Final report : sub-regional meeting on the promotion of intra-African industrial co-operation within the framework of the indrstrial development decade for Africa

Abstract

The meeting on the promotion of intra-African industrial co-operation in the Eastern and Southern African sub region within the framework of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa was held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22.-2S November 1983. The meeting was jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Organization of African Unity (OAU), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in co-operation with the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) and the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA). The purpose of the meeting was to bring together experts from the Eastern and Southern African sub region to discuss, identify and select priority areas and projects for multinational industrial co-operation. To that end, an initial integrated industrial promotion programme had been drawn up by the secretariats of the ECA, OAU and UNIDO, together with an indication of the modalities for its implementation, both of which were to be considered at the meeting.