Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

The objectives of the subject “Economic Commission for Africa of the United Nations (ECA)” are the following:

1. To understand the aims (regional integration, African development), structure and functions of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
2. To analyse the Committee of Macroeconomics Policy of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
3. To know the Economic Report on Africa
4. To analyse the role and the areas of cooperation of the Division of Trade and Regional Integration
5. To examine the social development, natural resources, innovation and technology, gender and management programs of the Economic Commission of the United Nations for Africa (ECA)
6. To analyse the role of the Commission in relation to the Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
7. To understand the functioning of the Procurement Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

1. This subject is an introductory course about UNECA (Objectives, Departments, and Publications), the subject “African Economic Integration” is analysed in another module
2. Along this study; we will introduce several UNECA reports related to the African regions (Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa), the analysis of each report will be made in the module of the region

Related topics:

1. African Economic Transformation
2. African Continental Free-Trade Area
3. African Value Chains

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Description: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

In 1958 was created the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

The objectives of the Economic Commission for Africa are to:

1. Promote the economic and social development of the African Countries
2. Improve the intra-regional integration
3. Promote the International Cooperation for the African development

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) identifies the importance of focusing on special needs of Africa (Millennium Development Goals).

The Members Countries of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The Economic Commission for Africa focuses on eradicating African poverty, placing the African Countries on the path of the economic growth and sustainable development, reversing the marginalisation of the African economies in the Globalisation age, and accelerating Women's Empowerment.

The aim of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to supply technical assistance to the African Peer Review Mechanism and to promote the knowledge.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) focuses on:

1. Regional Integration, international trade, and infrastructure
2. Meeting the Millennium Development Goals (Poverty Reduction and Growth, Sustainable Development, and Gender)
3. Promoting the Good Governance and popular participation
4. Information and communication technologies (ICT), Science, and Technology for development
5. statistics

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) belongs to the African Civilisation.

The Economic Commission for Africa is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. The other regional commissions are:

1. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
3. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
4. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia