1. “Key Regional Integration Challenges”
NON-STATE ACTORS – CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS INTERACTION ON KEY REGIONAL INTEGRATION CHALLENGE“
“Key Regional Integration Challenges”

2. # Item Objective Presenter Duration 1. Preamble & Welcome
Explain why we are here and set the scene of the session
Ulrich Klins
5 minutes 2.
Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and the Action Plan
Shared understanding and ownership leading to decentralisation of the strategy
Seth Akweshie & Monnane Monnane
20 mins 3.
Q & A on Intro Presentation
Seth Akweshie & Monnane
15 mins
4.1
Civil Society Break-away: Role Clarification
Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society.
Henry Malumo
4.2
Private Sector Break-away: Role Clarification
Lebogang Chaka
4.3
Feedback
Lebo & Henry
10 mins 5.
TEA BREAK: 15 mins
6.1
Joint Participants Breakaway Group 1: Joint Plans
Joint actions plans resulted in a national and regional Non-State-Actor Compact on industrialisation.
6.2
Joint Participants Breakaway Group 2: Joint Plans
6.3 7.
Joint session: Outcome Document Discussion
Agreed joint actions plans and way forward
Lebo and Henry
25 mins

3. Preamble & Welcome
Presenter : Ulrich Klins

4. Exchange between the private sector and civil society organisations on challenges, success stories and solutions with regard to industrialisation, with particular view to the issues of trade facilitation and free movement of people, goods and service
Exchange on value chain development that includes SMMEs with particular view to productivity and investment
Discussion and possible joint position of civil society and the private sector on the industrialisation and Action Plan (vision to action defined Non-State-Actors engagement).
Objectives

5. Introduction of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and the Action Plan
Presenters :
Seth Akweshie & Monnane Monnane

7. Breakaway Session #1
Shared understanding and ownership leading to decentralisation of the strategy.
Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society

8. What more can be done to increase regional trade facilitation instruments within the SADC regional community?
What are the constraints/challenges that hamper cross border trade flows within SADC? How can these be addressed?
What can be done to ensure member countries implement the mutually agreed protocols or programs that promote intra-regional trade within SADC?
How can government involve private sector / civil society on issues relating to trade facilitation within the region?
How can SADC countries accelerate the co-ordination of trade facilitation amongst member states?
Questions

9. FEEDBACK

10. Breakaway Session #2
Role clarification leading to greater participation by business and civil society
Possible synergies, possible joint activities and definition of the value-add

11. Questions and Solutions
How can private sector/civil society actively participate in being more effective partners in the regional development and integration processes?
How can SADC enhance the role of the private sector in regional integration to promote economic transformation?
What can private sector/civil society do to address concern about the adverse effects of trade facilitation on the local employment, revenues and livelihoods of the most vulnerable?
What role can the private sector/ civil society play in reducing the bottlenecks that are hampering the trade flows between member countries?
Questions and Solutions

12. FEEDBACK

13. 15 mins

14. Joint actions plans
Possible synergies, possible joint activities and definition of the value-add to the implementation of the SADC industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap, at both the regional and national level. Identification of realistic actions.

15. How can private sector/civil society actively participate in being more effective partners in the regional development and integration processes?
How can SADC enhance the role of the private sector in regional integration to promote economic transformation?
What can private sector/civil society do to address concern about the adverse effects of trade facilitation on the local employment, revenues and livelihoods of the most vulnerable?
What role can the private sector/ civil society play in reducing the bottlenecks that are hampering the trade flows between member countries?
Questions

16. Agreed joint actions plans and way forward
Rapporteur Session

17. Thank you