The Regional Integration Unit of the LoRDA Research Center commits itself in carrying out cross sectional studies on regional integration schemes in Africa; particularly those within the Central and West African sub regions. This unit also facilitates the process of presenting scholarly articles on indicators and mechanisms for monitoring integration and collaboration of member states. The unit equally makes succinct cases for a more holistic approach that relates regional integration (State cooperation) at international levels with national reforms, as a means to enhance the quality of research within the Research Center. It further grants opportunities on the need to grant access to digital research on the acceleration or regional integration in Africa and particularly CEMAC sub region.
Activities carried out within this unit may help proposing solutions to shared prevalent challenges such as security, migration, employment, sustainable development, capital flight etc. hence, supporting States
To achieve its objectives, RI unit of LoRDA employs the services of experts and scholars in the domain of regional integration.
Topics in this area include:
- Free movement
- Currencies exchange rate within sub regions
- Potential benefit of regional integration
- Challenges facing regional integration
- M&E of regional integration