Workshop for South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho

The workshop served to present and discuss the preliminary analysis conducted to date and collect additional information from national interest groups. It featured the participation of prominent representatives of the public, private, and civil society and academic sectors. The evaluation team presented preliminary findings on the implementation of the EPA to date as well as its trade, economic and wider effects - with a particular focus on effects in Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa -, which were discussed with participants.

Download the workshop report.

• Workshop date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
• Time: 08:00 – 17:00
• Place: Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel, Sandton, Gauteng

Materials:

• Agenda
• Summary of preliminary evaluation findings, October 2023
• Presentations by the evaluation team:
  • Evaluation overview
  • Preliminary findings on the implementation of the EPA
  • Preliminary findings on the economic impact fo the EPA
  • Preliminary findings on the social, environmental and human rights impact of the EPA
• Presentations by panellists:
  • The EPA and the agriculture sector in South Africa - Theo Boshoff, Agbiz
  • The EPA and automotive sector in Southern Africa - Dr Norman Lamprecht, NAAMSA
  • Human rights aespects of the EU-SADC EPA - Dr Tinyiko Ngobeni, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria