Distr\.
LIMITED
September 2025
Original: ENGLISH
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN
AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Fourth meeting of the Technical Working Group on the AEO Experts
Virtual
27\-30 October 2025
DRAFT ORGANIZATION OF WORK
Theme: “Leveraging Digitalization to Deepen Value Chains for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth”
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__DAY 1 \(27 October 2025\)__
08:30 \- 09:30 hours Registration of participants and Roll call
09:30 \- 09:50 hours Welcome and Opening Remarks \(Agenda Item 1\)
09:50 \- 09:55 hours Constitution of the Bureau \(Agenda Item 2\)
09:55 \- 10:00 hours Adoption of the Agenda and Organisation of Work
\(Agenda Item 3\)
10:00 \- 10:30 hours Matters arising from the previous regional meeting on AEO \(Agenda item 4\)
<a id="_Hlk211956654"></a>10:30 \- 12:00 hours Reports by Member States on a comparative analysis of national AEO programmes against the Regional AEO Guidelines \(\(Agenda Item 5\)
12:00 – 13:30 hours Consideration of Draft COMESA Regulations for the Mutual Recognition of AEOs* and MRA Framework \(Agenda Item 6\)*
__DAY 2 \(28 October 2025\)__
09:00 \- 11:30 hours Consideration of Draft COMESA Regional Customs Risk Management Strategy for AEO Programme
\(Agenda 7\)
11:30 \- 13:00 hours Updating of the COMESA Regional AEO Programme Implementation Roadmap \(Agenda 8\)
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__DAY 3 \(29 October 2025\)__
09\.00 \- 11\.30 hours__ __Report writing and translation
11:30 \- 13:30 hours Adoption of the Report and Closing of the meeting \(Agenda Item 10\)