United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (CEA)
Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para Africa (CEPA)
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URL: https://www.uneca.org/
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Founded
1958-04-29
History
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Promote the economic and social development of its member States; foster intra-regional integration; promote international cooperation for Africa's development; provide advisory services in key thematic fields: Macroeconomic Policy; Regional Integration and Trade; Social Development; Natural Resources; Innovation and Technology; Gender; Governance; Statistic.
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B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO) (Observer Status). Special relations with: B-XB0971 - FAO; E-XE3382 - UNDP; E-XE4161 - UNEP; B-XE3386 - UNIDO; B-XB3548 - WHO. Liaises with: F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Administers: B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU). Member of: H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD); E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS); E-XJ2271 - UN-Water. Observer to: B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Cooperates with:
- H-XE0666 - African Bureau of Educational Sciences;
- H-XK0460 - African Foundation for Research and Development (AFRAND);
- D-XD2315 - African Statistical Association (AFSA);
- D-XD4491 - Association of African Central Banks (AACB);
- F-XM1024 - Company for Habitat and Housing in Africa (Shelter-Afrique);
- H-XF2785 - Global Action Plan for Environment and Development in the 21st Century (Agenda 21);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- U-XE0476 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Kinshasa (RRSC);
- E-XE2678 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre for North African States.
Cooperates in regional integration schemes with:
- H-XD6329 - African Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing (AOCRS);
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- H-XF6602 - Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA), currently F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Together with AU, instrumental in setting up: E-XD3960 - Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA). Instrumental in elaborating: T-XT9461 - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Together with AU, instrumental in setting up:
- Regional Coordinating Committee for the Implementation of
- H-XF5912 - Pan African Telecommunications Network (PANAFTEL);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- D-XD4386 - Union of African Railways (UAR).
Operating under the aegis of ECA and AU: H-XE1436 - Trans-African Highway Bureau. Other intergovernmental institutions set up or helped into being by ECA include:
- D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice);
- H-XD6432 - African Accounting Council (AAC);
- E-XE6282 - African Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development (ACARTSOD);
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- U-XE2451 - African Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research (AIHTTR);
- D-XD0013 - African Intellectual Property Organization;
- E-XE9708 - African Minerals and Geosciences Centre (AMGC);
- F-XF6186 - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN);
- H-XE6264 - African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing (ARCEDEM);
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- E-XE9638 - African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST);
- D-XD0023 - African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO);
- E-XD4634 - African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD);
- H-XD6439 - Association of African Tax Administrators (AATA);
- D-XD7213 - Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations (AATPO);
- H-XF6757 - Central African Clearing House (CAfCH);
- H-XE2452 - Central African Mineral Resources Development Centre (CAMRDC);
- U-XF2738 - Conference of Ministers of African Least Developed Countries;
- E-XE9659 - FAO Regional Office for Africa (FAO/RAF);
- E-XE8248 - Institut de formation et de recherche démographiques (IFORD);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- H-XD4474 - Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority (LGA);
- D-XD0445 - Mano River Union (MRU);
- D-XD4526 - Niger Basin Authority (NBA);
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- H-XE8777 - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS);
- H-XE1758 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Ouagadougou;
- U-XF0845 - Special Action Programme on Administration and Management in Africa (SAPAM);
- E-XE3628 - United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning.
Also links with:
- U-XE0243 - Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems (ACCIS);
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- E-XE1341 - African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD);
- F-XF3580 - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank);
- J-XK2342 - African Monetary Fund (AMF);
- E-XD0333 - African Rehabilitation Institute (ARI);
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- D-XD0063 - Arab Labour Organization (ALO);
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- D-XD5526 - Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
- F-XF4541 - Banque centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO);
- F-XF4179 - Banque de développement des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (BDEAC);
- F-XF4540 - Banque ouest africaine de développement (BOAD);
- H-XE1823 - Centre for Applied Research on Population and Development;
- H-XE0088 - Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAFRICA);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- F-XF4208 - East African Development Bank (EADB);
- E-XF0363 - Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI);
- H-XD0665 - European Community;
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- H-XF0985 - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
- U-XF5345 - Global Coalition for Africa (GCA);
- F-XF2335 - Global Environment Facility (GEF);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- D-XD6438 - Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- B-XB1791 - International Development Association (IDA);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- B-XB2115 - International Hydrographic Organization (IHO);
- F-XF6349 - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- U-XF7118 - Jobs and Skills Programme for Africa (JASPA);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- K-XE8251 - OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC);
- D-XD8972 - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie (OMVG);
- E-XD3036 - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS);
- H-XD7430 - Organization for the Management and Development of the Kagera River Basin (KBO);
- E-XE7358 - Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE6121 - United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI);
- H-XE3104 - United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);
- U-XE9444 - United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW);
- E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV);
- U-XF5232 - United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- G-XG2898 - United States Agency for International Development (USAID);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with:
- F-XF2052 - African Academy of Sciences (AAS);
- D-XD4373 - African Airlines Association (AFRAA);
- D-XD5399 - African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM);
- U-XE8592 - African Centre for Monetary Studies (ACMS);
- H-XD8538 - African Curriculum Organization (ACO);
- U-XG1336 - African Higher School for Railway Engineers;
- F-XF0929 - African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI);
- U-XU4576 - African Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS);
- D-XD3360 - African Union of Broadcasting (AUB);
- F-XF2166 - African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET);
- H-XD4229 - Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences in Africa (AAASA);
- H-XD4628 - Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA);
- U-XU1645 - Central African Development Information System (CADIS);
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- H-XD0086 - Federation of African Chambers of Commerce (FACC);
- U-XF2068 - Forum of African Voluntary Development Organizations (FAVDO);
- D-XD3798 - Geological Society of Africa (GSAf);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
- B-XB1490 - International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);
- B-XB1562 - International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID);
- B-XB2361 - International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF);
- A-XA2590 - International Statistical Institute (ISI);
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- B-XC2676 - International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP);
- B-XB2937 - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF);
- U-XG1581 - Pan Africanist Congress (PAC);
- U-XF2668 - Research and Development Forum for Science-Led Development in Africa (RANDFORUM);
- U-XF0558 - SIFIDA Investment Company;
- A-XA3537 - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).
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