Vice-President Faure at 35th SADC Summit |17 August 2015
Vice-President Danny Faure is among the leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member 
states, as they meet for their 35th annual summit with the common goal of improving the socio-economic situation in their region.
The vice-president is representing the head of state, James Alix Michel, at the two-day summit which opens today in the Republic of Botswana’s capital Gaborone, which is also the organisation’s headquarters.
The theme of this year’s summit is ‘Accelerating industrialisation of SADC economies, through transformation of natural endowment and improved human capital’. It builds on that of last year’s summit which focused on economic transformation and sustainable development “through beneficiation and value addition”.
The leaders of the 15 SADC member states will over the two days review progress made during the past year and deliberate on the implementation plan for the industrialisation strategy and roadmap which was adopted by an extraordinary summit held in Harare, Zimbabwe in April 2015 to accelerate industrialisation and add value to their resources prior to exportation.
They will address the different financing options for the 2015 – 2020 Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) which covers the following four priority areas: (i) industrial development and market integration, (ii) infrastructure in support of regional integration, (iii) peace and security cooperation and (iv) special programmes of regional dimension.
With the expiry period of the millennium development goals (MDGs) set for this year, discussions will also focus on the post MDGs agenda and the new sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will be adopted by the UN general assembly in New York this coming September.
The Seychelles delegation at the SADC Summit also include Joel Morgan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Transport; Claude Morel, the high commissioner of Seychelles in South Africa and permanent representative to SADC; and Jeanne Simeon, the principal secretary in the vice-president’s secretariat.