08:00 – 08:30 hours Registration of Delegates
08:30 – 08:35 hours Call to order of the meeting
08:35 – 08:45 hours Welcoming Remarks by the COMESA Secretary General
08:45 – 09:00 hours Statements by Cooperating Partners (5 minutes each) (EU, World bank, AfDB)
09:00 – 09:25 hours Keynote Address and Official Opening by the Coordinating Minister, Zambia –
Honourable Chipoka Mulenga, MP – Minister of Commerce, Trade & Industry
09:25 – 09:30 hours Vote of thanks
09:30 – 09:35 hours Group Photo Session
09:35 – 09:50 hours TEA BREAK
09:50 – 09:55 hours Election of the Bureau
09:55 – 10:00 hours Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work
10:00 – 11:30 hours Reports by COMESA Institutions (5 minutes each)
- Trade and Development Bank (TDB)
- Re-Insurance Company (ZEP-RE)
- The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI)
- COMESA Competition Commission (CCC)
- COMESA Regional Investment Agency (RIA)
- COMESA Business Council (CBC)
- Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI)
- COMESA Clearing House
- RAERESA
- COMESA Yellow Card Scheme and RCTG
- COMFWB
- COMESA Court of Justice
11:30 – 13:00 hours Consideration of the report of the 38th Trade and Customs Committee Meeting
13:00 – 14:00 hours LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 15:00 hours Status reports on:
(a) COMESA infrastructure Programmes (Transport, Information and Communication Technology and Energy)
(b) Gender and Social Affairs
(c) Industrial development
15:00 – 15:15 hours TEA BREAK
15:15 – 16:00 Reports of Sectoral Ministerial Meetings (For noting)
- Report of the First Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Health
- Report of the Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
- Report of the 25th Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General
16:00 – 16:15 hours Report on the validation of the Draft Communication Strategy
16:15 – 16:25 hours Report on the COMESA Media Awards
16:25 – 16: 45 hours Any Other Business
16:45 – 17:30 hours Closed Session of the 43rd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee