Results of Service

1. Strengthened analysis capability of ATPC on trade-related points, significantly within the areas of digital commerce, commerce and gender, casual cross border commerce, product and repair requirements, and different points within the course of of continuous AfCFTA negotiations and implementation; 2. Enhanced high quality and availability of information to higher help African member States to design and formulate commerce insurance policies; and three. Efficiently organized ATPC occasions on trade-related points.

Work Location

Addis Ababa

Anticipated length

11

Duties and Tasks

Background The African Commerce Coverage Centre (ATPC), by the Regional Integration and Commerce Division (RITD), is a specialised unit throughout the United Nations Financial Fee for Africa (ECA). Its mission is to behave because the main Africa-based centre of excellence and a continental hub for offering and coordinating technical assist for the event of sound commerce coverage in Africa. ATPC works with stakeholders in any respect ranges to reinforce the implementation of sound nationwide, regional and worldwide commerce methods, insurance policies and packages. The Centre additionally conducts analysis to generate and disseminate data on commerce coverage and gives coverage recommendation, coaching and capability constructing based mostly on the wants recognized by its companions. ATPC is at the moment executing a mission that focuses on supporting the implementation of the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA) Settlement to boost-intra-African commerce. The Settlement establishing the AfCFTA was signed in March 2018 and entered into pressure in Might 2019. The AfCFTA is seen as a key milestone in Africa’s integration Agenda in addition to a strong instrument to understand the subsequent phases of the continental integration journey. The AfCFTA is predicted to be a key engine of financial progress, industrialization and sustainable growth in Africa consistent with the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 for “The Africa We Need” and the 2030 Agenda adopted by the United Nations Sustainable Growth Summit on 25 September 2015. For the AfCFTA to ship the anticipated outcomes, precedence actions are to be undertaken within the quick to medium time period. Firstly, the ratification of the AfCFTA by all of the African Union (AU) member States is crucial. Secondly, there’s a must construct on the political momentum behind the AfCFTA to assist coverage reforms which are geared toward implementing the Settlement. On this regard, it’s crucial for member States to undertake deliberate actions and deploy needed efforts by efficient and built-in nationwide AfCFTA implementation methods with a view to maximise the advantages of the Settlement whereas minimizing potential hostile results. ATPC performed a key position in assist of the AU and its member States to efficiently conclude negotiations on points from Part I (on the framework settlement, commerce in items, commerce in providers, and dispute settlement) and Part II (on funding, mental property rights, competitors coverage, digital commerce/e-commerce and ladies and youth in commerce) and subsequent efforts in the direction of implementation. ATPC continues to conduct high-quality analysis on all these points to assist member States take choices that maximize advantages from the AfCFTA. It’s on this context that the ECA, by ATPC, needs to recruit a commerce skilled to hold out quite a lot of analysis and associated duties to assist the substantive work of the Centre on commerce coverage points, together with however not restricted to digital commerce, commerce and gender, casual cross border commerce, and product and repair requirements within the context of continuous AfCFTA negotiations and implementation. Duties & Tasks Beneath the general steerage of the Director, Regional Integration and Commerce Division, and the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the African Commerce Coverage Centre, the guide shall: 1. Help with the planning and coordination of workstreams on digital commerce, commerce and gender, casual cross border commerce, requirements and AfCFTA negotiations and implementation and regional integration; 2. Present analysis assist to the ATPC staff, together with however not restricted to points associated to digital commerce/e-commerce, commerce and gender, product and repair requirements, and persevering with AfCFTA negotiations and implementation, as could also be assigned; 3. Accumulate, compile and analyze information on assigned trade-related points; 4. Present assist with planning, group and servicing of occasions (together with coaching programmes, conferences, and so forth.) in relation to the AfCFTA and different commerce coverage areas; 5. Perform every other activity as could also be assigned every so often by the ATPC coordinator or the RITD director.

{Qualifications}/particular abilities

Superior college diploma (Grasp’s diploma or above) in economics, legislation, commerce coverage, worldwide relations or associated fields is required. Minimal 5 (5) years of expertise in analysis or/and evaluation, ideally within the areas of commerce, is required. Expertise working in Africa with data of the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA) are additionally required. Demonstrated experience in digital commerce and requirements and expertise in mission administration/coordination are fascinating. Expertise in commerce coverage evaluation, together with utilizing econometric fashions, is a bonus.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this put up, fluency in English is required.

Further Data

Not accessible.

No Price

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.