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African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) National Awareness Workshop

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) National Awareness Workshop
“Opportunities and Challenges for Mauritius under the AfCFTA” with a dedicated session on Women, Youth and SMEs under the AfCFTA
9 November, 2022 to 10 November, 2022
WestInn Turtle Bay Resort & Spa, Balaclava, Mauritius

AfCFTA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius in collaboration with The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (African Trade Policy Centre and Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa) and with financial support from the European Union (EU) is organising a National Awareness Workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for Mauritius on 09 – 10 November 2022, at WestInn Turtle Bay Resort & Spa Balaclava, Mauritius.

The objectives of the two-day workshop are to inform and sensitise the National Implementation Committee as well as the representatives of both the private and public sector of the opportunities and challenges available for Mauritius to trade under the AfCFTA, especially under the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative and on the imperative of promoting inclusive trade that does not leave women and the youth behind.

The workshop will gather representatives from both the Mauritian public and private sectors. Border agencies such as the customs and authorities dealing with Non- Tariff Barriers will be invited to attend.

Mauritius is among seven countries selected to be part of the “AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative”.  It will join Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, Cameroon, Egypt, and Ghana in a trial phase to start trading under the AfCFTA framework that will see these States conduct business without being subjected to tariff barriers.

This Workshop follows the Validation Workshop of 25 March 2022, at which the National AfCFTA Response Strategy of Mauritius was validated. The Strategy was developed with support from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA-SRO-SA)) and with funding from the European Union.


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