This document presents SATH's third quarter report for fiscal year (FY) 2012.
Among others, during this quarter, SATH completed the SADC Trade Audit, facilitated a large regional mission to the NAMPO Agricultural Trade Show in South Africa, conducted training for energy regulators and continued its coordinated border management activities in Zambia and Malawi.
The first Southern African regional conference, “21st Century Trade Facilitation Tools: Increasing International Competitiveness,” took place from September 10-11, 2012 in Johannesburg. The conference was attended by delegates from a variety of Southern African countries and focused on modern tools to ease the flow of goods between countries, increase trade, generate economic growth and create jobs. The conference was hosted by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), and organized by the USAID Southern African Trade Hub.
The purpose of this conference, "21st Century Trade Facilitation Tools: Increasing International Competitiveness", was to share proven trade facilitation tools (national single window, customs connectivity, coordinated border management and one stop border posts) and programs that are being used with positive results by countries around the globe to increase their competitiveness and their Doing Business/Trading Across Border Indices with the view of encouraging more countries in Southern Africa to understand and benefit from these tools.
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