Yaoundé, 26 September 2025 (ECA) – The Subregional Office for Central Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held a high-level strategic briefing with Ambassadors of its member States accredited to Cameroon, alongside representatives of regional economic communities and subregional institutions. Convened ahead of the Fourth Joint Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) for Central and Eastern Africa, the meeting served as a key moment of cooperation and political dialogue.
The session provided an opportunity to present the Office’s 2024–2025 activity report, showcasing flagship initiatives that support the structural transformation of Central African economies. These include progress in promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and regional integration, the blue economy and green and innovative finance, illustrating ECA’s concrete impact in shaping public policy and strengthening regional value chains.
In his remarks, Mr. Jean Luc Mastaki, Director of the Subregional Office, reaffirmed ECA’s commitment to forging stronger, lasting partnerships with diplomatic missions. He underscored the role of Ambassadors as strategic relays of information and facilitators of regional cooperation and called for their enhanced engagement to ensure active participation in future ICSOE sessions and to consolidate synergies between ECA, Member States and regional institutions.
Ambassadors and partners present commended ECA’s work and called for strengthened collaboration to maximize its impact across the subregion. They stressed the importance of institutionalizing a permanent platform for dialogue, widening the dissemination of ECA’s research and knowledge products, and deepening strategic partnerships with institutions such as the CEMAC Commission and the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC).
Echoing this call, Anthony Minko Milane, High Commissioner of the Gabonese Republic, stated: “We wish to work more closely with the Subregional Office for Central Africa to inform our countries about upcoming achievements and the new ideas contained in ECA publications. It is also necessary for us to share our governments’ priorities with ECA to ensure ever more targeted and impactful support.”
The meeting reaffirmed the central role of ECA’s Subregional Office for Central Africa as a strategic partner and trusted ally of Member States and regional institutions, driving the vision of an inclusive, integrated and sustainable economic transformation for Central Africa.
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