Description
IGAD promotes joint development strategies and gradually harmonize macro-economic policies and programmes in the social, technological and scientific fields; Harmonizes policies with regard to trade, customs, transport, communications, agriculture, and natural resources and environment, and promotes free movement of goods, services, and people within the region. Creates an enabling environment for foreign, cross-border and domestic trade and investment; Initiates and promote programmes and projects to achieve regional food security and sustainable development of natural resources and environmental protection, and encourage and assist efforts of Member States to collectively combat drought and other natural and man-made disasters and their consequences; Develops and improves a coordinated and complementary infrastructure, in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy in the region; Promotes peace and stability in the region and create mechanisms within the region for the prevention, management and resolution of inter-State and intra-State conflicts through dialogue; Mobilizes resources for the implementation of emergency, short-term, medium-term and long-term programmes within the framework of regional cooperation; Facilitates, promotes and strengthens cooperation in research development and application in science and technology. Provides capacity building and training at regional and national levels; and generate and disseminate development information in the region
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Djibouti
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