The Government of Tanzania with the support of four bilateral donors (DANIDA, SIDA, DFID, and the Royal Netherlands Embassy) and one multilateral donor (the World Bank) is implementing the Program for Business Environment Strengthening for Tanzania (BEST) whose objective is to deliver a more conducive environment for doing business. The BEST Program addresses key constraints in the legal and regulatory environment for business and outlines the most effective measures to resolve them.

The BEST Program comprises of five components representing critical areas for immediate reforms, one of which is the Commercial Dispute Resolution Component being implemented under the auspices of the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and Justice (MOCAJ) and the Judiciary. This component includes, among other activities, Technical Assistance to the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), which plays a key role in the overall reform as the representative body for private legal practitioners in Tanzania.

Through the BEST program, the TLS has welcomed Mr. Darrel Pink (Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society) as Consultant. Mr. Pink’s contract will run from July 2009 through to June of 2010.