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Regional Center of Studies on Integration and Law - Southern Africa
Established as a recommendation from the International Conference on Regional Integration and SADC Law -Maputo 2008.
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Objectives
Establish a Regional Centre of Studies on Integration and SADC Law. The main tasks of this Centre of Study will be to: (i) promote investigation on regional integration and legal systems, (ii) coordinate the investigation and the activities of the Regional Academic Partnership Network, (iii) collect and disseminate all legal material on SADC institutions and member countries, (iv) organize debates, training, research, seminars, workshops, and conferences on specific issues (harmonization of laws in various areas and publication of compendiums on trade laws, economic laws, investment codes, taxation laws, intellectual property laws transport laws, etc.).
Even though legal issues are the core business of the Regional Centre of Studies on Integration and SADC Law, considering that the integration process involves economic, political and institutional features, the Centre should be multidisciplinary and take on board contributions from other faculties. The Regional Centre of Studies on Integration and SADC Law will be based at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) Maputo, Mozambique, will have an autonomous statute and have the legal capacity to raise funds and to receive grants and donation.
Knowledge Sharing
In order to achieve effective harmonization and unification of national legal systems, the following activity was recommended:
Set up a Regional Academic Partnership Network in SADC countries. As the national legal systems in the region are pretty different it is necessary that all operators in the legal profession and civil society participate in the debate on the harmonization and unification of legal systems in order to achieve a more adequate synthesis and/or compromise for the elaboration of an efficient SADC legal system.
The main objective of the Regional Academic Partnership Network will be to boost research on regional integration and run regional capacity building programs. It has been recommended that the Faculties of Law of each country should be the driving force of the process and should take on board all the relevant players and stakeholders including the civil society.
Regional Integration Agenda
This service line focuses on collaborative research and publication on SADC regional integration agenda.
Harmonization and Unification of National Laws
This service line focuses on the national legal and regulatory systems from SADC countries.
Business and Trade Law
This service line focuses on the rules which govern the business environment within SADC countries.
Financial and Economic Law
This service line focuses on promoting legal framework that facilitate efficient financial services.
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