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INVESTMENT FORUM 2012 UK -ANGOLA. BY Eng. João Samuel Caholo Deputy Executive Secretary, Regional Integration –SADC Secretariat SAVOY PLACE, UK 24 MAY 2012. ANGOLA. Presentation Outline. SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) OBJECTIVES OF OUR EXISTANCE
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INVESTMENT FORUM 2012UK -ANGOLA BY Eng. João Samuel Caholo Deputy Executive Secretary, Regional Integration –SADC Secretariat SAVOY PLACE, UK 24 MAY 2012
Presentation Outline SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) OBJECTIVES OF OUR EXISTANCE KEY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES CHALLENGES WHY INVEST IN ANGOLA NOW
Southern African Development Community (SADC) The SADCC (1980): The Frontline States and Founding (9) Member States Different Sector Coordinating Responsibilities vested in each Member State till 2003; The SADC (1992), The Community, Treaty: Ushered a Community approach which succeeded a Development Coordination Cooperation Approach; in 2004, migrated to centralised coordination of all sector into the Secretariat as the Executive Institution, based in Gaborone, Botswana. Policy Organs: Summit: - Supreme Organ with rotating Chairperson Council: - Council of Ministers Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation, with a separate Council, the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) Sectoral Ministerial Clusters: Institutions of SADC Secretariat Tribunal SADC National Committees
OBJECTIVES OUR EXISTANCE Deepen regional integration through enhanced intra-SADC trade underpinned by seamless, cost-effective regionally inter-connected infrastructure networks Peace, Security, Stability and Good Governance; promote common political values and systems; Promote sustainable and equitable social/economic development to ensure poverty alleviation and its eventual eradication; Promote productive employment of financial, food security, natural resources and protect the environment; Coordinate the long standing historical, cultural and social affinities of the peoples of the region; Combat all deadly communicable and non-communicable diseases (such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria); Mainstream Gender in Community Building; Mobilize and harmonize the policies, programs and projects of the Region towards the Continental Integration.
KEY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES Implementation of the Treaty is carried out through protocols. Protocols are carried out through projects and programmes comprising the following main areas; Trade and Industry, Finance, Investment and the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Services, Human, Social and Skills Development, Food Security and Natural Resources Management, Environment, Gender, etc Peace and Political Stability.
The total amount required for SADC regional infrastructure development in the medium term is currently estimated at approximately USD 100 billion per year distributed as follows; Funding Requirements in the MediumTerm
3.2 Transmission Projects DRC 2012: Mozambique Malawi Tanzania DRC - Zambia Malawi Angola Zambia 2014: Zambia - Tanzania Zimbabwe 2010 -2011: ZIZABONA Namibia Mozambique Botswana WESTCOR (Suspended) Swaziland 2015: MOZAMBIQUE BACKBONE Lesotho South Africa
Kenya H Gabon Congo Nairobi Dem Rep of Congo Rwanda Burundi Brazzaville Regional Power Connectivity Kinshasa Tanzania H H Dar es Salaam H H Luanda H Angola Malawi Zambia Mozambique H Lilongwe H H Lusaka H H H H T H H H Harare H H T H Namibia H Zimbabwe Botswana T H Windhoek T Gaborone T T H Pretoria T T Maputo T T T T T T Johannesburg Mbabane T T Swaziland T P H Lesotho Hydro station H South Africa H Pumped storage scheme P Thermal Station T N Cape Town P • Proposed Interconnectors • (dashed lines) • Westcor • ZIZABONA • Zambia-Tanzania • Malawi-Mozambique • Mozambique Backbone • DRC-Zambia • DRC-Angola • RSA Strengthening
SADC Corridors Development Programmeand the North-South Corridor Project Corridors North – South Corridor
SADC Broadband Inter-connections and Under-Sea Cable Links to Rest of the World
SADC Priority Programme Under the Continental Programme TRANSPORT SECTOR
CHALLENGES Language and Culture Availability of utilities and diversified services Competitive service provision The Continental and Global nexus
WHY INVEST IN ANGOLA NOW 2nd Biggest economy of Southern Africa and 7th of Africa Strategic geographical Location catalytic to open important markets of both Eastern, Southern, Central Africa as a whole Huge untapped potential Sizeable Consumer purchasing power Good infrastructure network Strategic Partnership
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