{"id":33526,"date":"2021-07-26T13:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=33526"},"modified":"2021-07-26T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T13:00:46","slug":"fydp-iii-tz-pushes-economic-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/fydp-iii-tz-pushes-economic-diplomacy","title":{"rendered":"FYDP III: TZ pushes economic diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>WITH foreign policy regarded as a key driver towards attaining economic diplomacy, Tanzania is keenly reinforcing bilateral relations as part of the Five-Year National Development Plan.<\/p>\n<p>The National Development Vision 2025 has been implemented through various Programs and The Long-Term Perspective Plan 2011\/12 &#8211; 2025\/26 whose implementation was divided into three phases of the Five- Year National Development Plans.<\/p>\n<p>The East African state has just kicked off the implementation of the 3rd Five- Year Development Plan (FYDP), the last lap of the country\u2019s long-term Development Vision.<\/p>\n<p>The government sees economic diplomacy as a significant aspect of the country\u2019s economic endeavors geared at realizing domestic needs and priorities sought to promote peace, stability and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FYDP III document, regional and international cooperation provide opportunities for the resolution of economic and political disagreements, and for attracting investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Third Plan has set ambitious goals that are the foundation of the nation\u2019s long-term success. To achieve this, the contribution of every citizen and development partners is needed,\u201d says President Samia.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of the plan will see Tanzania continue to strengthen its foreign policy through adoption and implementation of approved regional and international development frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>Key interventions include developing and implementing a strategic framework for political and economic diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>The country also looks to strengthen and expand cooperation and participation in regional and international development and to construct and rehabilitate Tanzania\u2019s embassies\u2019 buildings abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In implementing its strategic implementation of political diplomacy, Tanzania looks to increase the number of bilateral, regional and international meetings participated from 50 in 2019\/2020 to 250 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The government also wants to increase the number of Tanzanians involved in peacekeeping missions to 3,500 in 2025 from 2,303 in the year 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>Opening 10 new embassies and six new consulates abroad is another target in the 3rd Five- Year Development Plan.<\/p>\n<p>The government also looks to conduct 30 Joint Permanent Commissions meetings in the year 2015 from 5 meetings conducted in the year 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania eyes to sign 80 MoUs in areas of cooperation between Tanzania and other countries in 2025 from 15 signed in the 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>The country is also targeting to increase the number of regional and international platforms using Kiswahili as official language from the current five to six in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It also plans to expand the number of institutions teaching Kiswahili in the regional and international arena from five to ten.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic implementation of economic diplomacy seeks to increase the number of foreign investors from 86 to 430 in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The country also envisages to attract 8,000,000 tourists in 2025 from 1,600,000 tourists in 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania also looks to participate in 100 trade fairs and forums compared to 20 which the country participated in the year 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>At individual levels, the country wants to see more Tanzanians participate in trade fairs and forums, from 240 in 2019\/2020 to 1,200 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Honouring pledges and implementation of the FYDP III have been the order of the day for sixth-phase President Samia Suluhu Hassan since her ascension to power in March this year.<\/p>\n<p>She has ushered in new hopes in economic diplomacy by strengthening ties with neighboring countries as well as other countries, saying it is the safest path to sustainable socio-economic prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>President Samia&#8217;s new pick as Foreign Affairs Minister is Ms Liberata Mulamula \u2013 a long time ambassador, who has since moved on to prioritise economic diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Amb Mulamula has underscored the need for Tanzanian envoys to foster the country&#8217;s economic endeavors abroad.<\/p>\n<p>She says the embassies are key in boosting investment and soliciting markets for goods produced in the country, as well as marketing the country&#8217;s tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>Bolstering bilateral ties with other countries, intensifying regional cooperation and other international organisations is among key-priority areas that the ministry will focus on in the coming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>In her first two months, President Samia met and held talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Ethiopian President Sahle- Work Zewde in an effort to foster trade ties with those nations.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from holding bilateral meetings with a host of world leaders and other international institutions, President Samia\u2019s approach to tackling Covid-19, has placed Tanzania in a stronger position in international relations.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has already expressed its happiness on the way President Samia\u2019s government has responded to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also announced its readiness to extend to Tanzania an emergency loan, after it was satisfied by measures being taken in just the short stint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. 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