Basic Data Training Workshops

As part of the capacity-building component of TIPS and AusAID’s SADC Trade Development Programme, TIPS between May and December 2005 undertook basic trade data training workshops in eight SADC countries – Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Nambia and South Africa. Officials from various ministries and export associations attended the workshops, which guided participants on how to use the SADC Trade Database effectively. To complement the training, a 47-page training manual was developed, guiding participants through ther complexities of the Beyond 20/20 database application.

Our trainers endeavoured to make these sessions as accessible as possible –

• In the case of Mozambique, we translated our training slides into Portuguese;
•  <!--[endif]-->In Botswana, two sessions were held because of high demand from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Trade Statistics Unit.