Central African Economic and Monetary Community

by Angela Meyer Organization for International Dialogue and Conflict Management, Austria

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Table of contents

 

1. Introduction

2. The Central African Economic and Monetary Community. A presentation

2.1. Building on old roots
2.2. CEMAC’s institutional architecture
2.2.1. The Monetary and the Economic Union
2.2.2. The Communitarian Parliament, the Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors
2.2.3. The Conference of Heads of State and the Council and Committee of Ministers
2.2.4. The CEMAC Commission
2.2.5. The specialised bodies, institutions and organisms

3. Controlling the community’s evolution: a special glance at the CEMAC Parliament

3.1. A long and difficult birth
3.2. The CEMAC Parliament : Composition and functions

4. The democratic dimension of CEMAC. The current state of development

4.1. The distribution of powers in the decision making process
4.1.1. Inter-state democracy
4.1.2. Supranationalism
4.1.3. Power Limitation
4.1.4. Appointment
4.1.5. Democracy at national level
4.2. Awareness and involvement of citizens
4.2.1. Input legitimacy and participation
4.2.2. Control
4.3. Output legitimacy and human rights

5. Major technical problems of the democratisation process: concluding remarks