Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe (CDAA)
Comunidade de Desenvolvimento da Africa Austral
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URL: http://www.sadc.int/
URL: http://www.sadcmet.org/
Founded
1992-08-17 Windhoek Namibia
History
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Achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance living standards and quality of life of the peoples of Southern Africa and support the socially disadvantaged through regional integration; evolve common political values, systems and institutions; promote and defend peace and security; promote self-sustaining development on the basis of collective self reliance and the interdependence of member states; achieve complementarity between national and regional strategies and programmes; promote and maximize productive employment and utilization of the region's resources; achieve sustainable utilization of natural resources and effective protection of the environment; strengthen and consolidate historical, social and cultural affinities and links among the peoples of the region.
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T-XT0073 - Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses; B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO) (Observer Status). Memorandum of Understanding signed with: C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat; B-XB3383 - UNESCO. Relationship agreement with: B-XB0971 - FAO. Permanent observer status with: E-XE3377 - ECOSOC; B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Participates as observer in the activities of: E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Regional Economic Community of: D-XD8572 - African Union (AU). Member of: E-XM3547 - Africa Partnership Forum (APF). Observer to General Assembly of: A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN). Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Agreement with: U-XK0872 - Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP). Close cooperation with: B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Discussions on cooperation/possible merger, initiated by: H-XF6602 - Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA), are currently continuing with its successor, F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Cooperates with: E-XK2193 - African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), especially through SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP). Member of: E-XE4156 - Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG). Close cooperation with: E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Instrumental in setting up: F-XF2245 - African Economic Community (AEC). Links with:
- G-XG7938 - Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (Abu Dhabi Fund);
- U-XF0926 - Action for Resisting Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid Fund (AFRICA Fund);
- D-XD0017 - African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- E-XE9583 - African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC);
- E-XE9708 - African Minerals and Geosciences Centre (AMGC);
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF0184 - Bank for International Settlements (BIS);
- H-XE3150 - Bioversity International;
- H-XE0088 - Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAFRICA);
- H-XF0237 - Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA);
- F-XF3936 - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC);
- E-XE0190 - Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre (EASTC);
- E-XE6080 - ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA Lusaka);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC), regional cooperation under Lom Conventions and other trade and investment cooperation;
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- F-XF9809 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- F-XF2057 - International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- G-XG7330 - Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED);
- H-XF3764 - Multi-Country Posts and Telecommunications Training Centre, Blantyre (MCTC);
- F-XF8187 - Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- T-XT9579 - Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the Southern African Development Community Region;
- G-XG6167 - Saudi Fund for Development (SFD);
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- U-XF5856 - Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- U-XE1343 - UNITAR/UNDP Centre for Small Energy Resources;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- F-XF4622 - World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS).
Links indicated by:
- E-XE6038 - African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO);
- E-XE3207 - African Regional Labour Administration Centre, Harare (ARLAC);
- D-XD6386 - African Telecommunications Union (ATU);
- F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC):
- F-XD6196 - East African Community (EAC);
- D-XD6438 - Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI);
- F-XM1117 - INFOSA;
- E-XE3867 - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- H-XE3677 - Managing the Environment Locally in Sub-Saharan Africa (MELISSA);
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- F-XF2197 - Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM);
- E-XM2250 - Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA);
- D-XD8681 - Southern Africa Postal Operators Association (SAPOA);
- D-XD4612 - Southern African Customs Union (SACU);
- E-XE3628 - United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning;
- E-XE0621 - United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with: E-XE3975 - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC); E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); E-XF2957 - Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC). Formal relations with: D-XD6104 - Association of Power Utilities in Africa (APUA). Supports: U-XG8584 - Academy for Educational Development (AED); U-XK1332 - Southern African Network of AIDS Service Organizations (SANASO). Member of: C-XC0095 - International Accreditation Forum (IAF); F-XJ5904 - Forus. Participates in: F-XJ5936 - Global Island Partnership (GLISPA). Partner of: E-XE5021 - WorldFish. Instrumental in setting up: D-XD7545 - Communications Regulators' Association of Southern Africa (CRASA); E-XG2771 - Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN); E-XJ2864 - Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA); E-XM3907 - Southern Africa Bean Research Network (SABRN); D-XM2239 - Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA). Links with:
- F-XF5252 - AFREPREN/FWD;
- U-XF1291 - Aquatic Resource Management Programme for Local Community (ALCOM);
- U-XD1270 - Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA), which assisted the setting up of F-XF3558 - SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF);
- F-XF0429 - Eastern and Southern African Universities Research Programme (ESAURP);
- F-XF5723 - Economic Justice Network for Churches in Eastern and Southern Africa (EJN);
- U-XG2699 - Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS);
- D-XD2437 - Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA);
- B-XB1149 - International Air Transport Association (IATA);
- U-XF3793 - International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR);
- U-XF1176 - International Training Network for Water and Waste Management (ITN);
- E-XD4622 - Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), through 'Southern Africa Programme (SIAS)';
- D-XD0140 - Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU);
- E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID);
- U-XF0908 - Pan African Network for a Geological Information System (PANGIS);
- U-XU5966 - Regional Eye Care Training Centre, Lilongwe;
- U-XF2176 - Southern African Universities Social Science Conference (SAUSSC);
- U-XF0872 - Tea Research Foundation - Central Africa;
- F-XF1143 - Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust (WLSA);
- E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
Links indicated by:
- F-XJ2722 - ACP Civil Society Forum (ACP CSF), with SADC Civil Society Forum;
- D-XD4373 - African Airlines Association (AFRAA);
- F-XM1809 - African Democracy Forum (ADF);
- F-XF3375 - African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD);
- U-XE0834 - Centre for Documentation, Research and Training on the Islands of the South West Indian Ocean;
- E-XE4502 - Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA);
- G-XN1346 - College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka (CAWM);
- E-XE1367 - East, Central and Southern African College of Nursing and Midwifery (ECSACONM);
- F-XF4296 - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA);
- F-XJ3541 - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC);
- E-XG9069 - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC);
- F-XF4579 - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC);
- U-XE1824 - Mwelekeo wa NGO (MWENGO);
- F-XF5911 - Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET);
- D-XJ8943 - Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA);
- F-XJ2996 - Peace Parks Foundation;
- D-XD8046 - SADC Banking Association;
- G-XN6884 - Southern Africa Documentation and Cooperation Centre, Vienna (SADOCC);
- U-XF4315 - Southern Africa Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON);
- D-XD4651 - Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES);
- D-XJ0189 - Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA);
- E-XE6122 - Southern African Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC);
- F-XF6566 - WaterNet;
- D-XG9790 - Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA).
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- Society → Communities
- Social Activity → Employment
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Economics → Economic
- Development → Development
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2522
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