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.
The strategy which will be critical in mapping out the way forward regarding the leather sector development will help to transform the Sudanese Leather Value Chain into a modern and competitive subsector specializing in the production of value added products through the application of modern technologies, capacity building, policy guidance and resource mobilization.
COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute (COMESA/LLPI) facilitated and fully sponsored the development of the Strategy that involved baseline survey, meetings with stakeholders and a workshop by involving more than 100 stakeholders at local and national level, and other organizations to ensure that the strategy formulation process was participatory. All the participants have provided valuable contribution to the Strategy development and mechanisms of its implementation.
His Excellency Dr. Yahia Salih Mukwar expressed special gratitude to the COMESA/LLPI for their financial support and technical assistance in the development of the Strategy.