The main objective of the
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCCAS) is to promote regional economic cooperation and set-up a Central African Common Market.
The educational aims of the Subject “Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)” are:
To understand the goals, functions, and specialized agencies of ECCAS
To assess the benefits for the member countries of ECCAS and cooperation areas
To learn about socio-economic development of the Central African Countries
To research economic and trade integration process between ECCAS member countries
To explore the impact of illegal trade of ivory and the green economic development in Central Africa
The Subject “Economic Community of Central African States” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:
Credits of the Subject “Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)”: 1
Rwanda was a founding member but left ECCAS in 2007 to join the East African Community (EAC)
In 1983 was founded 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 Economic Community of Central African States has overlapping countries with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC): Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe
The official languages of 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 EU concluded a financial agreement with ECCAS and CEMAC conditioned to peace and security
strengthening in Central Africa
All ECCAS countries have Christian majorities, except Chad, which has a Muslim majority.