Lusaka, Monday, October 16, 2017: The COMESA Business Council (CBC) Board of Directors has approved the 2018 Annual Work Plan which focuses on the development of model policies and flagship advocacy programs that directly contribute to policy making within the region. CBC Board Chairperson Dr Amany Asfour announced that the work programme includes the development
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Lusaka, Friday, October 13, 2017: The Council of the Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme (RCTG) has adopted the revised Operations Manual with amendments and decided that it should be circulated to all members before the end of this year. The manual was revised considering operational changes and developments in the sector, information communication technology enhancements
Read more →Lusaka, Monday, October 16, 2017: The Maritime Security Programme (MASE) under the Governance, Peace and Security Unit at COMESA Secretariat recently conducted an intensive training on Financial Investigation and Asset Recovery for 25 participants from the region. The training is part of the larger European Union-funded MASE which is implemented by four Regional Organizations. COMESA
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Mauritius, Monday, October 9, 2017: Mauritius has signed the COMESA- EAC – SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement. This brings to 21 out of the 27 countries that have signed the regional trade framework. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Hon. Minister Seetanah LUTCHMEENARAIDOO signed the agreement in Eben Cybercity in Mauritius.
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Lusaka, Thursday, October 5, 2017: Citizens in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) may soon enjoy reduced calling charges, courtesy of a decision taken yesterday by Ministers in charge of infrastructure. In their 10th meeting that took place in Lusaka, Zambia, 3 – 4 October 2017, the Ministers and government representatives from
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Lusaka, Wednesday, October 4, 2017: COMESA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International Zambia. The MoU will enable the two organizations to cooperate and complement each other in the protection of consumers and customers. Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya and CUTS Zambia Board Chairperson Mr Yusuf Dodia
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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.