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Internet Sources: REGIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS

• African Economic Community
  http://www.africa-union.org/ (Treaty establishing the AEC: From the African Union home page, select Official Documents, then Treaties.)
  

  The aim of the AEC is to promote economic, social and cultural development as well as African economic integration in order to increase self-sufficiency and endogenous development and to create a framework for development and the mobilisation of human resources. For information on the timeline for establishing the AEC, see the AEC page prepared by the Economic Co-operation and Development Department (EDECO).

• African Regional Organization for Standardization
  http://www.arso-oran.org/

  The African Regional Organization for Standardization (ARSO) is the African intergovernmental body mandated to promote standardization activities in Africa.

• African Union
  http://www.au.int/en/
  

  On September 9, 1999, the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity issued a Declaration calling for the establishment of an African Union with a view to accelerating the process of integration in the continent to enable it play its rightful role in the global economy. The vision of the African Union is that of: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena.”

• Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
  http://www.spbo.unibo.it/orgint/U/udeac.html

  Membership: Congo (Brazzaville), Chad, Equitorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic.

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  http://www.comesa.int

  Membership: Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale CEMA/UDEAC
  http://www.cemac.int/

  Membership: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

• Community of Sahel-Saharan States
  http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/recs/cen_sad.htm
  

  Membership: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Great Jamahiriya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia.

• East African Community (EAC)
  http://www.eac.int/

  Membership: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

• Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
  http://www.ceeac-eccas.org/

  Membership: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe.

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  http://www.cedeao.org

  Membership: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

• General Secretariat of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States
  http://www.acpsec.org

  Information about the program and the 71 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that have signed the Lome Convention with the European Union.

• Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
  http://www.coi-ioc.org/
http://www.coi-info.org (French version)

Membership: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles.

• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
  http://igad.int/

  Membership: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda.

• Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)
  http://lakechad.iwlearn.org/

  Membership: Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria.

• NEPAD - New Partnership for African Development
  http://www.touchtech.biz/nepad/files/en.html
  

  The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a VISION and for an integrated sustainable socioeconomic framework for Africa.

• Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
  http://www.sacu.int/

  Membership: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland.

• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  http://www.sadcreview.com

  Membership: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

• Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
  http://www.uemoa.int

  Membership: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo.