Category: Trade, Investment and Regional Integration

STUDY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION DEBATE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AFRICA

STUDY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION DEBATE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AFRICA

This study by SEATINI – Uganda examines the influence of the European Union (EU) in the global energy transition debate from fossil fuels to clean energy within the context of Europe-Africa relations and the implications on African economies. Specifically, the study interrogates the current narrative on energy transition to ensure an equitable and inclusive energy transition that will take into consideration the need ...

The EU-Kenya EPA Is Toxic for East Africa: The agreement signed last month sounds a death knell for regional economic integration

The EU-Kenya EPA Is Toxic for East Africa: The agreement signed last month sounds a death knell for regional economic integration

On 19 June, the Kenyan government concluded and signed the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) following a series of unsuccessful attempts to persuade the rest of the East African Community (EAC) to sign onto an EPA between the EU and the EAC as a whole. This comes two years after Kenya decided to pursue the EU-EAC EPA on its own and made a request at the EAC Heads of State Summit for an exemption to implem ...

MIKATABA YA UWEKEZAJI KATI YA NCHI MBILI (MIUMBI) NA ATHARI ZAKE KWA TANZANIA

MIKATABA YA UWEKEZAJI KATI YA NCHI MBILI (MIUMBI) NA ATHARI ZAKE KWA TANZANIA

Kitabu hiki kinatoa uchambuzi wa siasa-uchumi kuhusu MIUMBI na athari zake kwa nchi ya dunia ya tatu kama Tanzania. Waandishi wametumia lugha rahisi ambayo msomaji yeyote anaweza kuielewa hata kama ni mara ya kwanza kusikia kuhusu MIUMBI. Ni jambo la kutia faraja kuwa kitabu hiki kimeandikwa kwa lugha yetu wenyewe. Msomaji atapata mifano dhahiri kuhusu mambo yaliyojiri kihistoria hadi kufikia nchi kuanza kuwekeana mi ...

“Europe in listening mode”

“Europe in listening mode”

A new benchmark for success: making trade and investment contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 The European Parliament`s Committee on International Trade (INTA) will prepare its first draft position for the European Parliament on the future trade relations between the EU and Africa. The report of the European Parliament, which together with the results of the EU-Africa Summit ...

FACT SHEET: AFRICA SHOULD SUPPORT THE LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

FACT SHEET: AFRICA SHOULD SUPPORT THE LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

African states are signatory to more than 900 investment treaties. Majority of these have been signed with non-African states. The intention for signing investment treaties is vested within the solo interest to protect the rights of foreign investors in the host state, albeit at the cost of human rights and the host states’ development interests. For more than “20 years, ‘human rights’ and ‘business’ were very rarely ...

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Civil society statement on Public-Private Partnerships developed during a side event held at the sidelines of the Tanzania – Business Forum to inform the  Public Private Partnerships Forum Africa Inaugural Conference in Kampala, Uganda from 16th-18th September 2019. Civil Society warn EAC governments about the lack of democratic accountability in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) arguing that the new ...

CIVIL SOCIETY PARALLEL SESSION ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN  EAST AFRICA

CIVIL SOCIETY PARALLEL SESSION ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EAST AFRICA

The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Southern and Eastern Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) and HakiMadini are organizing a civil society parallel session on the sidelines of the 1st Uganda – Tanzania Business Forum. The theme of the parallel session is prepared under the theme “Are Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) a healthy option for East Africa?”. The session is scheduled to take place on  ...

PRESS STATEMENT ON A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CASE ON THE CLOSURE OF UGANDA-RWANDA  BORDER

PRESS STATEMENT ON A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CASE ON THE CLOSURE OF UGANDA-RWANDA BORDER

The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI); Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI)-Uganda and Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) have filed a Case against the Governments of Rwanda and Uganda in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over the continued arbitrary border closure. Click here to download press ...

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