Report of the director on the implementation of the work programme and priorities for 1997

Abstract

The Conference of African Ministers responsible for economic and social development and planning decided, by its resolution 3(XVIII), to establish the Eastern African Subregional Development Centre. This Centre covers the following countries: Burundi, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Rwanda, Seychelles and Somalia. The main objective of the Eastern African Sub regional Development Center's programme, therefore, is to identify major priority development areas, together with the respective major actors in those areas and provide effective and relevant technical support with a view to promoting regional cooperation and integration.