| Regional Cotton & Textile Executive Meeting 2005 |
27 & 28 April 2005
Nairobi, Kenya“The Future Belongs to the Organised”Summit “Brief”The event, which attracted 150 delegates from 20 African countries, was organized by the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support Program (RATES) in collaboration and in partnership with, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC), the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) and the East and Central Africa Competitiveness Hub; and hosted by the textile sector & apparel manufacturers of Kenya. The summit content covered the ‘fiber to fabric’ value chain with the aim of creating a business forum that would promote and develop the concept of a regional trade community & networking structure that will stimulate profitability and growth in trade throughout the region, address key policy issues and post MFA challenges, generate information exchange, promote investment, and create international alliances and affiliations. Key Issues that emerged - Regional body formed Read the full document
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