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Project Summary
One of the main aim of the 7Up3 project is to develop the capacity of national stakeholders including the policy makers, regulators, civil society organisations, academicians and the media in each of the project countries through a participatory process to understand and appreciate prevailing competition concerns from the national, regional and international perspectives, and enable them to respond appropriately.
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national markets in eastern and southern Africa are integrating
through three regional bodies, viz., COMESA, SADC and EAC with
considerable geographical overlap. Though some countries of
the region have framed competition legislations, there has been
little or no progress when it comes to implementation of the
legislation. Therefore, the need for developing the capacity
of the stakeholders of the countries in the region was felt,
especially in the wake of the privatisation and globalisation
climate prevailing there. The 7Up3 project is a sequel to the 7Up1 Project, implemented earlier by CUTS in seven developing countries of the Commonwealth in India, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zambia; and the 7Up2 Project currently being implemented by CUTS C-CIER in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Lao PDR, Nepal and Vietnam.
Project Outputs
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CUTS is implementing a
two-year project ‘Capacity Building on Competition Policy in
Select Countries of Eastern and Southern Africa’ codenamed 7Up3
Project in seven countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia and Uganda, with support from the Norwegian
Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway and the Department
for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom.
To meet this
end, a leading research institution in each of the project countries
will be involved in intensive research to evaluate the competition
concerns facing the project countries, including their regional
dimensions and implications. The research findings would subsequently
be disseminated nationally (and in the region) through a network
developed by the help of local civil society organisations,
adopting appropriate means.
