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ZERO, the Regional
Secretariat for CORN has published an Information pack, with
four (4) fact sheets focusing on the economic role of cross
border trade, challenges faced in the sector as well some
solutions to it.
It is an output of the SADC regional workshop on cross border traders held in February 2004, which created a platform for SADC Trade Attaches, senior government officials working on trade issues as well as SADC cross border traders to deliberate on this issue.
The workshop recommended the formation of a Zimbabwe Multi-stakeholder National Committee
on Trade.
One of the outcomes of
the first meeting at the Zimbabwe Multi-stakeholder National Committee held on 12 March 2004, was the need to repackage the regional workshop report and other trade materials into a simplified publication, which could be used for lobbying SADC governments to re-visit their trade policies to
recognise, safeguard and promote cross border traders.
It is in this spirit that we are pleased to announce that CORN Regional Secretariat, (ZERO Regional Environment Organisation) with support from American Friends Services Committee
(AFSC), has published an Information pack (copy enclosed) entitled: Cross Border Trade: a Focus on Southern Africa.
This information Pack is a synthesis of the critical issues emerging from Cross Border Trade in SADC. It is composed of a series of fact sheets targeting local and regional partners in trade and development.
It focuses on the challenges faced in cross border trade as well as exploring possible solutions to these challenges. Some testimonies from cross border traders operating in SADC countries are also included.
CORN participates in the 2003 AU Mozambique meeting
CBOs
: time for action
It
is time for action to shift paradigms from the prescriptive
norms of development to a genuine and more inclusive
approach. Facilitated by the CORN, a southern Africa wide
network of CBOs, the purpose was to ensure that NEPAD and
the newly formed African Union (AU) seriously attempt to
understand and incorporate the specific community concerns
around issues such as food security and nutrition, primary
health care and HIV/AIDS management, access to land for
sustainable utilisation and cross-border trade.
As
the AU met CSO in Mozambique CORN seized the opportunity to
meet the AU as it had realised that it was possible to
overcome a number of shortcomings that had been confronted
during the history of the struggle against underdevelopment,
poverty and environmental degradation.
Papers prepared by ZERO for the forthcoming
meeting
-
Linking
Land and Food Security in Africa: a focus on Southern
Africa: summary (word doc) full paper (to be posted
soon)
- Trade
Regional Integration in SADC and Implications for Wealth
Creation (paper to be posted soon)
Follow
up to the CORN Regional Launch
CORN
Steering Committee Meeting 11-14 November 2002
This
workshop was a follow up to the July 2002 Durban regional
launch of CORN, in which it was resolved to set-up a
Steering Committee that would be responsible for defining and
pushing the strategic agenda of CORN.
The
Objectives of the workshop were:
- To address issues of strategy and structure that can
build capacity of CORN
- To define a plan of action that operationalises CORN at
regional and national level
- To integrate outcomes of WSSD into the CORN regional
plan of action
- To define parameters of communication and support with
partners within CBOs
- To equip participants with basic skills of facilitation
and moderation
Read
the Harare Report (pdf)
CORN is
Officially Launched
On Saturday the 6th July 2002 CORN was Officially launched. The
launch was held at ABSA Stadium, Durban, South Africa. This
historic event was was preceded by a 2 day Regional workshop.
The
specific objectives of the workshop were to:
- Foster
dialogue on sustainable development in the region.
- Promote
an understanding of NEPAD and to engage regional leaders.
- Build
among the participants a common position for WSSD.
- Consolidate
the CORN Network and formalise its structure.
Read
the Full Workshop and Launch Report (pdf)
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