SADCSOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

About SADC

The main objectives of Southern African Development Community (SADC) are to achieve economic development, peace and security, and growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the peoples of Southern Africa, and support the socially disadvantaged through Regional Integration. These objectives are to be achieved through increased Regional Integration, built on democratic principles, and equitable and sustainable development.

The objectives of SADC, as stated in Article 5 of the SADC Treaty (1992) are to:
・Achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the people of Southern Africa and support the socially disadvantaged through Regional Integration;
・Evolve common political values, systems and institutions;
・Promote and defend peace and security;
・Promote self-sustaining development on the basis of collective self-reliance, and the inter-dependence of Member States;
・Achieve complementarity between national and regional strategies and programmes;
・Promote and maximise productive employment and utilisation of resources of the region;
・Achieve sustainable utilisation of natural resources and effective protection of the environment;
・Strengthen and consolidate the long-standing historical, social and cultural affinities and links among the people of the Region.

Revision of the SADC Forestry Strategy

The project has made significant progress towards achieving its objective of developing the capacity of SADC Member States in Forest Information Systems, Integrated Forest Fire Management, and Participatory Forest Management.

In addition to the three Project pillars mentioned above, the Project has a fourth pillar on Capacity Improvement of SADC Secretariat. As an output of the fourth pillar, SADC Secretariat reviewed the current SADC Forestry Strategy and prepared Draft SADC Forestry Strategy 2020 - 2030. It will be approved by SADC statutory structures soon.