Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEAO)
West African Economic Community
Comunidad Economica de Africa Occidental
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Founded
1959-06-09
History
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Encourage harmonious and balanced development of the economic activities of Member States with a view to as rapid as possible an improvement in living standards of their populations; set up at the regional level an active policy of economic integration and cooperation, in particular with respect to the development of agriculture, cattle breeding, fisheries, industry, transportation and communications and tourism; develop exchange of agricultural and industrial projects between Member States, in particular through the establishment among them of an organized trade zone.
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Cooperation agreement with: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD. Formal relations with: B-XB0971 - FAO.
Agreements of cooperation signed with:
- H-XD0014 - African Posts and Telecommunications Union (APTU);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- H-XD6435 - Association of Regional and Sub-regional Development Finance Institutions in West Africa;
- F-XF4540 - Banque ouest africaine de développement (BOAD);
- H-XE6505 - Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- E-XE6031 - Institut du Sahel (INSAH);
- H-XD4433 - Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies (ICHS);
- D-XD0445 - Mano River Union (MRU);
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- H-XE0455 - UNDP Drylands Development Centre;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- D-XD4386 - Union of African Railways (UAR).
Cooperates in related fields of interest with:
- H-XD4014 - African Cultural Institute (ACI);
- D-XD0012 - African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES);
- H-XC3983 - Agence intergouvernementale de La Francophonie;
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF4541 - Banque centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO);
- U-XE3890 - Cattle and Livestock Economic Community;
- ECA;
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (also a member of ECOWAS);
- D-XD0453 - Entente Council;
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- H-XD4474 - Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority (LGA);
- U-XF4252 - Mutual Aid and Loan Guaranty Fund of the Entente Council (EC-Fund);
- D-XD4526 - Niger Basin Authority (NBA);
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- 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-XD3426 - Union monétaire Ouest africaine (UMOA);
- H-XF4799 - West African Clearing House (WACH).
Under Lomé Conventions, links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC). Links also with: F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group); F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF); E-XE9778 - Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF); E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC); F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB); F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID); H-XD3027 - Organization of African Unity (OAU). Links indicated by: U-XF4723 - Pan African Development Information System (PADIS).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
G-XG0778 - Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER); E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID). Links indicated by: D-XD0784 - Eurospace (ASD Eurospace).
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- Living Conditions → Living Conditions
- Commerce → Trade
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Economics → Economic
- Development → Development
- Integration → Integration
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD3424
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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