Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA)
Zone d'échanges préférentiels des Etats de l'Afrique de l'est et l'Afrique australe (ZEP)
Zona de Comércio Preferencial para os Estados da Africa Oriental e Austral (ZCP)
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Founded
1981-12-22 Lusaka Zambia
History
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Objectives as defined in the 1982 Treaty and its Protocols: Promote cooperation and integration covering all the fields of economic activity, particularly trade, customs, industry, transport, communications, agriculture, natural resources and monetary affairs; raise the standard of living of the people by fostering closer relations among Member States; create a Common Market by the year 2000 in order to allow a free movement of goods, capital and labour within the sub-region; contribute to the progress and development of the other African countries.
Events
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Recognizes importance of: H-XD3027 - Organization of African Unity (OAU) and other intergovernmental organizations in developing the African Economic Community as provided for in the Lagos Plan of Action. Under Lomé Conventions, links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC). Secretariat leads subregional working group of: U-XE0122 - United Nations Transport and Communications Decade in Africa (UNTACDA). Links with: D-XD2406 - International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA); F-XF3380 - UNICEF. Links indicated by: F-XF3936 - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC); F-XF1523 - Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA).
Special relations with multilateral financing institutions:
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XF4208 - East African Development Bank (EADB);
- ECA;
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- F-XF2057 - International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- U-XF0308 - United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM);
- F-XF6841 - The World Bank Group.
Cordial relations with:
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- E-XF0363 - Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD6438 - Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI);
- H-XF2073 - Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD);
- D-XE0007 - Inter-Governmental Standing Committee on Shipping (ISCOS);
- H-XD7430 - Organization for the Management and Development of the Kagera River Basin (KBO);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- H-XE3450 - Southern Africa Labour Commission (SALC);
- U-XE1369 - Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Training (SACCAR);
- D-XD4612 - Southern African Customs Union (SACU);
- H-XD3294 - Southern African Transport and Communications Commission (SATCC);
- U-XF5856 - Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with various national and regional organizations, including: D-XD4373 - African Airlines Association (AFRAA); U-XG5856 - Institute of Law and International Relations, Warsaw; U-XF1043 - Small Ruminants Research Network (SRNET); F-XF0239 - Ford Foundation; D-XD0140 - Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).
Publications
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- Resources → Resources
- Transportation → Communications
- Communication → Communication
- Commerce → Money
- Commerce → Customs
- Commerce → Trade
- Industry → Industry
- Nation State → Nation State
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Agriculture → Agriculture
- Economics → Economic
- Integration → Integration
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF6602
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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