The
Southern African Development Community
(SADC)
The Southern
African Co-ordination Conference (SADCC), the forerunner
of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), was
formed in Lusaka, Zambia on April 1st, 1980, following
the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration - Southern Africa:
Towards Economic Liberation by the nine founding Member
States. The Declaration and Treaty establishing the
Community, which replaced the Co-ordination Conference,
was signed at the Summit of Heads of State or Government
on August 17th, 1992, in Windhoek, Namibia.
SADC SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE
AND GOVERNMENT
The Government of the United
Republic of Tanzania in cooperation with the Secretariat
of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) takes
immense pleasure in announcing the 28th Annual SADC
Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held from
19th - 27th August 2003 at Diamond Jubilee Hall and
Golden Tulip Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The Summit to be held in Tanzania
for the first time since the establishment of SADC in
1992 will bring together over 700 delegates representing
Government Ministries/Institutions, economic and social
service experts, financial institutions, international
organizations, non-governmental organizations, donors and
journalists. The Summit will provide yet another good
forum for exchange of ideas and experiences between SADC
member states government leaders on issues affecting
regional integration, sustainable development, promoting
and defending peace and security, poverty alleviation,
fight against endemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS and human
resources development in Southern Africa and
globalization of World Economy.
The Summit will offer a business
environment whereby delegates can identify and discuss
emerging opportunities and business ventures in SADC
Region with senior officials of donor countries and
potential partners.
The one week SADC Summit including
a two day Summit of the SADC Heads of State and
Government offers a full spectrum of development
discussions and networking events, in an environment that
is conducive to combining work and pleasure. To highlight
the importance of the event, the President of the United
Republic of Tanzania, H. E. Benjamin William Mkapa will
welcome the 14 Heads of State and Government of SADC
member states. President Mkapa who is the Vice
Chairperson of SADC Summit is expected to become the next
SADC Chairperson during the Summit.
During the Summit, Tanzania will
conduct an exhibition to showcase the country's
potentials in agriculture, livestock, industry, mining,
infrastructure, forestry and fisheries, tourism and
cultural heritage of Tanzania. The exhibition will also
promote specific destinations through media
presentations, displays and visits to tourist attractions
during pre and post Summit. Investors networking is the
added highlight of the Summit. Conference
Events:
a. Opening and Closing ceremonies
by Government leaders.
b. Evening cocktails and dinner
receptions with Government decision makers and business
executives.
c. Tanzania Cultural Evening on 25
August 2003 featuring Tanzania top artists and an
international Multimedia Concert - TORCH OF PEACE
organized by NPO KOMA of Japan and Ministry of Natural
Resources and Tourism.
d. Local trade and tourism
exhibition at Golden Tulip Hotel.
e. Detailed information on
Tanzania investment opportunities.
f. Endorsement of SADC
restructuring organ and the blueprint for Regional
Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP)
TANZANIA - Experience vitality
in the Place of Peace.
Tanzania is in many ways still
representing Authentic Africa. In an age when the world
is shrinking through globalization and advanced
technology, whenever more resources are being depleted
from our wild lands, there remain a few areas that truly
stir this imagination. Tanzania is perhaps the last place
left, having steadily defied man's imprint on the land
and still offers safari of magic splendor in its ageless
landscape, a canvas of wildlife, wilderness and
wonder.
It is here where the great names
of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti,
Selous, Zanzibar, Tanzanite, Cloves, Tancafe, diamonds,
gold, Makonde wood carving artistry and spectacular
Tingatinga paintings evoke images of this young,
independent, dynamic and thrusting nation.
Side by side with these
characteristics are the age-old glories of Africa's
cultural heritage, the phenomenon of its myriad wildlife
and grandeur that defies description.
There are also the people,
deriving from 125 tribes, now busily engaged in nation
building; the citizens of a young state to meet and talk
with. Their music folklore and dancing to share with if
one wishes. All this exists as a total experience for the
traveler to Tanzania - the Africa of today and the Africa
that is eternal.
Lying just South of the Equator in
Eastern Africa, Tanzania comprises the Mainland of
937,576 square kilometers (including 51,800 square
kilometers of inland water) and the islands of Zanzibar
1,658 square kilometers and Pemba 985 square kilometers.
This sprawling nation has a population of 33.5 million,
cross-cutting a range of ethnic groups and different
nationalities from all corners of the world.
Tanzania - is a name meaning
union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
On December 9th, 1961 Tanganyika
attained independence, and exactly a year later the
country became a Republic within the Commonwealth.
Zanzibar became independent on December 11th, 1963, but
only a month later a popular movement deposed the Sultan
and brought into being a Republic.
On April 26th 1964 the two
sovereign states joined to form the United Republic of
Tanzania with the late Mwalim Julius K. Nyerere as first
President and A. Karume Vice President.
Tanzania is a multiparty state,
created to provide a framework for further uniting the
energies and allegiances of people of many tribes while
allowing the citizens to freely choose by whom they shall
be governed.
The current executive head of
state is President Benjamin William Mkapa who will this
year assume the Chairperson of SADC member states.
Currently President Mkapa is the Vice
Chairperson.
Tanzania comprises of six major
cities and towns: Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, Mwanza
Zanzibar and Mtwara. These towns are major contributors
to the Tanzania economy, as mainly mining and
manufacturing products, tourism, fisheries, agricultural
and livestock products are drawn to its world class
business and transport infrastructure.
Discover the wonders of the
world's most recently discovered precious gemstone -
"Tanzanite". At one thousand times more rare than
diamonds, Tanzanite - which ranges in colour from rich
royal blues to delicate hues of violet - is the rarest
gem of all. Found only in the foothills of the majestic
Mount Kilimanjaro, it is estimated that within 15 years,
no more Tanzanite will be found, which makes it an ideal
investment opportunity.
Tanzania is one of the 14 member
states of SADC that is setting the economic pace for the
East and Central Africa and by association, the rest of
Southern Africa.
To obtain further
details:
SADC CONFERENCE AND SUMMIT FOR
HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT - AUGUST 19 - 27, 2003
Dar es Salaam Tanzania, please complete this form and
return to:
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs &
International Cooperation,
P O Box 9000,
DAR ES SALAA, TANZANIA
Fax: 255-22-2116600
e-mail: foreign@info.nje.go.tz
FORM
Ministry/Company
Name:………………………………………………………….
Mr./Mrs./First
Name…………………………………………………………………
Surname/Last
Name:………………………………………………………………..
Position in
Ministry/Company:………………………………………………….
Postal
address:…………………………….Zip/Postal
code:……………………
City/State/Province:………………………………………………………………..
Country:………………………………………………………………………………….
Telephone (include country
code):………………………………………………
Fax:…………………………………..e-mail:………………………………………….
Main business activity of
Ministry/Company:………………………………
I am interested in participating
in the Summit sessions: All
period:……………………………………..
or
partly:……………………………….
Karen Hoffman
Sr. Vice President
The Bradford Group
347 Fifth Ave. Suite
610
New York, New York
10016
tel: (212) 447-0027
fax: (212) 725-8253
direct email:
karentravel@aol.com
or bradfordmktg@aol.com
SADC has 14
Member States namely:
Angola
Botswana
DRC
Congo
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South
Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Please refer to the following link,
from the Secretary-General of the Common Market for
Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). :
http://www.africacncl.org/downloads/COMESA_Invite2.pdf
New Member States
may be allowed to join by a unanimous decision of the
SADC Summit and upon acceding to the SADC
Treaty.
* SADC
Headquarters are in Gaborone, Botswana.
* The working
languages of SADC are English, French and
Portuguese.
SADC
Directorates
With the
Restructuring of SADC Institutions SADC has now
approached a more centralized approach through which the
21 Co-ordinating Units will be grouped into four
Directorates, namely;
* Trade,
Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI)
*
Infrastructure and Services
* Food,
Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR)
* Social and
Human Development and Special Programmes