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Co-funded by the European Union

Creating a high business council in Central Africa

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Location

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe

Topic

Business Regulation and Policy, Public Private Dialogue

Status

Completed

Year

2022

Context

The High Business Council, which represented the private sector at the regional level, aims to strengthen cohesion around the regional integration process through greater involvement of the private sector in the process for self-sustaining development in Central Africa. ECCAS has requested support from the ICR Facility to assist in the initial stages of identification, preparation and implementation of the HBC. 

Objectives

The 2021-2025 Strategic Plan of the ECCAS Commission includes the establishment of a High Business Council. It aims to:

  1. Improve the participation of the private sector in the regional integration process;
  2. Establish a favourable framework for the harmonisation of private sector positions and the development of public-private partnerships for the sustainable financing of integration projects; and
  3. Facilitate the emergence of a more dynamic regional private sector that is better prepared to drive self-sustaining development in all countries of the community. 

Results

The following results were achieved:

  • 10 country reports on the mapping of PSROs produced and validated out of the eleven planned
  • Statutes finalised and adopted by the HBC General Assembly
  • Rules of procedure of the HBC finalised and adopted by the General Assembly
  • Three-year strategic plan adopted by the HBC General Assembly
  • First meeting of the HBC General Assembly held in October 2022
  • HBC Executive Board and Permanent Commissions established

Project Deliverables

  • 10 national mapping reports
  • Statutes, interior regulations and strategic plan for the High Business Council
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This intervention took place under ICR Facility project, co-funded by the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean  and  Pacific  States  (OACPS)  under  the  11th  European  Development  Fund  (EDF),  together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the British Council. The ICR Facility was implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (German Development Cooperation, GIZ), the British Council, Expertise France, and Stichting Nederlandse Ontwikkelingsorganisatie (Netherlands Development Organisation, SNV).   

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