Procurement Summary
Country : Ethiopia
Summary : Invitation for Pre-qualification for Consulrtancy to Develop National Strategies for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Deadline : 27 May 2019
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 32918543
Document Ref. No. : EOIUNECA16362
Competition : ICB
Financier : United Nations Secretariat
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (UNECA)
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
Tender Details
Tender are invited for Invitation for Pre-qualification for Consulrtancy to Develop National Strategies for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Deadline : 27-May-2019 00:00 (GMT 0.00)
Published : 13-May-2019
Type of Notice : Request for EOI
Beneficiary Country/Territory : Ethiopia
Reference : EOIUNECA16362
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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