Counterpart :Botswana,Burundi, Zanzibar
Objective/Description:
Mauritius has achieved great performance in economic and governance indicators in 2009 and 2010. Being one of the few upper middle income countries in Africa, with a GDP growth of 4.2% in 2010 up to a per capita level of $7,600 in 2010, the country economic performance is backed by the strong development of the private sector and good indicators in governance, anticorruption and human development indicators. Because of this successful performance and of the availability of the Government of Mauritius to open the doors of private and public institutions and offer examples of their practice, many African governments are applying for learning visits targeted to benchmarking exercises in several areas, and more general peer learning on the particular functioning of institutions and of implementation of the rule of law. The RMCE has participated in some of these bilateral visits with a purpose of general presentation of the centre to the visiting countries. Outputs:
| § 19-23 July 2010 – Visit from Botswana Delegation: Legal benchmarking Exercise. During this visit, two senior officials from the Botswana Attorney-General’s Chamber and one senior legal official from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, were introduced to four Mauritian Ministerial sections, the Mauritian Board of Investment, the Mauritian Attorney General’s Office and the Law Reform Commission. The RMCE was presented to the Botswana delegation during the opening session. § 14-21 August 2010 – Study Tour from Burundi delegation. The study tour was organized and funded by a USAID programme in collaboration with Harvard University. The study visit focused on civil service reform and improvement of business environment to attract private investment. The RMCE was presented in the opening session highlighting the intention to launch a regional program to improve the business environment. § 23-30 August 2010 – Joint Study Tour by Cameroon and Zanzibar delegation. This study tour was organized by the visiting countries and focused on the exploration of Mauritius Public Finance and resource allocation process. The presentation of the RMCE during the opening session consisted in a general overview. |
| Outcomes: · These visits serve to identify critical issues in the visiting countries and especially those in which the country is reforming and looks for learning implementation practices. · Regarding the impact on RMCE programs, the effect is twofold. On the one hand, it promoted networking with country officials in the region and, on the other hand, it served to start identifying training needs and ongoing reforms in these countries, in particular aligned with the incipient RMCE program to improve the ease of doing business in the region |