Support to Industrialisation and Productive Sectors SIPS
GFA supported the implementation of the Support to Industrialization and Productive Sectors (SIPS) project for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The project promoted the agro-processing and pharmaceutical value chains in the SADC region, particularly the leather and antiretroviral (ARV) value chains. The GFA team of experts facilitated dialogue between the public and private sectors at the regional level to identify and address bottlenecks in the policy and regulatory environment for the value chains. In addition, the team built the institutional capacity of regional regulators while strengthening regional IPR frameworks, policies and regulations to promote innovation within these value chains. GFA developed guidelines to improve the integration of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into regional value chains. Market knowledge and intelligence capacities of local SMEs and local governments were developed to improve linkages between regional and global value chains. Finally, the GFA expert team supported the establishment and activation of a grant mechanism to support innovation and technology development to improve the competitiveness of the leather and ARV value chains in the SADC region.
The project contributed to the improvement of the policy, regulatory and business environment at national and regional levels in the RVC to enable the sustainable development of the leather, ARV and related value chain actors and products in the SADC region. Increased local and regional value addition contributed to further industrialization and structural transformation, leading to job creation and improved income opportunities in the SADC region.
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