Conference on the Great Lakes Region

The aims of the subject “International Conference on the Great Lakes Region” are the following:

1. To understand the purposes and functions of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
2. To assess the benefits for the member countries and the areas of cooperation of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
3. To analyse the economic development and the regional integration

Description: International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).

In 2000 was created the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). In 2004, was adopted the Declaration on Peace and Security

The main objective of this African Regional Organisation is to promote the peace (mainly Genocide Prevention) and economic development

The members countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region are Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia

1. Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe are guest members of the Conference

The Economic Development and Regional Integration is a fundamental pillar of the mission of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Regional Action Programme): harmonising policies, common infrastructures (Northern Corridor, Trans-African Highway Kenya - Nigeria, Lobito Corridor, Southern Corridor), multi-sectoral cooperation, food security, and struggle against the illegal natural resources exploitation

The Headquarters of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) are in Burundi (Bujumbura)

Largest ports related to the Great Lakes region:

1. Port of Luanda
2. Port of Pointe Noire
3. Port of Mombasa
4. Port Sudan
5. Port of Dar es-Salaam

1. Northern Corridor
2. Trans-African Highway (Mombasa-Lagos)
3. Lobito Corridor project
4. Beira-Lobito Corridor
5. Southern Corridor project
6. Access to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region belongs to the African Civilisation.

1. East African Economic Area
2. Central African Economic Area

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region.

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