Why this project?

The existing standards frameworks in Tanzania, which is overseen by TBS, faces challenges of policy, administrative, regulatory and enforcement nature. These challenges have hampered TBS’s capability to offer quality service to its stakeholders, develop market oriented standards, and foster the uptake and adoption of standards by the business community.

What:

Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) with support of TradeMark Africa (TMA) is embarking on improving the efficiency in clearance of goods and people through;

• on setting up of an institutional and legal framework necessary for collaboration in border management at inter-agency and bilateral levels
• review and implement one stop border post procedures,
• train border agency officials, and install ICT networks

How:

TMA is providing funding for the ICT Installation and supporting the lead agencies to implement the project on time and ensure quality. This project is linked to other TMA supported projects that will provide:

• Improved IT infrastructure.
• Harmonized working procedures on both sides of the border.

Contact:

Email: Israel Sekirasa Israel.sekirasa@trademarkea.com