Intergrating CSOvoices ESA-FFD & EJ-CUTS They seek to contribute to national and regional policy discourses by providing technical
support and guidance to various stakeholders on national, regional and international policy issues, viz. consumer protection, trade and development, good governance, and competition and regulatory policy.
Its specific objectives include:
# To act as a knowledge center for information on trade and development, competition, consumer protection, investment and regulatory policy issues.
# To build local, national, and regional capacitiesof multiple stakeholders on areas of trade and sustainable development, competition, consumer protection, governance, investment, and regulatory policy through advocacy and dissemination of information through South-South cooperative approach.
# To promote civil society co-operation on trade, sustainable development and regulatory reforms by creating and building long term capacity of civil society representatives and civil servants to address the issues of equity and accountability in the economic systems.
# To undertakeresearch based advocacy at the national, regional and international levels on those policies that have impact on trade and sustainable development.

Their area of FOCUS is East Africa but the project will be implemented in the Southern Africa as well.

Aim 1; Better access to fair markets <(>&<)> reliable financial systems

1. To increase the opportunities for people living in poverty to takeactive part in, and benefit from, trade systems and markets.


2. Toincrease the resilience of people living in poverty in terms ofthe disadvantageous effects of the current financial and trade systems.

Outcome Indicator 4; B. local producers organisations thathave received support to strengthen their lobbying and networking capacity. [004-B]

Outcome Indicator 8; No. of globally working partner organisations with enhanced lobby-, network- and research capacity for influencing international institutions and internationally operating companies with a pro-poor agenda [*008-03]

# Global partner organisations active in fair markets and trade that havereceived support in order to strengthen their capacities in the field of lobbying, research and networking.
# Research reports about specific themes and business activities in developing countries.
# Information products (user guides, briefing papers, toolkits, websites, etc.).
#  Networks of partner organisations that have been set up to put public pressure on the internationally operating food and drinks industry.
# Training courses and/or seminars about socially responsible entrepreneurship

Outcome Indicator 11; No ofpolicy changes regarding pro-poor markets and financial systems [*011-05]

# Partner organisations that have sufficient knowledge and resources to effectively lobby their governments for pro-poor development.
#  Lobbying trajectories for pro-poor development developed by the IMPACT Alliance

Outcome Indicator 14; No of policy changes regarding governments, international financial and tradeinstitutions and multinational companies (via e.g. the Fair Banking Guide)

# Global partner organisations that are supported by the IMPACT Alliance in their lobbying activities for pro-poor economic policy. B.
# Lobbying trajectories to promote pro-poor economic policy that have been set up by the IMPACT Alliance.
# Campaigns to promote pro-poor economic policy ( set up by the IMPACT Alliance).
# Internationally operating companies and international institutions that have been lobbied by the IMPACTAlliance for a more pro-poor policy.
#  Studies about the regulation and policy of socially responsible entrepreneurship, and trade and investment.
# Campaign trajectories about the regulation and policy of socially responsible entrepreneurship, and trade and investment