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COMESA (as defined by its Treaty) was established…</p> <a class="button color1" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=715" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-icon="">LEARN MORE</a> </div> <div class="col-sm-6" data-type="column"><img decoding="async" class="shadow-large" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-30-years-of-COMESA-WP.jpg" alt="30 years of COMESA WP" title="cropped-30-years-of-COMESA-WP.jpg" /></div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-label="Content" data-id="content--2" data-export-id="content-8" data-category="content" class="content-8 content-section content-section-spacing" id="content-2" style="background-color: #ffffff; background-image: none;"> <div class="gridContainer"> <div class="row middle-sm"> <div class="col-sm-6 space-bottom-xs space-top-xs" data-type="column"><img decoding="async" class="shadow-large" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-49172851731_5bd18cb1c0_k-4.jpg" alt="" title="cropped-49172851731_5bd18cb1c0_k-4.jpg" /></div> <div class="col-sm-6" data-type="column"> <h2 class="">COMESA INSTITUTIONS</h2> <p class="" style="text-align: justify;">An integral component of the COMESA success narrative has been its institutions. These are needs-based and respond to very specific niches in the region. In addition to providing expertise in specific areas, the institutions are involved in skills development and extensive market research that allows them to link evidence to their decision-making processes. To support the integration program, COMESA has established financial institutions to provide not just the much needed credit (the Trade and Development Bank), but also to provide insurance for non-commercial risks (the African Trade Insurance Agency), re-insurance (ZEP-Re (PTA) Reinsurance Company) and to facilitate international payments (the Regional Payment and Settlement System), and to underpin competition in the region (the COMESA Competition Commission).</p> <a class="button color1" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=39670" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" data-icon="" rel="noopener noreferrer">LEARN MORE</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-label="Features" data-id="features--3" data-export-id="features-16-card-bordered-colored" data-category="features" class="features-16-card-bordered-colored content-section content-section-spacing" id="features-3" style="background-color: #ffffff; background-image: none;"> <div class="gridContainer"> <div class="row text-center"> <div class="section-title-col" data-type="column"> <h2 class="">Our Programmes</h2> <p class="lead">The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) comprises 21 African Member States that came together with the aim of promoting regional integration through trade and the development of natural and human resources for the mutual benefit of all people in the region.</p> </div> </div> <div class="row spaced-cols" data-type="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3 "> <div class="card no-padding bottom-border-color1"> <img decoding="async" class="face" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-Infra.png" alt="" title="cropped-Infra.png" /> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs description-container"> <h4 class="font-500 color1">Infrastructure Development</h4> <p class="">COMESA has recognized infrastructure development as a priority and strategic focus area that requires…</p> </div> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs read-more-container"><a class="read-more" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=1809" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" rel="noopener noreferrer">learn more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3 "> <div class="card no-padding bottom-border-color1"> <img decoding="async" class="face" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-farmer-field-1024x682-1-1.jpg" alt="" title="cropped-farmer-field-1024x682-1-1.jpg" /> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs description-container"> <h4 class="font-500 color1">Agriculture, Industry & Private Sector Development</h4> <p class="">The Mandate of the Industry and Agriculture Division is to promote development of….</p> </div> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs read-more-container"><a class="read-more" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=1854" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" rel="noopener noreferrer">learn more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3 "> <div class="card no-padding bottom-border-color1"> <img decoding="async" class="face" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-IMG_1311-scaled-1.jpg" alt="" title="cropped-IMG_1311-scaled-1.jpg" /> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs description-container"> <h4 class="font-500 color1">Trade & Customs Services</h4> <p class="">The main function of the division is to implement programmes to enhance cooperation in Trade…</p> </div> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs read-more-container"><a class="read-more" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=1148" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" rel="noopener noreferrer">learn more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3 "> <div class="card no-padding bottom-border-color1"> <img decoding="async" class="face" src="https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-COM_1748-2-1.jpg" alt="" title="cropped-COM_1748-2-1.jpg" /> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs description-container"> <h4 class="font-500 color1">Gender & Social Affairs</h4> <p class="">The Gender and Social Affairs Division in the COMESA Secretariat exists to promote and provide leadership…..</p> </div> <div data-type="column" class="col-padding-small col-padding-small-xs read-more-container"><a class="read-more" href="https://www.comesa.int?page_id=1889" target="_self" data-cp-link="1" rel="noopener noreferrer">learn more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-label="About" data-id="about--1" data-export-id="about-2" data-category="about" class="about-2 content-section content-section-spacing" id="about-1" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; background-image: none;"> <div class="gridContainer"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6 no-gutter-col flexbox-strech center-xs middle-xs"> <div class="lightbox-video dark-overlay shadow-large overlap-right-large flexbox middle-xs center-xs" data-type="group" data-bg="image" style="background-image: url('https://www.comesa.int/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sg3.jpg');"><a data-fancybox="" data-video-lightbox="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aFneGl5V-Y&t=1s" class=""> <i class="fa video-icon fa-play-circle-o color-white" data-cp-fa="true"></i></a></div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 space-bottom-xs col-padding-small-xs col-sm-padding-large white-text content-col bg-color5" data-type="column"> <h2 class="">COMESA, Briefly</h2> <p class="">A documentary on the key milestones and achievements in the COMESA regional integration agenda, focusing on four strategic pillars: market integration, physical connectivity, productive integration and gender and social integration.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-label="Clients" data-id="clients--1" data-export-id="clients-4" data-category="clients" class="clients-4 content-section content-section-spacing-small content-relative" id="clients-1" style="background-color: #f5fafd; 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