Lake Tanganyika Basin Development Conference
Event details
When
Nov 29, 2011 06:00 AM
Where
Contact Name
Attendees
- Heads of East African Community Partner State;
- Heads of other Lake Tanganyika Basin Member States (The Republic of Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo);
- Chairmen of the COMESA and SADC;
- Secretaries General of Regional Institution(COMESA and SADC);
- The Chairman of the African Union;
- The President of the African Union Commission;
- The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa;
- The President of the African Development Bank;
- The President of the World Bank or the Vice- President of the World Bank for Africa;
- The European Union;
- Bilateral partners, and
- International researchers.
The specific objective of the organization of this given conference is to put the Lake Tanganyika Basin in the spotlight and thus show the potential of this area might constitute a new pole of development extended to the pelvis, thus putting the same foot area of the Indian Ocean to the East and South East, the Lake Victoria Basin, the area of the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Southwest. This is specifically to:
- Highlight the potential of economic growth sectors in the Lake Tanganyika Basin which can both generate returns to investors and mutual benefit to the Basin Member States and sustainable economic and social development;
- Identify trade and investment opportunities as identified and provided by East African Community Partner States (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern African ( COMESA) and the Community for Cooperation and the African Development Community (SADC) to potential investors;
- Promote the efficient exploration and natural resources management;
- Promote good water, environment, and flora and fauna management.
Document Actions
