Lusaka, Thursday, 22 September 2016: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat have launched a flagship training programme on the signature and ratification of the COMESA Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Labour, Services, Right of Establishment and Residence (otherwise known as the Free
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The Japanese government is to deploy technical staff through the International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at COMESA Secretariat to work on infrastructure and related issues. This was disclosed by outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Zambia and Special Representative to COMESA His Excellency Mr Kiyoshi Koinuma during a meeting with Secretary General Mr Sindiso Ngwenya. The ambassador was
Read more →Djibouti, Thursday, September 15, 2016: There is need for individual member States in COMESA to take lead in specific regional integration programmes in which they are active and have a competitive edge in order to improve on implementation. The President of Djibouti H.E. Ismail Omar Guelleh and the Secretary General of COMESA Mr Sindiso Ngwenya,
Read more →The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the COMESA to ensure that wildlife habitats and other natural areas are least negatively impacted by Africa’s development projects. Under the MoU, COMESA shall work with its members to provide the necessary policy and legal framework for the development of the conservation and
Read more →Kigali, Monday, September 5, 2016: The Global Africa Investment Summit (TGAIS) hosted by COMESA and the Republic of Rwanda begun in Rwanda, Monday, September 5, 2016 with the objective of creating linkages for international investors willing to invest on the African continent. Themed: “Accelerating African Economic Integration through Trade and Investment” the Summit is aimed
Read more →Nairobi, Monday September 5, 2016: Seven COMESA countries have translated the regional Seed Harmonization Implementation Plan (COMSHIP) regulations into local languages to enable a large number of farmers to access and understand the laws. This initiative has the potential to greatly increase food security in the region. The languages are Kirundi (Burundi) Swahili (Kenya) Tumbuka
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| H.E Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia 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 Institutional Affairs 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, COMESAs 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.
