5th Tripartite Task Force Meeting of COMESA, EAC & SADC held in Victoria Falls
Technical officers of COMESA, EAC and SADC met in Victoria Falls from 6 - 8 October to discuss implementation of the Action Plan which had been developed during the 4th Tripartite Task Force meeting. Following this, on 9th October, the 5th Tripartite meeting was held and was attended by the REC’s Deputy Chief Executive Officers.
In the preparatory phase of the meeting, two sub-committees (one on Customs and Trade and the other on Infrastructure) worked through extensive agendas addressing areas of mutual interest and updating each other on implementation progress.
Under the rotating Chairmanship, COMESA were the hosts for the meeting and in his address their Deputy Secretary General (Programmes), Mr Sindiso Ngwenya welcomed his counterparts Eng. Dr Joao Caholo, Deputy Executive Secretary of SADC and Mme Beatrice Kiraso, Deputy Secretary General of EAC.
Following the decision of the Heads of State and Government of the three RECs to hold a Tripartite Summit, the 5th Task Force meeting sought to identify and agree upon the strategic issues to be addressed in theSummit. RTFP, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Task Force, was requested to provide technical and financial support to the RECs for the implementation of the Action Plan.
Following the decision of the Heads of State and Government of the three RECs to hold a Tripartite Summit, the 5th Task Force meeting sought to identify and agree upon the strategic issues to be addressed in theSummit. RTFP, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Task Force, was requested to provide technical and financial support to the RECs for the implementation of the Action Plan.
