The 13th Africa Ministerial Cooperative Conference in brief.

In pursuance of collaboration between the African Governments and the Cooperative movement, in 1984, ICA-Africa initiated the Africa Cooperative Ministerial Conference (AMCCO), a forum for government and the cooperative movement to meet, discuss and map a way forward for the development of cooperatives. The Forum is held every three years to review progress and share experiences on the Cooperative Development Agenda for each member country. Some of the review areas of the forum include creating a conducive and an enabling environment for the development and growth of cooperatives within the region.

The main objective of AMCCO is to provide a forum for cooperative policy makers in government and the cooperative movement to review past performance and provide direction for cooperative development in Africa.

AMCCO is preceded by the Technical Committee of Africa Ministerial Cooperative Conference (TCAMCCO) which is an ICA-Africa annual forum where the Cooperative Leaders and Cooperative Technocrats meet to deliberate on issues affecting the development of cooperatives in the Africa continent and forge collaborative efforts to tackle those issues. Therefore, the Cairo AMCCO is the adoption of the declaration for the regional cooperative development henceforth.

The African Government (Endowment Trust Fund) is one of the great milestones that we have witness from the governments support. The contributions from the African governments to the Trust Fund to capacitate the ICA-Africa Office, where each country was to contribute amount 100,000 USDs and members 50% of their annual subscription for five years. These contributions have enabled us to buy physically office for ICA-Africa. 

1. Leaders who attended the opening Session.                                                       

- The General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives (CHC) President - Dr. Eng. Hossam Rizk

- The General Authority for Construction and Housing Cooperatives (CHC) leader            s

- ICA - Africa Regional Director - Dr. Chiyoge B. Sifa                                                  

- ICA Director General - Mr. Bruno Roelants                                                                 

- ICA - Africa President - High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola                                                   

- ICA President - Dr. Ariel Guarco                                                            

- Chairperson of the AMCCO - Hon. Dr. Assem Al-Gazzar; Minister for Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities   

- ICA board members

- ICA-Africa board members

- ICA-Africa Northern Sub-regional leaders

- Ministers and minister’s representatives responsible for cooperative development from 20 countries. Botswana, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tunisia, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe

	Minister/Representative Name	Ministry	Country
1	Hon. Karabo Socraat Gare	Ministry of Entrepreneurship (Department for Cooperative Development)	Botswana
2	Hon. Francois Masumbuko Rubota	State Minister of Rural Development	DR Congo
3	Deputy Minister - Hon. Ceferino Eburi Mata	Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Town Planning	Equatorial Guinea
4	Prof. Dr. Assem El Gazzar	Ministry for Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities	Egypt
5	M. KOUASSI Kouakou Andre	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development	Côte d'Ivoire
6	Commissioner for Cooperatives - Mrs. Nonhlanhla Emelt Mnisi	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade	Eswatini
7	Hon. Charles Mve Ellah	Ministry of Agriculture Livestock, Fisheries and Food	Gabon
8	Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah	Ministry Employment and Labour Relations	Ghana
9	National Director of Agriculture Engineering - Mr. Toumany TOURE	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock	Guinea-Bissau
10	Registrar General of Cooperatives – Hon. Regina Sokan Teah	Cooperative Development Agency CDA Ministry of  Agriculture	Liberia
11	Hon Mark Katsonga Phiri	Ministry of Trade and Industry	Malawi
12	Hon. BHOLAH SOOMILDUTH	Ministry of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives	Mauritius
13	H.E Youssef Hosni	Ministry of Tourism, Air Transport, Crafts, Social Economy	Morocco
14	Mrs. Bizo Ouma Katouma	Ministry of Agriculture	Niger
15	Hon. Edward Hinga Sandy	Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives	Sierra Leone
16	Director of Cooperative Services - Oneil Yosia	Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security	South Sudan
17	Mr. Ouro Gblao Tchedre	Ministry of Urban Planning, Housing and Land Reform	Togo
18	Hon. Sara ZAAFRANI ZANZRI	Ministry of Equipment & Housing	Tunisia
19	RCS - Mr. Tonny Kibalama	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives	Uganda
20	Hon. Dr. Sithembiso G.G. Nyoni	Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development	Zimbabwe

- Government officials, cooperative registrars, commissioners, directors, principals

- Cooperative leaders

- ICA-Africa members  

- Ambassadors                                                        

2. Number of participants and their countries

The 13^th AMCCO drew participation of 249 participants from 44 countries (Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Botswana, Cameroun, Canada, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cote D’lvoire, Eswatini, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Italy, Kenya, South Korea, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Morocco, Germany, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

3. Main achievements

Achievements from the Just Concluded 13^th AMCCO meeting in Cairo Egypt

1. Launch of the Africa Cooperative Development Strategy 2023-2033 Under the theme, ‘One Cooperative -One Africa’
2. A fairly good representation of Africa Cooperative ministers as witnessed in the signed Cairo Africa Ministerial Cooperative Conference Declaration 2022
3. Commitment from African Cooperative ministers to follow and implement the recommendations of the 13^th Africa Ministerial Co-operative Conference as enlisted in the Cairo Africa Ministerial Cooperative Conference Declaration 2022
4. Election of a youth representative to the ICA-Africa Regional Board.

Here find the Declarations and Guidelines for the Implementation of the 13^th  African Ministerial Cooperative Conference (AMCCO).