SMALL STATES NETWORK
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (SSNED)
NEWSLETTER No. 5
October 2010-February 2011
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 3
2. MEMBERSHIP ........................................................................................................................ 3
3. COMPLETED, ONGOING AND PROPOSED TWINNING PROJECTS ........................ 3
3.1 Completed Twinning Project ................................................................................................ 3
3.2 Twinning Projects being proposed for Implementation ........................................................ 3
3.3 Further information about Twinning Projects ....................................................................... 4
4. COMPLETED AND PLANNED TRAINING WORKSHOPS ............................................ 4
4.1 Completed Training Workshop ............................................................................................. 4
4.2 Further information about Training Workshops ................................................................... 4
5. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................... 5
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1.
INTRODUCTION
This newsletter covers the period 1st October 2010 to 28th February 2011. Previous editions of
the SSNED Newsletters are available at: http://www.ssned.org/news .
2. MEMBERSHIP
The number of SSNED members is currently 37 (the list is available at:
http://www.ssned.org/members-network). Eligibility to join the Network is explained in Article 7
of the Network’s statute (available at: http://www.ssned.org/statute). Members of the Network
considered as developing countries can apply for funds to conduct capacity building projects.
3. COMPLETED, ONGOING AND PROPOSED TWINNING PROJECTS
3.1 Completed Twinning Project
The Network has completed another twinning project during the period covered by this
newsletter as shown in the table below. Summary of the project is available at the Network’s
website.
Beneficiary
State
Namibia
Beneficiary Institution
Competition Commission of
Namibia.
Theme
Developing Strategic Directions for the
Competition Commission of Namibia
Service provider
Competition
Commission of
Estonia
The objective of the Namibia project was to assist the Government of Namibia in developing strategic
directions with regard to the operation of the Competition Commission and with regard to competition
law and policy in Namibia. Other objectives included training public sector officials in competition law
and policy, providing advocacy with regard to competition among Namibian stakeholders, including
consumers and the business community and identifying competition constraints in a small jurisdiction as
is the case of Namibia.
Information about the documentation associated with twinning projects is available at:
http://www.ssned.org/twinning_contract_annexes .
3.2 Twinning Projects being proposed for Implementation
The following projects are currently being proposed for implementation by the Network should
funding be forthcoming post 2010.
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Beneficiary
Beneficiary Institution
Theme
Ministry for the Public
Service, Governance
Improvements and
Boundaries
Ministry of Public
Infrastructure, Land
Transport and Shipping
Developing a National ICT
Policy for Belize
COMNET – IT,
Malta
Support in the Setting-Up
of a Land Transport
Authority
Singapore Land
Transport
Authority
Swaziland
Swaziland Investment
Promotion Authority
TBA
Tonga
Tonga Post Limited
Developing a
Competitiveness Strategy
for Swaziland
Postal Counter Automation
Belize
Mauritius
Service provider
Barbados Postal
Services
3.3 Further information about Twinning Projects
Information about the other twinning projects completed in 2009, 2010 and 2011 is available at:
http://www.ssned.org/twinning_projects_completed.
Information about the procedure for requesting funds for twinning projects is available at:
http://www.ssned.org/twinning-proj .
4. COMPLETED AND PLANNED TRAINING WORKSHOPS
4.1 Completed Training Workshop
The Network has completed two training workshops during the period covered by this newsletter
as shown in the table below. Summaries of these projects are available on the Network’s website.
Host
Theme
Target Participants
Regional
Multidisciplinary
Centre for
Excellence,
Mauritius
Ministry of Finance
of Samoa
Competitiveness Strategies and
Capacity Building for African
and Indian Ocean Small States
Government officials, operating in
Ministries dealing with trade and
commerce or related portfolios, in
African and Indian Ocean small states
Competition Law and Policy in
the Pacific Small States.
Government officials, operating in
Ministries dealing with trade and
commerce or related portfolios, in
Pacific small states
4.2 Further information about Training Workshops
Information about the other training workshops completed in 2009, 2010 and 2011 is available
at: http://www.ssned.org/completed_workshop .
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Information about the procedure for requesting funds for training workshops is available at:
http://www.ssned.org/workshops .
5. CONCLUSION
The projects funded by the Network are innovative in that they utilize expertise from Small
States in order to assist in the capacity-building of other Small States. They are also effective, in
that they attained the intended objectives with minimum costs.
The Network has been in existence for 3 years (first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on
17th October 2007). It has succeeded in supporting capacity building projects in various small states,
in collaboration with the governments of these states.
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