Common use of Industrial Development Clause in Contracts

Industrial Development. In order to create a solid basis for industrialisation and promote collective selfreliance, Member States shall: (a) Ensure the development of the following basic industries essential for collective self-reliance and the modernisation of priority sectors of the economy: (i) Food and agro-based industries; (ii) Building and construction industries; (iii) Metallurgical industries; (iv) Mechanical industries; (v) Electrical and electronics industries; (vi) Chemical and petro-chemical industries; (vii) Forestry industries; (viii) Energy industries; (ix) Textile and leather industries; (x) Transport and communications industries; and (xi) Biotechnology industries; (b) Ensure the promotion of small-scale industries with a view to enhancing the generation of employment opportunities in Member States; (c) Promote intermediate industries that have strong linkages to the economy in order to increase the local component of industrial output within the Community; (d) Prepare master plans at regional and Community levels for the establishment of African multinational industries particularly those whose construction cost and volumes of production exceed national financial and absorptive capacities; (e) Strengthen and establish, where they do not exist, specialised institutions for the financing of African multinational industrial projects; (f) Facilitate the establishment of African multinational enterprises and encourage and give financial and technical support to African entrepreneurs; (g) Promote the sale and consumption of strategic industrial products manufactured in Member States; (h) Promote technical co-operation and the exchange of experience in the field of industrial technology and implement technical training programmes among Member States; (i) Strengthen the existing multinational institutions, particularly, the African Regional Centre for Technology, the African Regional Centre for Design and Manufacture and the African Industrial Development Fund; (j) Establish a data and statistical information base to serve industrial development at the regional and continental levels; (k) Promote South-South and North-South co-operation for the attainment of industrialisation objectives in Africa; (l) Promote industrial specialisation in order to enhance the complementarity of African economies and expand the intraCommunity trade base, due account being taken of national and regional resource endowments; and (m) Adopt common standards and appropriate quality control systems, which are crucial to industrial co-operation and integration.

Industrial Development. In order to create a solid basis for industrialisation and promote collective selfrelianceself-reliance, Member States shall: (a) Ensure the development of the following basic industries essential for collective self-reliance and the modernisation of priority sectors of the economy: (i) i. Food and agro-based industries; (ii) . Building and construction industries; (iii) . Metallurgical industries; (iv) . Mechanical industries; (v) v. Electrical and electronics industries; (vi) . Chemical and petro-chemical industries; (vii) . Forestry industries; (viii) . Energy industries; (ix) . Textile and leather industries; (x) x. Transport and communications industries; and (xi) . Biotechnology industries; (b) Ensure the promotion of small-scale industries with a view to enhancing the generation of employment opportunities in Member States; (c) Promote intermediate industries that have strong linkages to the economy in order to increase the local component of industrial output within the Community; (d) Prepare master plans at regional and Community levels for the establishment of African multinational industries particularly those whose construction cost and volumes of production exceed national financial and absorptive capacities; (e) Strengthen and establish, where they do not exist, specialised institutions for the financing of African multinational industrial projects; (f) Facilitate the establishment of African multinational enterprises and encourage and give financial and technical support to African entrepreneurs; (g) Promote the sale and consumption of strategic industrial products manufactured in Member States; (h) Promote technical co-operation and the exchange of experience in the field of industrial technology and implement technical training programmes among Member States; (i) Strengthen the existing multinational institutions, particularly, the African Regional Centre for Technology, the African Regional Centre for Design and Manufacture and the African Industrial Development Fund; (j) Establish a data and statistical information base to serve industrial development at the regional and continental levels; (k) Promote South-South and North-South co-operation for the attainment of industrialisation objectives in Africa; (l) Promote industrial specialisation in order to enhance the complementarity of African economies and expand the intraCommunity trade base, due account being taken of national and regional resource endowments; and (m) Adopt common standards and appropriate quality control systems, which are crucial to industrial co-operation and integration.