INITIATIVES ON MEASURING GOVERNANCE, PEACE AND

SECURITY STATISTICS

23-25 May 2012Nairobi, Kenya

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Started 1982 as PTA, became COMESA 1994

H/Q in Lusaka Zambia

WHAT IS COMESA?

BURUNDI, COMOROS, DJIBOUTI, D R CONGO, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, ERITREA,

KENYA, LIBYA, MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, MAURITIUS, RWANDA,

SEYCHELLES, SUDAN SWAZILAND, UGANDA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE

COMESA MEMBER STATES

COMESA GOAL

To create an internationally competitive region with high standards of living through: Integrating the region by removing barriers to trade

and investment Free circulation of people, goods and services Infrastructure development Harmonising policies

COMESA STATISICS UNIT• In line with the goal of COMESA of

increasing trade (Volume and value) among its member states, COMESA’s small Statistics unit was tailored to measure the achievement of COMESA strategic objective

• Has been compiling merchandise trade data to measure trade among its member states

• Measuring the flow of trade of various commodities among its member countries & the outside world.

COMESA STATISICS UNIT• With support from development partners

(AfDB) ICP programme, other Statistics being compiled

• National accounts Statistics (Harmonisation)

• CPI• Infrastructure Statistics

Each of the above thematic areas has an Expert attached

COMESA’s mandate on Peace & Security

COMESA, an organization that thrives to accomplish regional trade integration for its member countries, has come to realize that without sustainable peace, the regional trade integration agenda will struggle to fully meet its targets since priorities and resources shift once a country is absorbed in conflict.

Current Activities

• PCRD• Democracy and Governance• Counter Terrorism• CPMR Strategy for ESA• Conflict Early Warning and Response• Trading for Peace

COMESA CONFLICT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (COMWARN)

Developing and early warning system intended to assist COMESA forestall conflicts at a very early stage possible

Intended to add value to the Continental Early warning System

Focusing on identifying and addressing structural factors by use of historical data

Developing an index which we shall call COMESA peace prosperity index as our target variable

COMESA CONFLICT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (COMWARN)

As a first step, conducted conflict vulnerability assessments in all COMESA19 Member States

Met with a selected group of Experts to review the reports an identify the indicators

A group of 78 indicators identified

COMESA CONFLICT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (COMWARN)

Demographic Economic Political Security Social Environment Historical

Thank You

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