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Le Burundi est membre de plusieurs organisations régionales : la Conférence internationale sur la région des Grands Lacs (CIRGL), la Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL), l’Initiative du bassin du Nil (IBN), l’Autorité du lac Tanganyika (ALT), la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique centrale (CEEAC), le Marché commun d’Afrique australe et d’Afrique orientale (Comesa) et la Communauté d’Afrique de l’Est (CAE).
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Burundi belongs to various regional organisations, including the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (ECGLC), the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), the Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC). This shows the country’s interest in regional economic integration and in profiting from Burundi’s geographical position and the resulting spin-offs, as highlighted in the PRGSF 2, which presents it as an advantage for reviving the economy. Burundi seems to be most active in the EAC, in response to various programmes to facilitate trade through single border crossings, developing regional roads and free movement of people and goods. Membership of the EAC is important because the Community may eventually become a monetary union.
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