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Country : Ethiopia

Summary : Expression of Interest for Invitation to Pre-qualification for Consulrtancy to Develop National Strategies for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Deadline : 27 May 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32985332

Document Ref. No. : EOIUNECA16367

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Menelik II Ave. P.O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: 251-11-544-5000 Cable: ECA ADDIS ABABA Fax: 251-11-551 4416 (Addis Ababa)
Ethiopia

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Expression of Interest for Invitation to Pre-qualification for Consulrtancy to Develop National Strategies for
the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
BRDeadline : 27-May-2019 00:00 (GMT 0.00)

Published : 15-May-2019

Type of Notice : Request for EOI

Beneficiary Country/Territory : Ethiopia

Reference : EOIUNECA16367

Description : 1. Background The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) signed in Kigali, Rwanda, on 21 March 2018 is a key milestone in Africa's integration Agenda. The scope of the AfCFTA covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights, competition policy and possibly e-commerce. This wide scope moves the Agreement beyond the requirements of a traditional free trade area. A main underlying argument is that by stimulating economic growth and diversification, the AfCFTA will help to generate economic activities for higher value added at domestic and regional levels. The implementation of the AfCFTA will certainly involve adjustments in countries to overcome potential challenges and seize the opportunities offered by integrated markets. Given the significant diversity in the economic configuration of African countries, they will be affected in different ways by the AfCFTA. It is expected that from the short to medium-run, structural changes through reallocation of factors of production, could entail costs of adjustment. This notwithstanding, harnessing the full benefits of the AfCFTA starts with its domestication, ratification by member States being a prerequisite. The benefits of the Agreement, once in force, will not come overnight. Countries would need to identify where their comparative advantages lie for diversification and value chains (for both goods and services) development. This will enable them to design and...

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