COMESA has recruited and deployed 14 Trade Information Officers (TIDOs) to facilitate cross border trade along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ten out of the 14 TIDOs have been posted to the DRC border points comprising of Bukavu, Goma, Bunagana, Kasindi and Mahagi. The other four were posted to the corresponding
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Ambassadors and High Commissioners from COMESA Member States in Zambia accredited to COMESA held their first meeting this year at the Secretariat, Friday 16 June 2017. The objective of the meeting was to review, with the Secretariat, the status of implementation of regional integration programmes as well as administrative matters. Meeting as Permanent Representatives of
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Sudan will begin spending €1.2 million provided under the COMESA Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM) program. The financial support was signed in May 2015 but owing to technicalities relating to the disbursements, the utilization of the funds could not commence on time. The funds were mainly targeted at implementing trade facilitation programmes to support Sudan’s
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Lusaka, Thursday, June 15, 2017: The new High Commissioner of Rwanda to Zambia and Permanent Representative to COMESA, Her Excellency Monique Mukaruliza, today presented her letters of credence to COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya. In her statement during a brief ceremony at the COMESA Secretariat, Ambassador Mukaruliza said she will focus her attention in ensuring that her
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President of Madagascar His Excellency Hery Rajaonarimampianina who is the current chair of the COMESA Authority of Heads of State paid a visit to the COMESA Secretariat in Lusaka, Thursday June 8, 2017. Secretary General Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya led the staff in welcoming the President who was on his first state visit to Zambia and
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Civil Aviation technical experts from the COMESA region have agreed on the implementation of the regional Seamless Upper Airspace project. Subject to approval by COMESA Council of Ministers, the region will next year start implementing a seven year programme which will eventually culminate in the establishment of a seamless upper airspace based on harmonized civil
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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.