The five organs of CEN-SAD are:
1. The Conference of the Heads of States
2. The Executive Council
3. The Secretariat General
4. The African Bank for Development
and Trade
5. The Economic, Social and Cultural council
(ESCC)
1. THE CONFERENCE
OF THE HEADS OF STATES:
Composed of the Leaders and the Heads of
States of the Community. It is the supreme organ of the latter
takes decisions on the general policies aimed at implementing
the objectives spelled out in the establishment Treaty.
The Conference of Heads of the States meets
once a year in ordinary session alternately in the different capitals
of one of its Members; it can meet in extraordinary session at
the request of one the member States. The Country hosting the
Summit presides the Conference .
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL :
The executive council is responsible for
the preparation of the programs of integration plans and the implementation
of the decisions of the Conference of the Heads of States .it
is composed of Secretary / Ministers in charge of the following
departments:
- External Relations and cooperation.
- Economy, finance and Planning.
- Interior and Public Security.
The Executive council meets every six (6)
months. It can hold some extraordinary sessions at the request
of the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of the States or at
the request of one the member States; the Council is chaired on
a rotary basis.
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THE SECRETARIAT GENERAL:
The Secretariat General is the administrative
and executive organ of the Community, responsible for the management
of the daily work, the monitoring of the regular functioning of
the institutions and the implementation of the objectives and
policies defined by the Conference of Heads of States and Executives
Council.
The Secretariat General is composed as follow:
- The Secretary General.
- The Assistant Secretary General.
- The office of the Secretary General.
- The Administrative and Financial Affairs
Directorate.
- The Complementarily and integration Directorate.
- The Research and Legal Affairs Directorate.
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4. THE
AFRICAN BANK FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE.
The convention on establishment of AFRICAN
BANK FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE and the draft Statutes were signed
on 14/4/1999 as for the convention and on 15/11/1999 as for the
Statutes, respectively in Syrte and Benghazi (GREAT JAMAHIRIYA).
THE objective of the Bank is to exercise
all banking, financial and commercial activities, including those
relating to financing development projects and external trade.
The Bank gives priority to projects executed
in the member states and carries out its activities within the
framework of this convention and its Statutes.
To attain its objectives the Bank can, upon
the decision of its Board of Directors, open branches or offices
within or outside the member countries.
The head office of the Bank is in the Great
Socialist People’s Arab Libyan Jahamiriya.
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5. THE ECONOMIC,
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL (ESCC)
The ESCC is an advisory organ composed of
ten (10) members designated by each member country, and mandated
to assist the organs of CEN-SAD in the design and preparation
of development, policies, plan and programs of economic, social
an Cultural nature of the member countries.
The Council meets once a year in ordinary
session. It can meet in an extraordinary session upon invitation
of the Chairman of the CEN-SAD, its Chairman or a member states.
The Headquarters of the Economic, social
and Cultural Council is in Bamako, Mali.
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