The COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute (COMESA/LLPI) Board of Directors held its 28th ordinary meeting from July 22-23, 2015 at Bronte the Garden Hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Meeting was attended by the Board Members from Ethiopia, Sudan, Zambia and COMESA/LLPI with apologies received from Rwanda and COMESA Secretariat.
The Meeting started by electing Mr. Wondu Legesse, Director General, Leather Industry Development Institute of Ethiopia, as the new Board Chairperson to replace the outgoing Chairperson, Mr. Tobias Mulimbika Mirza, who is the Director of Industry in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry of the Republic of Zambia. The agenda of the two days meeting focused on review of the report of the Twenty Seventh Meeting of the Board of Directors and Progress Report of the Institute for the period October 2014 – June 2015, among others.
The Twenty Seventh Meeting report review focused on assessing the current status of the recommendations and decisions made by the Board for the Institute’s implementation. Regarding the consolidated Progress Report of the Institute for the period October 2014 – June 2015, the Board evaluated the performance by examining achievements and challenges during the reporting period.
The Board thanked the Executive Director and his Team for the success and progress achieved so far in member States; and provided the necessary directives, recommendations and decisions for the Institute’s consideration and implementation for the remaining 5 months of the year.
At the end of the Meeting, the Chairperson, Mr. Wondu Legesse, thanked the Board Members for their active participation and pertinent deliberations and wished them safe return to their respective destinations.
The Executive Director, Prof. Mwinyihija, also reiterated the same and wished all the Board Members and the Secretariat Team safe journey back to their duty stations.
The next Board of Directors’ Meeting was agreed to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the dates of the meeting to be worked out between the Board Chairperson and the Executive Director of COMESA/LLPI.