The African – Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) and COMESA will re-activate a memorandum of understanding signed between the two organizations to cooperate on all matters of common interest that arise in the field of agricultural and rural development issues. The MoU which was signed in 2005 sought to establish partnership in the promotion of
Read more →The Government of Zimbabwe has secured USD242 million from the European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO to support the agriculture sector. Out of this amount, the EU has committed USD 140 million while the Food and Agriculture Organization has committed USD 102 Million. This was disclosed in during Post Compact High
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Entebbe, Uganda, Friday, July 21, 2017: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is the only regional economic community in Africa that has adopted a biotechnology and biosafety policy. The policy was adopted in 2014 followed by an implementation plan whose strategic objective is to strengthen awareness and communication on biotechnology and biosafety.
Read more →Lusaka, Friday, July 20, 2017: COMESA will deploy short term electoral observation missions to the upcoming general and presidential elections set for August 4th and 8th in Rwanda and Kenya respectively. The teams will observe the pre-election, election and post-election activities. In addition, they will consult with other key stakeholders in both countries. Both missions
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Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat, a member of the COMESA Committee of Elders passed away in Kenya, Friday, 14 July 2017. A renowned Kenyan Pan-Africanist, Ambassador Kiplagat was at the forefront in championing for peace in the COMESA region and Africa. He was instrumental in the peace process in Uganda in 1985, Sudan in 2011 and in Mozambique
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Antananarivo, 13th July. Prime Minister of Madagascar His Excellency Mr MAHAFALY Solonandrasana OLIVIER signing the Tripartite Agreement. In the picture behind the Prime Minister, from left to Right the EAC Community Legal Counsel , Honorable Nourdine CHABANY, Minister of Industry and Private Sector representing the Minister of Trade and Consumption of the Republic of Madagascar
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| H.E Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic of Madagascar and Chairman of the COMESA Authority |
Corporate Communications Unit backstops all communication activities that COMESA undertakes, both within and outside the organization. It works to maintain consistent flow of information between COMESA and its diverse publics across the region and beyond by raising public awareness on regional integration initiatives and galvanizing broad support for the realization of the vision of the
The Gender and Social Affairs Division in the COMESA Secretariat, exists to provide leadership, direction and oversight of the implementation of the COMESA Gender Policy in the Member States and at the Secretariat. The Division sets out to achieve this purpose through mainstreaming of gender as a crosscutting issue within the Secretariat and the COMESA programmes and overseeing the implementation of the Social and Cultural Affairs activities.
The objective of the unit is to contribute to the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of COMESA Member States “trade reforms and regional integration initiatives so that they can fully benefit from regional and international trade opportunities, reduce poverty and achieve their (MDG) development objectives.
Role Purpose: To provide Member States, Management, Secretariat and other stakeholders with financial services and advice they need and ensure that all the resources both budgetary and extra budgetary are properly accounted for in an efficient, secure and appropriately controlled financial environment
The Legal and Corporate Affair Division of COMESA, which is also the office of the Legal Counsel is the legal advisory arm of COMESA
In the area of Information Technology, COMESA’s main intervention is to promote the use and awareness of Information Technology to lead to the Information Society and to contribute to socio-economic integration.
The Division of Administration offers a key support service to the COMESA Secretariat. The mandate of the division is to provide Member States, Executive Management, Secretariat and other stakeholders with the Administrative services and advice they need. The Division is there to provide a high level of service and support on issues related to Human Resources, Conferencing, Procurement and General Services which will allow other Divisions and Units to efficiently and effectively execute their programmes and deliver on their mandates
COMESA has recognized infrastructure development as a priority and strategic focus area that requires special attention. The Strategic Objective to be pursued is, therefore, to effectively address constraints related to the improvement of infrastructure and services in the region in order to reduce the cost of doing business and also and to enhance competitiveness, through fostering physical regional connectivity and deepening infrastructure integration.
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The final objective of cooperation in Trade, Customs and Monetary Affairs is to achieve a fully integrated, internationally competitive and unified single economic space within which goods, services, capital and labour are able to move freely across national frontiers.