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Africa: Integration Ministers Meet in Abidjan
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African Union (Addis Ababa)
PRESS RELEASE
15 May 2008
Posted to the web 15 May 2008
Addis Ababa
The Third Conference of African Ministers for Integration (COMAI III) will, from 19-23 May 2008, take place in the capital city of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, under the theme: “How to successfully integrate Africa”.
The meeting will be held in two phases:
a) 19-21 May 2008: Expert Meeting
b) 22-23 May 2008: Ministerial Conference
Organised by the Department of Economic Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, the Conference is aimed at rationalizing and harmonizing the activities and programmes of Regional Economic Communities (RECs), with a view to accelerating the African integration process. The meeting is also intended to recognize the important role played by RECs as central pillars for achieving continental integration.
During the Conference, the Ministers will consider a number of issues on their agenda, including the Advocacy for Regional and Continental Integration; External Debt and Integration; Governance, Sovereignty, and Regional Integration.
Participants at the Conference shall include: the African Union Member States; Regional Economic Communities, namely: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), East African Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD); and Arab Maghreb Union (AMU).
Participation from the regional and international organizations includes key partners of the AU Commission such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); the African Development Bank (AfDB); the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Worth recalling that, the First Conference of African Ministers in Charge of Integration (COMAI I) was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from the 30th to the 31st March 2006, on the Rationalization of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the Second Conference of African Ministers in Charge of Integration (COMAI II) was held in Kigali, Rwanda from the 26th to the 27th July 2007.
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