COMESA/EAC/SADC Tripartite Rules of Origin Database
Website: http://www.rulesoforigin.org/
The database contains the rules of origin applied under the preferential trading arrangements of the three Regional Economic Communities and rules of origin applied under the Generalized System of Preferences Scheme of the European Union (EU-GSP) and the American Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
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SAP4Africa (Social Accountability Platform for Africa)
Website: http://www.sap4africa.net/
SAP4Africa, is an online community of African practitioners on social accountability seeking to share, learn and connect with each other creating a coalition of practitioners to promote social accountability knowledge and experiences in the continent.
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AMRH (African Regulatory Harmonization)
Website: http://http://www.amrh.org/
The AMRH Programme of the NEPAD Agency operationalises the African Union's Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA) which seeks to enable African countries to fulfill their national obligations to provide all citizens with safe, quality and efficacious essential medicines. The AMRH Programme is being implemented through regional economic communities (RECs) in collaboration with partners namely the African Union Commission (AUC), Pan African Parliament (PAP), World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank (WB), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
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Milk South Africa
Website: http://www.milksa.co.za/
Milk SA promotes the image and consumption of South African dairy products amongst consumers and the broader population and renders services to industry participants, consumers and the broader South African population.
Octoplus designed and developed the content managed website and accompanying information management system for Milk SA to assist in managing the data collected from milk buyers, importer and producer-distributors.
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South African Foreign Policy Initiative (SAFPI)
Website: http://www.safpi.org/
The South African Foreign Policy Initiative (SAFPI) is a programme established by and based at the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) in Cape Town.
SAFPI is intended to promote understanding of the ways in which South Africa articulates its foreign policy principles on the international stage in service of realising a more equitable world order. It is envisioned as a multi-year project with its relative permanence hopefully permitting SAFPI to become a centre of excellence in thinking about how SA's foreign policy behaviour and articulation of global governance might promote greater fairness, for the individual and state.
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TradeMark Southern Africa
Website: http://www.trademarksa.org/
The TradeMark SA programme will address current constraints to trade and propose solutions for Southern Africa. Assisting African countries and their Regional Economic Communities to raise and sustain higher growth rates, deepen economic integration, reduce trade barriers, build better infrastructure, increase levels of investment, increase competitiveness, expand exports to regional and international markets, and create more productive jobs for women and men.
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Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev)
Website: http://www.africa-platform.org/
The Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness is an initiative by NEPAD and the African Union. Its aim is to bring consultation, coordination and a common voice to Africa's development perspectives, strategies and policies focusing on capacity development, aid effectiveness and south-south cooperation. The website acts as an online platform for policymakers and communities of practice to exchange knowledge such as best practices and success stories to promote development effectiveness in Africa.
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South African AIDS Trust
Website: http://www.satregional.org/
The Southern African AIDS Trust (SAT) established in 1990, is an independent regional NGO that supports community responses to HIV and AIDS through community capacity strengthening and in-depth partnerships to enhance community HIV and AIDS competence. The website provides stakeholders with relevant news, events, publications and highlights about SAT's country and regional programmes and activities.
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Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
Website: http://www.fanrpan.org/
FANRPAN's mission is to promote, influence and facilitate quality agricultural and natural resources policy research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels.
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FANRPAN Regional Dialogue 2011
Website: http://dialogue2011.fanrpan.org/
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) facilitate a yearly regional policy dialogue about food security related issues. Octoplus designed and developed the 2011 website that was updated daily to keep visitors up to date about the discussions.
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Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)
Website: http://www.africaclimatesolution.org/
ACCID's vision is to reduce climate change impacts and enhance community resilience; to enhance access to rural energy and empower rural populations, leading to increased agricultural productivity and improved food security.
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Southern Africa Trust
Website: http://www.southernafricatrust.org/
The Southern Africa Trust supports processes to deepen and widen participation in policy dialogue with a regional impact on poverty.
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sayXchange
Website: http://www.sayxchange.org/
SayXchange is a southern Africa youth exchange programme between community-based and non-profit organisations in South Africa and Mozambique.
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Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)
Website: http://www.liasa.org.za
LIASA is a non-profit organisation uniting and representing all institutions and people working in libraries and information services in South Africa.
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Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Website: http://www.che.ac.za
The CHE is an independent statutory body with the responsibility to advise the Minister of Education on all matters related to higher education policy issues and quality assurance within higher education and training.
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Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) -online
Website: http://heqc-online.che.ac.za/
Octoplus developed and maintains the HEQC-online system which allows South African higher education institutions to submit applications for accreditation of programmes to the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE). This on-line system was launched in 2004 and not only allows the internal staff to manage their work processes on-line but also facilitates the management of committee meetings.
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Non-Tariff Barriers
Website: http://www.tradebarriers.org/
Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly. The online system facilitates the resolution of such problems in three African Regional Economic Communities; COMESA, EAC and SADC. This project is supported by Trade Mark Southern Africa.
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Aurum Institute for Health Research
Website: http://www.auruminstitute.org/
Aurum is an internationally recognised, specialist research and health systems management organisation.
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AfricaScope
Website: http://www.africascope.net/
AfricaScope is unique in that it brings together a team of reputable, experienced and professional business analysts that provide access to a distinct set of research approaches and market sectors in South Africa and Africa. Over the past decade these team members have participated in some of the most important projects undertaken in South Africa and on the African continent.
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South African Waste Information Centre (SAWIC)
SAWIC provides the public, business, industry and government with access to information on the management of waste in South Africa. The Waste Information System (SAWIS) is a system used by government and industry to capture routine data on the tonnages of waste generated, recycled and disposed of in South Africa on a monthly and annual basis.
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Urban Environmental Management Programme (UEMP)
Website: http://www.uemp.org.za
The UEMP aims to alleviate poverty through improved service delivery within the environmental management of urban areas.
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African Management Development Institutes' Network (AMDIN)
Website: http://www.amdin.net/
AMDIN is a network of Management Development Institutes (MDIs), Public Sector Training Institutes (PSTIs) and other Public Administration Institutions (PAIs) based in Africa.
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Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) - Africa
Website: http://www.ansa-africa.net/
ANSA-Africa is a network, jointly created by the World Bank and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in 2007, to be a leading African advocate of citizen involvement in demand-side governance initiatives. The ANSA-Africa Secretariat is hosted by Idasa.
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African Geo Information Research Network (AGIRN)
Website: http://www.agirn.org
AGIRN provides the geo-information research community a mechanism to publish and access high quality work, to share in geo-information knowledge and to engage in discussion through a widely accessible web based medium.
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Information and Learning Network (ILN) - Africa
Website: http://www.iln-africa.net
ILN-Africa addresses development information and knowledge access needs in Africa, at the community level.
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