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Social and Cultural Affairs Officer – P2

JOB PURPOSE To Promote the Development, Harmonization and Implementation of Policies, Frameworks, Mechanisms, Programmes, Projects, and Initiatives that enhance Cooperation on Social Development, Youth Empowerment, and Cultural Exchange within the COMESA region.  

Agricultural Economist – P3

JOB PURPOSE To provide technical backstop support in promoting initiatives to increase agricultural productivity and strengthen linkages between industry and agricultural value addition/agro-processing in order to improve and sustain food and nutrition security, and agro-product and commodity competitiveness in the COMESA region in line with COMESA Medium-Term Strategic Plan and Treaty.  

SPS/TBT Expert – P3

JOB PURPOSE To provide technical backstop support to Sanitary and Phytosanitary, Technical Barriers to Trade (SPS/TBT) issues that arise during implementation of the COMESA Free Trade Area to ensure that risk based, harmonized SPS measures and technical standards are implemented to facilitate safe regional and international trade. Through the SPS/TBT programme, COMESA aims to enhance…
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Transport Expert (Road) – P3

JOB PURPOSE To provide technical support in facilitating road transport policy and regulatory development, implementation and harmonization to ensure regional road transport infrastructure integration in line with Division mandate and COMESA Treaty.  

Translator (French) – P3

JOB PURPOSE To facilitate communication among Member States and stakeholders through the translation of documents into French and English to fully achieve the goals and objectives of COMESA.  

Senior Transport Economist – P4

JOB PURPOSE To facilitate the provision of capacity building and technical assistance to develop transport infrastructure in Member States and coordination of transport infrastructure policy and regulatory development, harmonization, and domestication in order to eliminate constraints to improved and integrated physical transport infrastructure within the region in line with Division mandate and COMESA Treaty  

Head of Statistics and Research – P4

JOB PURPOSE To provide leadership, direction and management for all Statistics and Research activities in COMESA in order to advise Executive Management on regional statistical development and evidence-based policy decision options in COMESA programmes, in line with the COMESA Statistics Strategy, COMESA Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) and Treaty.  

Translator (Arabic) – P3

JOB PURPOSE To facilitate communication among Member States and stakeholders through the translation of documents into Arabic and English to fully achieve the goals and objectives of COMESA.

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 11TH COMESA ANNUAL RESEARCH FORUM 2024

Research Theme COMESA has been holding Annual Research Forums since 2014. The Forum brings together various stakeholders, including policy makers, academia, think tanks and private sector to deliberate on topical issues in regional integration. The Forum is also a capacity building avenue in economic and trade policy research for young researchers. Successful research papers are…
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Push for Development of Small Hydropower Plants

COMESA working with partner Regional Economic Communities and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have conducted a one-week training to boost the capacity of technical experts and small hydropower developers as a way of helping millions access affordable electricity. The training conducted at COMESA Secretariat in Lusaka is seen as a crucial step towards…
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