Directorate of Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI)
The mandate of the Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI) Directorate is to coordinate regional trade and financial liberalization; to facilitate competitive, diversified industrial development; increased investment and the integration of the SADC economy into the global economy; and to foster regional integration through the SADC Free Trade Area, the creation of the Customs Union, Common Market and the Monetary Union. The aim is to contribute to the SADC ultimate objective of poverty eradication in the region.
TIFI undertakes its mandate through designated Units, which include: Trade; Customs; Macroeconomic Policies and Convergence; Finance and Investment; Standards, Quality Assurance and Metrology; and Industry Productive Competitiveness.
The following are the key functions of the Directorate:
- Promotion of Goods and Services Market Integration;
- Financial and Capital Market Development;
- Attainment of Deeper Monetary Co-operation;
- Formulation and Implementation of Stability-oriented Macroeconomic Policies and the Attainment of Macroeconomic Convergence;
- Attainment of Common Tax Policies;
- Increasing Levels of Intra-SADC Investment and Foreign Direct Investment;
- Enhancing Productive Competitiveness in industry and mining;
- Effective coordination to ensure compliance of regional trade arrangements with International Agreements.
The directorate of Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment comprises of the following programmes:
- Customs Cooperation and Mordenisation
- Investment and Development Finance
- Macroeconomic Convergence
- Mining
- Productive Competitiveness
- Regional and Multilateral Trade Policies
- Standardisation, Quality assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM)
Please contact the Director TIFI or Programme Managers for further information on SADC Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment programmes.
Email: registry@sadc.int
Tel: +267 395 1863
Fax: +267 397 2848