International Trade Centre (ITC) Coordinator of Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) Project Office for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Govind Venuprasad, Visited COMESA/LLPI on May 5, 2015.

The purpose of the visit was to tailor modalities of collaboration between COMESA/LLPI and ITC-SITA on leather development activities in East Africa.

PTA Bank has committed to support the COMESA Leather and Leather Products Institute (“COMESA/LLPI”) as part of its CSR program and in line with best practice. COMESA/LLPI was approved by the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) for Eastern and Southern African States in 1988 to fulfill its industrial objective to “support and develop the leather industries of the COMESA region”. PTA Bank’s support through its Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme in partnership with COMESA/LLPI is opportune and result oriented to the livelihood of the people in theCOMESA regions. "PTA Bank will provide a capacity building grant of USD 75 000 to support COMESA LLPI advance Industrialization and SME development in COMESA member states".

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Consultative Meeting With COMESA/LLPI Sponsored Participants During The AALF 2015 Was Held On 22^nd February 2015 at Empire Addis Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

His Excellency Hon. Dr. Yahia Salih Mukwar, Minster of Human Development and Labor (Khartoum State); representing the Minster of Trade of the Sudan Government, has signed the Sudan Leather Value Chain Strategy 2015-2024 at a ceremony held at the Sudan Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 23,  2015.

A Tanzanian Delegation composed of officials from the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, Training Institutions and Leather Enterprises, visited the COMESA/LLPI headquarter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and held discussion with the Institute’s  Executive Director, Dr Mwinyikione Mwinyihija and other management members/Experts on February 23, 2015.

The 8th Edition of All Africa Leather Fair 2015 Officially Opened on February 20, 2015 at Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

COMESA/LLPI. represented by its Executive Director, Dr. Mwinyhija Mwinyikione and the Leather Value Chain Expert, Prof. Mekonnen Hailemariam participated in the 30th edition of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) known to be one of the biggest convergence of the leather industry in South - Asian region.

The COMESA/LLPI Delegates composed of the Executive Director, Dr Mwinyihija Mwinyikione and the Value Chain Expert, Professor Mekonnen Hailemariam attended the 49th Leather Research Industry Get-Together (LERIG) 2015 Conference held from January 28 to 30, 2015 in Chennai, India.

In recognition of the COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute (COMESA/LLPI) support to the Ethio-International Footwear Cluster  Cooperatives Society (EIFCCOS) ,the Management of the Cluster Society awarded a Certificate of Gratitude to the COMESA/LLPI.