Industrialisation and competitiveness - covers institutions, policies and factors that determine the productivity of a country/economy through diversification and expansion of productive sectors in the region.
Key focus areas
(i) Ratification of the SADC Protocol on Industry
(ii) Coordinate the implementation of the SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap (SISR) 2015-2063
(iii) Establishment of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)-East African Community (EAC)-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) (Industrial Pillar)
(iv) Development in the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation)
Some projects and programmes being implemented include Project on Industrialisation GIZ-CESARE (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) - Cooperation for the Enhancement of SADC Regional Economic Integration.
Partners and agencies include the SADC Member States, COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Member/Partner States and ECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa)
Some statistics on vital issues
(i) SADC's regional Gross Domestic Product growth contracted by 4.6 per cent in 2020, from a growth of 2.1 per cent in 2019. This is a far cry from a minimum of 7% per year (SISR target).
(ii) SADC's relatively stagnant structural transformation with high dominance of service sector and manufacturing sector still having a stable and low share of around 12% against a target of 30% by 2030
(iii) SADC's relatively stagnant structural transformation with high dominance of service sector and agriculture sector employment across all SADC Member States, with most 'countries' share of industry employment of less than 15% a far cry of the targeted 30% by 2030.
(iv) SADC intra-trade still around 20% is far less than other regions such as Asia (30 per cent) and EU (60 per cent). Low intra-trade is associated with a low share of manufactured exports to total exports of around 3%, a far cry from the target of 50 per cent of total exports by 2030.
List of documents - Protocol, Strategies, Frameworks
(i) SADC Protocol on Industry (2019)
(ii) SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap (SISR 2015-2063)
(iii) Industrial Upgrading Modernisation Programme (IUMP)
(iv) COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement,
(v) African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
(vi) Capacity building programme
(vii) RISDP 2020-2030
(viii) SADC Vision 2050
The SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP 2020-2030) Industrial Development and Market Integration pillar comprises efforts to realise an industrialised regional economy utilises its natural resources sustainably.
Thus, industrial development focusing on the priority sectors of agro-processing, mineral beneficiation, and pharmaceuticals is prioritised, alongside enhancing regional technological capability and capacity through science, technology and innovation.
Related to this, the agricultural sector transformation is positioned to promote sustainable management of the environment and natural resources while ensuring productivity and improved market access for agro-products. Particular attention is further placed on the sustainable development of integrated Green and Blue Economies expected to generate revenue and employment.
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