Tanzania Report, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania - ILEAP

CHAPTER I1.0 INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUNDThe Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) is an independent, not-for-profit nongovernmentalresearch institute, in Tanzania established in April 1993. Its creation was in response to theneed to developing institutional capacity in Tanzania for policy analysis development management studiesin economic and social policies.1.1 WTO PRE-CANCUN SENSATIZATION WORKSHOP PLANNEDThe Foundation has established collaborative efforts with local, regional and internationalUniversities, research Institutions, Government as well as private sector client associations. It wasthrough this collaborative efforts that (AERC) African Economic Research Consortium havejointly Teamed up in co-coordinating preparations of a national workshop (hosted in Tanzania) forthe sensatization of Delegates and the public at large to the WTO Pre-Cancun “5 th TradeMinisterial Conference scheduled to take place from 10 th – 14 th September 2003.1.1.1 Main Objective for hosting the WTO Pre-Cancun Sensitization Workshop:The (AERC) African Economic Research Consortium has more or less similar aims andobjectives, as those championed by ESRF. In view of the current New World Trade Order (WTO)working calender to host an International Forum later in September 2003 bringing all TradeMinisters African States together the AERC thought best to sensitize not only the would beDelegates to the forthcoming conference but create awareness by involving all interested partiesand especially the stakeholders to this August International deliberations.To bring this into reality the AERC commissioned ESRF to hosting the sensitization activities forthe Tanzania public and private sector stakeholders. For this purpose AERC provided:• Sufficient funds for hosting a two days 40-55 participants workshop• Provision of adequate funds to a Senior Research Fellow who would accompany theTanzania government’s delegation to Cancun, Mexico to provide the essential necessarybackstopping consultative advice.• ESRF has to conform to the TOR as stipulated in AERC letter 21/5/2003.1.1.2 Resource person choices and penitent issues for WTO AgendaESRF contacted the lead ministry of Industries and Trade to give their clearances forcommencement of the workshop preparations. A coordinating Team was picked and havingidentified key sector ministries, private sector, institutions including CSO, a comprehensive list of55 persons were invited to the workshop on 12 th and 13 th August, 2003. there were seven paperspresented from six resource persons.1.2 OPENING CEREMONYThe Facilitator and Ag. Executive Director of ESRF, Dr. Flora Musonda, welcomed participants andintroduced the Chairman of the Workshop, Mr. Ahmad R. Ngemera, Permanent Secretary, Ministry ofIndustry and Trade and Prof. William Lyakurwa, the Director of AERC, Nairobi, the financier of theWorkshop, and Prof Samuel Wangwe, former Executive Director of ESRF one of the resource persons.1.2.1 Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Flora Musonda, Ag. Executive Director, ESRF"Deliberations on WTO Pre-Cancun Sensatization Workshop" 6