RTFP

Monitoring Cross Border Trade:

As a programme aiming to improve regional trade as it affects the most vulnerable members of society, RTFP needed to have baseline data on cross border, informal, trade, i.e. that which tends to be undertaken by women and small entrepreneurs. The Southern African Migration Project (SAMP – a research network based in 8 of the region's countries under the auspices of the Queen's University, Ontario) has been monitoring the type, volume and value of goods carried through selected border posts by small scale or informal traders.

Capacity Building for Trade Negotiators:

Students from 11 countries in the region were studying for their Diplomas in Trade Law and Management with the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC) in 2006. Of these, two women were sponsored by RTFP – one from Lesotho and one from Kenya.