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ERVIEW
SADC VISION
2050
A peaceful, inclusive, competitive, middle- to high-income industrialised region,
Pillar 1
where all citizens enjoy sustainable economic well-being, justice and freedom
Cross Cutting Issues
Gender, Youth, Environment and Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Infrastructure
Industrial Development Social and
Development in Support Human Capital
and Market
AND MARKET INTEGRATION
Integration of Regional Development
Integration
Peace, Security, and Good Governance
The dismantling of the Trade, Industry, Finance, Investment (TIFI) Directorate in 2017 resulted in
the establishment of two Directorates: the Finance, Investment and Customs (FIC) Directorate and
the Industrial Development and Trade (IDT) Directorate.
ACHIEVEMENTS
DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE
At policy level, the Directorate has continually
engaged with Member States and assisted them
with manoeuvring the rigours of ratification of the
The reconstituted Directorate of IDT comprises protocols. So far, the Protocol on STI and the
the units of, Protocol on Trade in Goods have entered into
v Science, Technology and Innovation; force, having received the requisite two-thirds
v Quality and Standards (TBT) and Sanitary ratifications by Member States.
and Phytosanitary (SPS) matters; Science, Technology and Innovation form the 51
v Industrial Development; as well as basis for industrial development and trade. If the
v Trade. region is to be sustainable in its industrialisation
The reconstitution of the directorate reflects drive, it has to adopt and entrench the basic
the totality of the value chain to convert the principles of products realisation.
region’s abundant resources to goods and services In the period under review, the Directorate
that are marketable regionally and beyond. Figure conceptualised the capacity-building programme
1 below depicts the value chain behind the on STI policy and governance. Member States
reformulation of the directorate. expressed the need for a Model Framework and
The IDT Directorate oversees five Protocols. Guidelines on Innovation and Technology Transfer
• Protocol on Science, Technology and mechanisms.
Innovation (STI); In addition to conventional knowledge
• Protocol on Industry; necessary for product development in the region,
• Protocol on Mining; the regional action plan on Indigenous Knowledge
• Protocol on Trade in Goods; and Systems, hinging on sound policies for intellectual
• Protocol on Trade in Services.
property rights will widen the scope of
the SADC industrialisation capability.
The Directorate has facilitated
the mainstreaming of gender equality in
science, technology and innovation
hence the regional guideline on the
establishment of National Chapters for
the SADC Charter on Women in
Science, Engineering, and Technology
Organisation (WISETO). The Covid-19
pandemic has brought into prominence
the need for the region to leverage the
Fourth Industrial Revolution and the
development of a strategy in this regard
is in the pipeline.

SQAM – SADC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology
TBT – Technical Barriers to Trade SPS – Sanitary and Phytosanitary