“To be able to do that as a sector we will need to have a very competitive sector that complies with all international regulations be it in the environment, in the quality spheres, and any other that are demanded by the global market including traceability issues,” said Mr Nyathi. “As leather value chain which is one of the 10 value chains that have been recognised under NDS, we know that we now have the AfCFTA trade agreement that is in various stages of implementation, which means we can now trade with the whole of the African continent as well as globally.
Mr Nyathi said this will assist to attain global standards of health and environment, which will position local products to the global market. The workshop will also provide solutions to negative impacts on workers’ health and environment and the competitiveness of the sector in general. In an interview on the sidelines of the workshop, ZLDC secretary Mr Jacob Nyathi said the key objective of the training is to make the industry appreciate the impact that effluent and other waste materials have on the environment. Zimbabwe Leather Development Council (ZLDC) under SIPS is running a five-day stakeholder engagement workshop in Bulawayo with three days being set aside for the training of key senior technical staff from tanneries and abattoirs across the country, which is facilitated by the Environmental Management Agency, National Social Security Authority and Bulawayo City Council.
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“With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) coming soon, the SIPS project will enhance the overall quality of leather and gain competitiveness on export markets.”ĭr Sibanda said there is a need to understand the handling and management of tannery waste to meet local and international compliance with environmental regulations. “It is pleasing to note that the intervention of Solidaridad Sadc leather value chain SIPS project is meant to promote green innovative solutions in the sector and market linkages of leather products at a domestic, regional, and international level,” said Dr Sibanda. In opening remarks read on her behalf by the deputy director of the Department of Quality Assurance in Bulawayo Mrs Mary Chingonzoh, during the ongoing stakeholder engagement meeting which is meant to capacitate experts from tanneries and abattoirs with environment, safety and health issues, in Bulawayo on Monday, Ministry of Industry and Commerce Permanent Secretary Dr Mavis Sibanda said the SIPS projects resonate well with the ministry’s mandate in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) of ‘moving the economy up the value chain and structural transformation.’
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