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Learnings on your challenge
What are the top key insights you generated about your learning challenge during this Action Learning Plan? (Please list a maximum of 5 key insights)
1. The issue mapping exercise identified key barriers affecting trade and e-trade, with participants
prioritizing permits, licenses, regulations, access to finance, digital literacy, and access to the
internet and devices as the driving issues
2. While the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) had improved efficiency for government in both countries,
for the CBTs it had raised the cost of doing business, resulting in some CBTs using other ports of
entry, such as Livingstone or Chirundu. From an initial payment of ZMW3 on the Pontoon to
USD20 through the OSBP.
3.Local traders were severely limited in the type of goods to sell across the borders of Namibia and
Botswana, with the most affected being agricultural and forest products. Hence, traders were forced
to partner with local citizens to sell on their behalf. A few selected Zambian goods found in the
Katima Mulilo market on the Namibian side were reported to not have passed through Customs
4. The design of a programme targeting MSMEs to access regional markets through digitals platforms involves more in depth capacity building support for MSMEs to have goods that meet the export standard and MSMEs need specific training on the use of digital platforms
5. On digital market places, more explorative work is required to understand the dynamics of interoperability of existing local platforms to connect across countries.
Considering the outcomes of this learning challenge, which of the following best describe the handover process? (Please select all that apply)
Our work has not yet scaled
Can you provide more detail on your handover process?
This is not clear yet, as the learning cycle has not begun experimentation yet.
Please paste any link(s) to blog(s) or publication(s) that articulate the learnings on your frontier challenge.
Data and Methods
Relating to your types of data, why did you chose these? What gaps in available data were these addressing?
Although there is existing information and data on regional trade at the macro level, we could not find data on the impact or understand the impact of RTAs on CBTs and MSMEs. Through sensemaking visits to 3 borderland areas which are trading towns we were able to understand from different perspective's of stakeholders on the understanding and use of RTAs at micro level. Further through direct interviews we were able to understand the challenges of MSMEs in trading domestically and regionally.
Why was it necessary to apply the above innovation method on your frontier challenge? How did these help you to unpack the system?
These innovation methods were necessary to design features of an experiment that can be tested to understand what works in promoting trade leveraging RTAS especially for female CBTs and local MSMEs
Partners
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
Cross Border Trader Association
What sector does your partner belong to?
Civil Society
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
The Associations were able to facilitate access to their membership and participated in the CI workshop. The Zambia Revenue Authority provided information. We worked with AccLab Namibia on the design of the CI workshop and shared proof of concept on the same portfolio with partners, we continue to partner to design the cross border experiment.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
Zambia Association of Manufacturers;
What sector does your partner belong to?
Private Sector
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
The Associations were able to facilitate access to their membership and participated in the CI workshop. The Zambia Revenue Authority provided information. We worked with AccLab Namibia on the design of the CI workshop and shared proof of concept on the same portfolio with partners, we continue to partner to design the cross border experiment.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
Zambia Revenue Authority
What sector does your partner belong to?
Government (&related)
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
The Associations were able to facilitate access to their membership and participated in the CI workshop. The Zambia Revenue Authority provided information. We worked with AccLab Namibia on the design of the CI workshop and shared proof of concept on the same portfolio with partners, we continue to partner to design the cross border experiment.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
What sector does your partner belong to?
Private Sector
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
The Associations were able to facilitate access to their membership and participated in the CI workshop. The Zambia Revenue Authority provided information. We worked with AccLab Namibia on the design of the CI workshop and shared proof of concept on the same portfolio with partners, we continue to partner to design the cross border experiment.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
Please indicate what partners you have actually worked with for this learning challenge.
Please state the name of the partner:
AccLab Namibia
What sector does your partner belong to?
United Nations
Please provide a brief description of the partnership.
The Associations were able to facilitate access to their membership and participated in the CI workshop. The Zambia Revenue Authority provided information. We worked with AccLab Namibia on the design of the CI workshop and shared proof of concept on the same portfolio with partners, we continue to partner to design the cross border experiment.
Is this a new and unusual partner for UNDP?
No
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Bonus question: How did the interplay of innovation methods, new forms of data and unusual partners enable you to learn & generate insights, that otherwise you would have not been able to achieve?
Please upload any further supporting evidence / documents / data you have produced on your frontier challenge that showcase your learnings.
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