Lusaka, Wednesday, 12 September 2018: Zambian stakeholders from the government and civil society have committed to establish a mechanism that will address forecasted drivers for the COMESA Peace and Prosperity Index (CPPI). The CPPI is a composite index that consists of four indicators namely Peace, Health, Wealth and Trade Openness derived from Article 3 of
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Lusaka, Tuesday, September, 11, 2018: Closer coordination between the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities underpins the successful implementation of both the Continental and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreements. Secretary General of COMESA Ms. Chileshe Kapwepwe and the Africa Union Commissioner of Trade and Industry Amb. Albert Muchanga noted there were many overlapping
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Lusaka, Monday 10 September 2018: COMESA and the International Trade Center (ITC) have officially launched a Co-delegation agreement for the implementation of the Cross-Border Trade Initiative Programme funded under the European Union Development Fund (EDF 11). ITC Executive Director Ms. Arancha Gonzalez and COMESA Secretary General (SG) Ms. Chileshe Kapwepwe launched the agreement in Lusaka,
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Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) and COMESA have opened a new chapter of cooperation on regional integration programmes following a high-level meeting between the parties, held on Monday, September 10, 2018 in Lusaka. The TMEA team was led by its Board Chairman Mr. Erastus Mwencha, who is also former COMESA Secretary General and immediate Deputy
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Members of the Technical Steering Committee of the Regional Maritime Security Programme (MASE) paid a Courtesy call on Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe at the COMESA Secretariat on 24th August 2018. The team was in the country for a two-day workshop to chat the way forward on Maritime Security matters affecting the region. The regional
Read moreLusaka, 23rd August 2018: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the East African Community (EAC) and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) with support from the European Union Commission have resolved to step up their efforts to ensure that piracy does not resurge. The resolution comes out
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| H.E Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic of Madagascar and Chairman of the COMESA Authority |
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.
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
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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.
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.
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
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 Legal and Corporate Affair Division of COMESA, which is also the office of the Legal Counsel is the legal advisory arm of COMESA
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 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.
