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CAA Commonwealth Association of Architects

CAAT Commission on African Animal Trypanosomiasis (FAO Regional Commission)

CAAPD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme: An agriculture development plan supported by the AU, Nepad and Comesa.

CACEU Central African Customs and Economic Union / Union Douanière et Économique de l`Afrique Centrale (UDEAC)

CADHP Commission Africaine des Droits de l`Homme et des Peuples / African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)

CAE Communauté Africaine Est / East African Community (EAC)

CAEC Le Conseil Africain Pour l`Enseignement de la Communication / African Council for Communication Education (ACCE)

CAEJAC Commonwealth Association for Education in Journalism and Communication

CAEMC Central African Economic and Monetary Community / Communauté Économique et Monetaire de l`Afrique Centrale (CEMAC)

CAEU Council for Arab Economic Unity

CAF Confederation of African Football / Confederation Africain de Football

CAFAC Commission Africaine de l`Aviation Civile / African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC)

CAFPD Comité Africain des Femmes Pour la Paix et le Développement / African Women’s Committee on Peace and Development (AWCPD)

CAFRAD Centre Africain de Formation et de Recherche Administratives Pour le Développement / African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (ATRCAD)

CAMEF Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance / Conférence des Ministres Africains de l`Économie et des Finances (CMAEF)

CAMES African and Malagasy Council on Higher Education / Conseil Africain et Malgache Pour l`Enseignement Supérieur

CAPACITY 21 UNCED Agenda 21 (UNDP)

CAPAM Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management

CARU Continental African Refugee Union

CASTME Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators

CAT Conseil Africain de Télédétection / African Remote Sensing Council (ARSC)

CBA Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

CBI Cross Border Initiative in Eastern and Southern Africa (IMF)

CBWAS Central Bank of West African States / Banque Centrale des Etats de l`Afrique de l`Ouest (BCEAO)

CCCE Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) (previously CCCE)

CCDG Centre de la CEDEAO pour le Développement du Genre / ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC)

CCEAM Commonwealth Council for Education Administration

CCL Commonwealth Countries League

CE Council of the Entente / Conseil Entente (French West African organisation, founded in 1959, with the aim of encouraging economic and industrial development)

CEC Commonwealth Engineers` Council

CEDEAO Communauté Économique des États de l`Afrique de l`Ouest / Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN)

CEEAC Communauté Économique des États de l`Afrique Centrale / Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

CELHTO Centre for Linguistic and Historical Studies by Oral Tradition (AU Office in Naimey)

CEMAC Communauté Économique et Monetaire de l`Afrique Centrale / Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC)

CEN SAD Community of Sahel-Saharan States (COMESSA)

CEPGL Economic Community of the Great Lakes States / Communauté Économique des Pays des Grands Lacs

CESC Conseil Économique, Social et Culturel (UA) / Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) (AU)

CETA Conférence des Eglises de Toute l’Afrique / All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)

CEWARN Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (IGAD)

CF Commonwealth Foundation

CFA Commission for Africa / La Commission pour l`Afrique

CFA Commonwealth Forestry Association

CFA Communauté Financière Africaine (Common African Franc Currency)

CFD Caisse Française de Développement (Franc Zone) (previously CCCE)

CGF Commonwealth Games Federation

CGG Commission du Golfe de Guinee / Gulf of Guinea Commission (GCC)

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CGLUA Cités et Gouvernements Locaux Unis d`Afrique / United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA) (founded 16 May 2005 in Johannesburg)

CGSCG Commonwealth Geological Surveys Consultative Group

CICIBA Center International des Civilisations Bantu / International Centre for the Bantu Civilisations (ICBC)

CHDCS Committee on Human Development and Civil Society (UNECA)

CI Commonwealth Institute

CIEH Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies / Comité Interafricain d`Études Hydrauliques

CILSS Comité Permanent Inter-États de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse Dans le Sahel / Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel

CIMA Inter-African Conference for Insurance Markets

CIRDA Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa

CJA Commonwealth Journalists` Association

CLA Commonwealth Lawyers` Association

CLAS Commonwealth Legal Advisory Service

CLEA Commonwealth Legal Education Association

CMA Commonwealth Medical Association

CMA Commonwealth Music Association

CMA Common Monetary Area of Southern Africa

CMAEF Conférence des Ministres Africains de l`Économie et des Finances / Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance (CAMEF)

CMCA Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration (AU)

CMJA Commonwealth Magistrates` and Judges` Association

CMJS Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sport (ECOWAS)

CODESRIA Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa / Conseil Pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique

CODI Committee on Development Information (UNECA)

COI Commission de l`Océan Indien / Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)

COMEDAF Conference of African Ministers of Education of the African Union / Conférence des Ministres Aricains de l`Éducation de l`Union Africaine

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

COMESA Association of Commercial Banks

COMESA Leather and Leather Products Institute

COMESA Metallurgical Technology Centre

COMESA Reinsurance Co (also Zep-re)

COMESSA Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Cen Sad)

COPAL Cocoa Producers’ Alliance (also CPA)

COPAX Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa (ECCAS)

CPA Cocoa Producers’ Alliance (also COPAL)

CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

CPA Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association

CPLP Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa / Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries

CPTM Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management

CPU Commonwealth Press Union

CRCI Committee on Regional Cooperation and Integration (UNECA)

CSD Committee on Sustainable Development (UN)

CSD Commonwealth Society for the Deaf (aka Sound Seekers)

CSAO Club du Sahel et de l`Afrique de l`Ouest / Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC)

CSO Civil Society Organisation

CSSA Conseil Supérieur du Sport en Afrique / Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA)

CSSDCA Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (AU)

CTO Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

CTUC Commonwealth Trade Union Council

CUTS Consumer Unity and Trust Society

CWD Committee on Women in Development (UNECA)

CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission

CYEC Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council