White Paper UP2gether: The Economic Regional Communities in Africa

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White Paper UP2gether Barbara de Siena - 2015 - Le Comunità Economiche Regionali

THE PILLARS
OF
AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
The African continent:
54 states, 5 active economic pillars
Knowing the Regional Economic Communities
allows the entrepreneur
to structure a strategy
for the internationalization of his company.

!! members of the pillars of the AEC
!! signatory states of the EAC Treaty,
but not participating in any pillar
Organization of the
African Union states
which is the basis for
mutual economic
development among the
majority of African nations,
founded with the Abuja
Treaty, signed in 1991 and
entered into force in 1994.
AEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
in french:
AEC - Communauté
économique Africaine

REC pillars active
of the African Economic Community
!! COMESA
!! EAC
!! ECCAS
!! ECOWAS
!! SADC
The stated objectives of
the organization include
the creation of:
! free trade areas
! customs unions
! a single market
! a central bank
! a common currency
coming so to create an
economic and monetary
union.
The regional integration
agreements reduce
barriers to business
transactions and support
the economy and
development.
in french:
AEC - Communauté
économique Africaine

in french:
CERs - Communautés
Economiques Régionales
RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES
Pillars
AEC
African Economic Community
ECOWAS - CEDEAO
Economic Community of West
African States
ECCAS - CEEAC
Economic Community of Central
African States
SADC
Southern African Development
Community
COMESA
COMESA - Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa
IGAD
Intergovernamental Authority on
Development
CEN-SAD
The Community of Sahel-
Saharan States
EAC
East African Community
AMU/UMA
Arab Maghreb Union
Area (km!)
29.910.442
5.112.903
6.667.421
9.882.959
12.873.957
5.233.604
1.817.945
5.782.140
Population
853.520.010
251.646.263
121.245.958
233.944.179
406.102.471
187.969.775
124.858.568
84.185.073
Member States
53
25
15
11
15
20
7
5
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia,
Ghana, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger,
Nigeria, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone , Somalia, Sudan,
Togo, Tunisia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cape Verde
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, DRC, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Angola, Burundi, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan,
Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
5 Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES
PILLARS
FREE TRADE
AREA
2019
CUSTOMS
UNION
2019
ONE AND ONLY
MARKET
2023 2028
MONETARY
UNION
VISAS
ABOLITION
ABOLITION OF
INTERNAL
BORDERS
POLITICAL
PACT
DEFENSIVE
PACT
ECONOMIC AND MONETARY
UNION
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
AEC
ECOWAs
CEDEAO
ECCAS
CEEAC
SADC
COMESA
IGAD
CEN-SAD
EAC
AMU - UMA
2028
Common Proposed 2007 ?? Proposed In force Proposed Proposed In force
UEMOA In force In force In force
WAMZ 2009 ??
Common 2007 ?? 2011 ?? Proposed Proposed Proposed In force
CEMAC In force In force In force
Comune 2008 ?? 2010 ?? 2015 ?? 2016 ??
SACU In force In force In force
de factu
In force In force 2009 ?? 2019 ?? Proposed 2010 ??
In force 2008 ?? 2018 ??
2010 ??
in french:
CERs - Communautés
Economiques Régionales

in french:
CEDEAO - Communauté
économique des États de
l'Afrique de l'ouest
ECOWAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
WWW.ECOWAS.INT
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cape Verde
• Ivory Coast
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
Economic agreement
signed by sixteen West
African states in 1975.

WWW.UEMOA.INT
UEMOA - ECONOMIC AND WEST AFRICAN
MONETARY UNION
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Ivory Coast
• Guinea Bissau
• Mali
• Niger
• Senegal
• Togo
A single currency:
the Franc CFA with a fixed
exchange rate tied to the
Euro:
1 ! = 655 957 F CFA in french:
UEMOA - Union
économique et Monétaire
Ouest Africaine

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• DRC
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
in french:
CEEAC - Communauté
économique des États
d'Afrique centrale
WWW.CEEAC-ECCAS.ORG
ECCAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES
Founded October 18, 1983,
ECCAS is an organization
that promotes regional
economic cooperation in
Central Africa

CEMAC - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY
COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Congo
• Gabon
• Equatorial Guinea
International organization
founded in 1964, the
CEMAC: Economic and
Monetary Community of
Central Africa, promotes
economic integration
between 6 Central African
countries with a common
currency, the CFA franc
(XAF).
WWW.CEMAC.INT
in french:
CEMAC - Communauté économique
des États d'Afrique centrale

WWW.SADC.INT
SADC - SOUTHERN AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
in french:
SADC - Communauté de
développement d'Afrique
australe
• Angola
• Botswana
• RDC
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambico
• Namibia
• Seychelles
• Sudafrica
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
Southern African regional
international organization that
pursues cooperation and socio-
economic as well as political
cooperation and security in fifteen
countries.

SACU - SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION
in french:
SACU - Union douanière
d'Afrique australe
WWW.SACU.INT
• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• Sudafrica
• Swaziland
The oldest customs union
in the world, was founded
in 1910 as a Customs
Union Agreement (Customs
Union Agreement) and
officially entered into force
on 1 March 1970 as SACU.

EAC - EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
in french:
EAC - Communauté
d'Afrique de l'Est
• Burundi
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Tanzania
• Uganda
African Economic
Community, established in
2000, has its headquarters
in Arusha, Tanzania.
WWW.EAC.INT

WWW.COMESA.INT
COMESA - COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN AFRICA
in french:
COMESA - Marché commun de l'Afrique
orientale et australe
• Burundi
• Comoros
• DRC
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Djibouti
• Kenya
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
In 2008 COMESA joined
African Free Trade Area
(AFTZ), which includes
members of two other
African trade blocs: the
East African Community
(EAC) and the Southern
African Development
Community (SADC).

WWW.IGAD.INT
IGAD - INTERGOVERNAMENTAL AUTHORITY
ON DEVELOPMENT
in french:
IGAD - Autorité intergouvernementale
pour le développement
• Somalia
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Sudan
• Uganda
• Djibouti
• South Sudan
International political and
commercial organization
founded in 1986. In 1996 it
was established the IGAD
Partners Forum between
IGAD member countries
and various European
countries, with the World
Bank, the European
Commission, the UN
Secretariat, the United
Nations Development
Programme, the UN High
Commissioner refugee and
FAO.

CEN-SAD - THE COMMUNITY
OF SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES
in french:
CEN-SAD - Communauté des Etats
Sahélo-Sahariens
CEN-SAD was established
February 4, 1998 as a
result of the Conference of
Leaders and Heads of
States held in Tripoli
(Libya).
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Comore
• Costa d'Avorio
• Ciad
• Gibuti
• Egitto
• Eritrea
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Libia
• Mali
• Marocco
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• São Tomé e Principe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Togo
• Tunisia

• Algeria
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Tunisia
in french:
UMA-AMU - Union du
Maghreb Arabe
in arab:
UMA-AMU - el-ittihad el-
maghreb el-araby
UMA-AMU - ARAB MAGHREB UNION
Political union formed
February 17, 1989, with
the Treaty of Marrakech,
the five countries of the
Great Maghreb
WWW.MAGHREBARABE.ORG

Barbara de SIENAINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ITALY, FRANCE, GUINEA BISSAU AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
! Italian from birth
! French passionate since childhood
! At 19 years old I began to work abroad
! From 1999 to 2005 I commute between Paris
and Milan for some printing companies
! From 2008 to 2012 I deal with fashion design
Le MadenItalie
! In 2009, Became one of the founding
members of S4D - Solar For Development
! In 2011-12 became a partner of the
Development Agency of Guinea-Bissau
! In 2014 I promote in Italy the 1st Africa SMB
Forum and we are preparing the 2nd edition, I
also become Head of Communications of the
Prieuré de Chateauneuf des Chevaliers de
l'Ordo of St. John of Jerusalem & St. Basil the
Great and finally invented the project
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