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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an intergovernmental organization that promotes cooperation and integration among Southern African countries. The organization's goals include political, economic, and security cooperation
Southern African Development Community
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About This Project

The main objectives of Southern African Development Community (SADC) are to achieve economic development, peace and security, and growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the peoples of Southern Africa, and support the socially disadvantaged through Regional Integration. These objectives are to be achieved through increased Regional Integration, built on democratic principles, and equitable and sustainable development.

The objectives of SADC, as stated in Article 5 of the SADC Treaty (1992) are to:

Achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the people 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 inter-dependence of Member States.
  • Achieve complementarity between national and regional strategies and programmes.
  • Promote and maximise productive employment and utilisation of resources of the region.
  • Achieve sustainable utilisation of natural resources and effective protection of the environment.
  • Strengthen and consolidate the long-standing historical, social and cultural affinities and links among the people of the Region.

SADC addresses the Trade issues within the Region by focusing on five key areas:

Trade Liberalisation

As part of its programme of Regional Integration, SADC has made considerable progress in removing barriers to trade, encouraging growth in the Region. SADC has also signed a Protocol on Trade in Services to provide for liberalisation of trade in services.

Customs & Trade Facilitation

SADC aims to facilitate trade by simplifying, harmonising, standardising, and modernising regional customs procedures.

Competition Policy

In order to support wider cooperation and effective monitoring of business practices, SADC has developed a Declaration on Regional Cooperation in Competition and Consumer Policies.

Non-Tariff Barriers

SADC is committed to removing barriers to trade, such as import/export quotas and administrative oversights.

Sanitary & Phyto-Sanitary Measures

Member States have agreed on a need to apply measures to ensure food, animal, and health safety across the Region. The SADC Protocol on Trade provides a framework for co-operation on these issues.

Date

20 November

Category
Business