Cooperation on monetary, financial, and payments fields;
Cooperation on agriculture and food;
Cooperation on infrastructure and equipment, transportation, and communications;
Specialized agencies of the ECCAS
Regional Commission for Fisheries of the Gulf of Guinea;
Commission of Central African Forests;
Power Pool of Central Africa.
Projects and programs (*)
Integration of Indigenous Peoples;
Responsible Management of Protected Areas;
Sustainable development for integration;
Protect our wildlife against poaching;
Anti poaching and illegal ivory trade
Integration through the agriculture;
Green economic development in Central Africa;
Protect the wildlife against poaching;
Integrated Water Resources Management.
Doing Business in the Central African Countries (Economic affairs, international trade...).
(*) Only available in French (optional contents).
The objectives of the subject “Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)” are the following:
To understand the goals, functions, and specialized agencies of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
To assess the benefits for the member countries of the ECCAS and the areas of cooperation;
To know the socio-economic development of the Central African Countries;
To analyze the economic and the trade integration process between the ECCAS member countries;
To explore the impact of illegal trade of ivory and the green economic development in Central Africa.
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
The Subject “Economic Community of Central African States” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Credits of the Subject “Economic Community of Central
African States (ECCAS)”: 1
Neither the customs union nor the free-trade area of the ECCAS is still in operation.
Masters and Doctorate in International Business adapted to the Cameroonian Students.
Masters and Doctorate in International Business adapted to the Rwandese students.
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
The main objective of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
is to
promote the regional economic cooperation and set-up a Central African Common Market.
Rwanda was a founding member but left the ECCAS in 2007 to join the East African Community (EAC);
In 1983 was created the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) by the members of the Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa and the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States (Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, and Congo) as well as São Tomé and Príncipe;
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has been inactive from 1992 to 1998;
The official languages of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
are French and Portuguese;
The population of ECCAS countries: 145 million inhabitants;
The headquarters of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (ECCAS):
Libreville (Gabon);
On 24 January 2003, the European Union concluded a financial agreement with the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the CEMAC conditioned to peace and security
strengthening in Central Africa.
All the ECCAS countries have Christian majorities, except Chad, which has a
Muslim majority.