The Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC) (in
French CEPGL - ''Communauté Économique des Pays des Grand Lacs'') is a sub-regional organization with multiple purposes created by the signing of the Agreement of Gisenyi in
Rwanda on September 20, 1976, aiming at ensuring the safety of member states, favoring the creation and development of activities of public interest, promoting the trades and traffic of persons and possessions, and establishing close cooperation among all domains of political, economic, and social life.
It has three members:
Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
(formerly known as Zaire), and
Rwanda. Its main purpose is to promote regional economic cooperation and integration.
The CEPGL controls the following institutions:
* Development Bank of the Great Lakes States (BDEGL)
* Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries for Energy (EGL)
* Institute for Agricultural Research and Animal Husbandry (IRAZ)
* International Society for Electricity in the Great Lakes Region (SINELAC)
References
External links official website
Trade blocs
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