a competitive domestic textile and leather sectors to provide affordable, new and quality options of clothing and leather products to EAC citizens’. The Summit further directed the Council to ‘implement this decision and put in place a mechanism that supports textile and leather manufacturing in EAC”. The Leather and Leather Products Strategy, is premised on collective commitment and strategic cooperation among Partner States, as well as between the public and private sector, to collectively address governance issues, regulatory, market and information challenges which reduce incentives for private investment along the leather and leather products value chain. Implementing the Strategy holds the key to averting the risks associated with a mono-product driven export industry, with a focus on retaining 85 percent of the value that is presently leaked through the export of wet blue.Item EAC leather and leather products(EAC Secretariat, 2022) East African CommunityThe EAC region accounts for 3 percent of the world total bovine herd, 2 percent of the sheep herd and 5 percent of the goat herd: a good resource base for the production of hides and skins and for the development of a globally competitive leather and leather products industry. Presently, the EAC region processes leather up to wet blue stage with minimal transformation to finished leather. Between 80 to 90 percent of the wet blue leather is exported; only 10 percent remains for processing to finished-leather which caters for footwear and other leather products. The industry faces many challenges, including poor production and processing practices, resulting in variable quality, high value leakage, environmental contamination, and low investment. The EAC is addressing those challenges through the EAC Leather and Leather Products Strategy and Implementation Roadmap 2020-2030.Item East African Community industrialisation policy 2012 – 2032:(East African Community, 2016) East African CommunityThe EAC Partner States, like many developing countries, aspire to transform their economies to a modern and industrialised status that can sustainably generate sufficient outputs to satisfy both domestic and export markets and rapidly increase per capita incomes to improve the living standards of their people. The industrial sector in the region has developed into one of the main components of national and regional economic structures. Currently, the contribution of manufacturing to GDP in East Africa is estimated at 8.9%, which is considerably lower than the average target of about 25% that all the five Partner States have set for themselves to achieve by 2032. The industrial sector has the potential to contribute significantly to the economy by creating jobs, stimulating the development of other sectors like agriculture and services, increasing foreign exchange earnings, and modernising the lives of people. Industrialisation in the context of EAC depends on how the region strategically leverages the market created by the Common Market Protocol as a source or stimulus for demand, while simultaneously capitalising on opportunities created by the fast growing global and emerging markets for manufactures. The realisation of a fully functioning Common Market and the deepening of regional integration through a monetary union are crucial for providing the much needed impetus for industrialisation in the region.Item EAC industrial competitiveness report 2017:(EAC Secretariat, 2017) East African CommunityUsing historical data and benchmarking methodologies, the first EAC Industrial Competitiveness Report provides a powerful tool in contextualising the industrial performance of the region as a whole and Partner States as individual entities, identifying the main development patterns and assessing them in view of targets set in the EAC Industrialisation Policy and Strategy 2012-2032. Although in absolute terms the EAC’s industrial performance as measured by MVA and manufacturing trade growth rates remains well above the global average, in relative terms it falls short of some of the targets set in its Industrialisation policy, below similar regional economic communities in Sub-Saharan Africa such as ECOWAS, and more strikingly registered some signs of slowdown in recent years.Item EAC industrial competitiveness report 2017:(EAC Secretariat, 2017) East African CommunityMVA and manufacturing trade growth rates sustained by the EAC in recent years stand above global average but only around average of Sub-Saharan Africa. However, these growth rates fall short of some of the targets set in the EAC Industrialisation Policy and stand below similar regional economic communities in Sub-Saharan Africa including ECOWAS. The same growth rates of the manufacturing sector have not kept pace with the service sector, thus insufficient to impress that acceleration needed to achieve the structural change targets set in the regional and in most national industrial policies/overarching development plans.Item Action plan for implementation of the EAC industrialization policy and strategy 2012 – 2017:(EAC Secretariat, 2017) East African Community SecretariatThis Action Plan delineates eighteen programmes that will guide implementation of the EAC Industrialization Policy and Strategy (2012 – 2032) during the period 2012 – 2017. The Strategic Theme of the Action Plan is “Transformation of the Manufacturing Sector through Value Addition and Product Diversification, based on Comparative and Competitive Advantages of the Region”Item A comprehensive study on modalities for the promotion of automotive industries in the East African Community(Jica, 2017) BDO East Africa Advisory Services LimitedThe Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) in cognizance of the need to promote motor vehicle assembling in the region, during the 16th Ordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State of 20th February 2015 “directed the EAC Council of Ministers to study the modalities for promotion of motor vehicle assembly in the region, and to reduce the importation of used motor vehicles from outside the community, and to report progress to the 17th Summit”. In pursuit of the above, the EAC Secretariat in collaboration with JICA Tanzania commissioned BDO East Africa Advisory Services Limited (the Consultant), to carry out a comprehensive study on modalities for the promotion of automotive industries in the EAC.