Ethiopian Freight Forwarders and Shipping Agents Association has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Think Tank Group for Land Locked Developing Countries.
Since about a third of the continent is made up of countries that have no access to the ocean or sea, an interest which emanated from EFFSAA to mutually cooperate on common areas was warmly welcomed by the institution which stands for world landlocked countries.
International Think Tank Group for Land Locked Developing Countries was officially launched in July 2009 in Ulaanbaatar by H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Former United Nations Secretary-General, and H.E. S.Batbold, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia. The institution focuses on different issues of landlocked developing countries such as Transport & access, trade facilitation, trade & economic development, technology & connectivity, economic diversification, global value chains, regional cooperation and Integration etc.
From the 17 landlocked African countries, Ethiopia is the second most populous landlocked country. EFFSAA’s collaboration with ITTLLDC is believed to have significance on the country’s recent activities of the logistics sector.
