Regional Integration

Regional Integration Observatory

The Observatory concentrates on the sectors that are usually focused on by Regional Economic Community(REC) treaties and protocols. Usually within a REC, not every treaty covers all sectors explicitly or thoroughly, however the generic alignment to the 4 pillars identified for Regional Integration is noticeable within the treaties and protocols of the major RECs that are pillars of the African Economic Community.

The 8 sectors focused on are (i) Trade (ii) Money and Finance (iii) Transport (iv)Communications (v) Energy (vi) Agriculture (vii) Manufacturing (viii) Human development and Labour Markets

These 8 sectors can all be found to be embedded within the 4 pillars required to forward the Regional Integration agenda so as to achieve the African Economic Community.

                      • Trade and Market Integration

                      • Macroeconomic Policy Convergence, Financial and Monetary Integration

                      • Peace, Security and Stability

                      • Harmonisation of Sectoral Policies in Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Food and Agriculture

The Observatory’s  furrowed focus aims at analysing the 4 pillars of Regional Integration within REC and other Institutional/Organisational profile spaces whereby background information, management structure, major achievements, short and long-term goals as well as average growth of Integration Indices, can be articulated in a single workspace with focal points having administrative rights and privileges.

This REC-centric approach encourages focal point participation for the RECs so as to update or maintain their respective REC profiles.

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