white paper up2gether: the economic regional communities in africa
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AFRICAA CONTINENT TO
DISCOVERA NEW WORLD OFOPPORTUNITIES
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THE PILLARSOF
AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
The African continent:54 states, 5 active economic pillars
Knowing the Regional Economic Communitiesallows the entrepreneurto structure a strategy
for the internationalization of his company.
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!! members of the pillars of the AEC!! signatory states of the EAC Treaty,but not participating in any pillar
Organization of theAfrican Union stateswhich is the basis formutual economicdevelopment among themajority of African nations,founded with the AbujaTreaty, signed in 1991 andentered into force in 1994.
AEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
in french:AEC - Communautééconomique Africaine
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REC pillars activeof the African Economic Community!! COMESA!! EAC!! ECCAS!! ECOWAS!! SADC
The stated objectives ofthe organization includethe creation of:! free trade areas! customs unions! a single market! a central bank! a common currencycoming so to create aneconomic and monetaryunion.
The regional integrationagreements reducebarriers to businesstransactions and supportthe economy anddevelopment.
in french:AEC - Communautééconomique Africaine
AEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
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in french:CERs - CommunautésEconomiques Régionales
RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIESAEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
Pillars
AECAfrican Economic Community
ECOWAS - CEDEAOEconomic Community of West
African States
ECCAS - CEEACEconomic Community of Central
African States
SADCSouthern African Development
Community
COMESACOMESA - Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa
IGADIntergovernamental Authority on
Development
CEN-SADThe Community of Sahel-
Saharan States
EACEast African Community
AMU/UMAArab 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, EquatorialGuinea, 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
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RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIESAEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
PILLARS FREE TRADEAREA
2019
CUSTOMSUNION
2019
ONE AND ONLYMARKET
2023 2028
MONETARYUNION
VISASABOLITION
ABOLITION OFINTERNALBORDERS
POLITICALPACT
DEFENSIVEPACT
ECONOMIC AND MONETARYUNION FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
AEC
ECOWAsCEDEAO
ECCASCEEAC
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 forcede factu
In force In force 2009 ?? 2019 ?? Proposed 2010 ??
In force 2008 ?? 2018 ??
2010 ??
in french:CERs - CommunautésEconomiques Régionales
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in french:CEDEAO - Communautééconomique des États del'Afrique de l'ouest
ECOWAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITYOF 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 agreementsigned by sixteen WestAfrican states in 1975.
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UEMOA - ECONOMIC AND WEST AFRICANMONETARY UNION
• Benin• Burkina Faso• Ivory Coast• Guinea Bissau• Mali• Niger• Senegal• Togo
A single currency:the Franc CFA with a fixedexchange rate tied to theEuro:
1 ! = 655 957 F CFA in french:UEMOA - Unionéconomique et MonétaireOuest Africaine
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• Angola• Burundi• Cameroon• Central African Republic• Chad• Congo• Equatorial Guinea• Gabon• DRC• Rwanda• São Tomé and Príncipe
in french:CEEAC - Communautééconomique des Étatsd'Afrique centrale
WWW.CEEAC-ECCAS.ORG
ECCAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITYOF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES
Founded October 18, 1983,ECCAS is an organizationthat promotes regionaleconomic cooperation inCentral Africa
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CEMAC - ECONOMIC AND MONETARYCOMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA
• Cameroon• Chad• Congo• Gabon• Equatorial Guinea• Central African Republic
International organizationfounded in 1964, theCEMAC: Economic andMonetary Community ofCentral Africa, promoteseconomic integrationbetween 6 Central Africancountries with a commoncurrency, the CFA franc(XAF).
WWW.CEMAC.INT
in french:CEMAC - Communauté économiquedes États d'Afrique centrale
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WWW.SADC.INT
SADC - SOUTHERN AFRICANDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
in french:SADC - Communauté dedéveloppement d'Afriqueaustrale
• Angola• Botswana• RDC• Lesotho• Madagascar• Malawi• Mauritius• Mozambico• Namibia• Seychelles• Sudafrica• Swaziland• Tanzania• Zambia• Zimbabwe
Southern African regionalinternational organization thatpursues cooperation and socio-economic as well as politicalcooperation and security in fifteencountries.
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SACU - SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION
in french:SACU - Union douanièred'Afrique australe
WWW.SACU.INT
• Botswana• Lesotho• Namibia• Sudafrica• Swaziland
The oldest customs unionin the world, was foundedin 1910 as a CustomsUnion Agreement (CustomsUnion Agreement) andofficially entered into forceon 1 March 1970 as SACU.
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EAC - EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
in french:EAC - Communautéd'Afrique de l'Est
• Burundi• Kenya• Rwanda• Tanzania• Uganda
African EconomicCommunity, established in2000, has its headquartersin Arusha, Tanzania.
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WWW.COMESA.INT
COMESA - COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN ANDSOUTHERN AFRICA
in french:COMESA - Marché commun de l'Afriqueorientale et australe
• Burundi• Comoros• DRC• Egypt• Eritrea• Ethiopia• Djibouti• Kenya• Libya• Madagascar• Malawi• Mauritius• Rwanda• Seychelles• Sudan• Swaziland• Uganda• Zambia• Zimbabwe
In 2008 COMESA joinedAfrican Free Trade Area(AFTZ), which includesmembers of two otherAfrican trade blocs: theEast African Community(EAC) and the SouthernAfrican DevelopmentCommunity (SADC).
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IGAD - INTERGOVERNAMENTAL AUTHORITYON DEVELOPMENT
in french:IGAD - Autorité intergouvernementalepour le développement
• Somalia• Eritrea• Ethiopia• Kenya• Sudan• Uganda• Djibouti• South Sudan
International political andcommercial organizationfounded in 1986. In 1996 itwas established the IGADPartners Forum betweenIGAD member countriesand various Europeancountries, with the WorldBank, the EuropeanCommission, the UNSecretariat, the UnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme, the UN HighCommissioner refugee andFAO.
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CEN-SAD - THE COMMUNITYOF SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES
in french:CEN-SAD - Communauté des EtatsSahélo-Sahariens
CEN-SAD was establishedFebruary 4, 1998 as aresult of the Conference ofLeaders and Heads ofStates held in Tripoli(Libya).
• Benin• Burkina Faso• Central African Republic• 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
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• Algeria• Libya• Mauritania• Morocco• Tunisia
in french:UMA-AMU - Union duMaghreb Arabe
in arab:UMA-AMU - el-ittihad el-maghreb el-araby
UMA-AMU - ARAB MAGHREB UNION
Political union formedFebruary 17, 1989, withthe Treaty of Marrakech,the five countries of theGreat Maghreb
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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 Parisand Milan for some printing companies
! From 2008 to 2012 I deal with fashion designLe MadenItalie
! In 2009, Became one of the foundingmembers of S4D - Solar For Development
! In 2011-12 became a partner of theDevelopment Agency of Guinea-Bissau
! In 2014 I promote in Italy the 1st Africa SMBForum and we are preparing the 2nd edition, Ialso become Head of Communications of thePrieuré de Chateauneuf des Chevaliers del'Ordo of St. John of Jerusalem & St. Basil theGreat and finally invented the projectUP2gether!
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