International Lawyers and Economist Against Poverty (ILEAP)
International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP) has since 2008 been supporting EABC to develop capacity of EAC private sector to understand and take advantage of Trade-in-Services Negotiations with the European Union in the context of European Partnership Agreement.
As part of the support to EABC, ILEAP, EABC undertook studies aimed at identifying offensive interests of the EAC in EPA in the services sector. Studies were presented at workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in February 2009 and have since informed EABC advocacy agenda in EPA negatiations.
ILEAP is currently assisting EAC private sector to set up East African Coalition of Service Industries (CSI). The first CSI steering committee meeting was held between July 27-28, 2010 in Nairobi' Kenya where the Committee came up with a road map on the specific steps needed to bring the regional CSI into being by the 3rd quarter of 2010.
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