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OUR
VISION:
This involves the transformation
of the Region into an
area of shared growth
and development, an area
of cooperation based on
convergence of strategies
and policies.
OUR COMMITMENT:
The 11 Heads of State and Government of Member countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, meeting in Dar Es-Salaam, on 19 and 20 November 2004, under the auspices of the United |
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Nations and the African Union signed the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region on 15 December 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya, committed themselves to the respect of the following common constitutional principles:
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To jointly promote a properous, integrated economic space, to improve the standard of living of its populations, and to contribute to the development of the Region, by implementing the Program of Action for Economic Development and Regional Integration with the aim of: |
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Promoting cooperation and economic integration by harmonizing and coordinating national and regional policies with relevant regional economic communities so as to improve stability and economic competitiveness, and to reduce poverty; |
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Developing common infrastructure in the areas of energy, transport and communications; |
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Promoting local regionalintegration by strenghening multi-sectoral cooperation and solidarity among the border populations of neighbouring States. |
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OUR
CONTENT:
The Regional Action Program of the promotion of Economic Development and Regional Integration comprises three sub-programs and fifteen priority projects.
The sub-programs are the following:
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Cooperation for poverty reduction |
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Establishment of a Region Support Mechanism for Micro-Finance Institutions; |
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Food Security Project; and |
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Trans-Border Development Basins |
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2. Harmonization and strengthening of cooperation policies
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Revival of CEPGL and its specialized agencies; and |
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Certification of natural resources. |
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3. Infrastructure Development
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Northern Corridor; |
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Trans-African Highway (Mombassa-Lagos); |
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Lobito Corridor project; |
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Southern Corridor project; |
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Pre-feasibility study of the Northern Corridor railway extension; |
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Feasibility study on the rehabilitation and navigability of the River Congo basin; |
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Rehabilitation and connectivity of the Inga Dam; |
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Feasibility study on the regional oil pipeline; |
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Methane gas project (Kivu regional pipeline project); |
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East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy). |
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PROJECTS AND PARTNERS:
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Regional Initiative against the Illegal
Exploitation and for Certification of
Natural Ressources . . . read
Key Partners: MS/GTZ,
OSC, UN, AU, RECs
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Regional
Food Security.
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Key Partners: RECs, Member States
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Region
Support Mechanism for Micro-Finance
Institutions;.
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Key Partners: EM, UNECA, SC, UNDP, MFIs, RECs, UN, TA |
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Trans-Border
Development Basins..
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Key Partners: MNC, TDB, RECs, EC |
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Revival
of CEPGL. . . read
Key Partners: MS and Dvpt partners |
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Northern
Corridor. . . read
Key Partners: MS, RECs, Ministeries,
Agencies, ECA, |
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Lobito
Corridor. . . read
Key Partners: MS, RECs, NEPAD,
CPs, UN, Donors |
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Southern
Corridor.
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Key Partners: COMESA, MS, EAC, SADC, CPGL, Donors |
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Trans-African
Highway (Mombassa-Lagos). . .
read
Key Partners: UNECA, UNDP, EU,
ADB, MB, private sector,
RECs, BDEAC, MS |
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The
Northern Corridor railway extension
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Key Partners: MS, EAC, COMESA, ADB, Donors, CS |
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Pre-feasibility
study of Feasibility study on
the rehabilitation and navigability
of the River Congo basin . .
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Key Partners: CICOS, NCM, ADB,
GTZ, EU, UNECA, FC
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East
African Submarine Cable System
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Key Partners: private sector,
concerned part, financial Institutions |
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Methane
gas . . . read
Key Partners: CEA, Ministeries,
concerned agencies |
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The
Inga Dam . . .
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Key Partners: SNEL, Ministeries, MS, RECs, ICGLR |
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Feasibility
study on the regional oil pipeline
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Key Partners: Papeline Kenya, Ministeries, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, IPPF, NEPAD, private sector, RECs, Donors |
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Protocol
SRDZ . . . read
Key Partners: NMC, CS |
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