Secretariat-General
The Secretariat-General is hereby established as the permanent strategic executive and administrative body of the Global Economic Cooperation Council for Africa. It embodies the institutional, operational and systemic coherence through which GECCA’s mission and multilateral mechanisms are translated into coordinated effective action across global Afrocentric presence.Positioned at the intersection of sovereign governance, multilateral diplomacy, economic harmonization and coordination, investments mobilization, and institutional stewardship, the Secretariat-General functions as an administrative body and strategic institutional authority entrusted with safeguarding the efficiency, equilibrium, credibility and functional integrity of GECCA across all levels of engagement, management, and operations.
The Secretariat-General is conceived to be constituted as a neutral, non-political, and non-representational institutional body, acting in the exclusive interest and direction of GECCA as a whole. It derives its authority directly from the constitutive charter and operates under the strategic orientations adopted by GECCA’s sovereign and governing bodies, without subordinating itself to any single State or institution (member or non-member), or to any other private interest else.
As the co-custodian of GECCA’s multilateral architecture, the Secretariat-General ensures the consistency, legitimacy and harmonization of decisions, policies, alliances and cooperation frameworks, as well as institutional interactions across all Boards, Councils, and affiliated mechanisms.
The Secretariat-General constitutes the central institutional axis that will link GECCA’s vision to a permanent mission, translates sovereign will into multilateral action, and converts strategic consensus into operational roadmap. The Secretariat-General is entrusted to coordinate the representation and institutional global permanence of the organization, and shall thereby constitute strategic engine dedicated to GECCA’s significance, credibility, prestige, and ultimate recognition as a multilateral cooperation organization for economic transition and global multipolar prosperity.
The Secretariat-General shall work closer the organization’s strategic bodies to drive a plenipotential multilateralism whereby economic cooperation thrives against uncertainties and global fragmentations, and GECCA inaugurates a culminant era during which Africa moves from relevance to the centrality of multipolar prosperity. The Secretariat-General serves as the strategic coordinator and integrator of all GECCA bodies, including affiliated sovereign, intergovernmental, private-sector, technical, and advisory bodies affiliated within, ensuring alignment, coherence, and institutional interoperability.
The Secretariat-General act as the institutional interface and connective framework between GECCA and external stakeholders, including States, international and regional organizations, multilateral institutions, private-sector federations and strategic partners in accordance with mandates conferred by the charter. The Secretariat provides strategic policy orchestration and implementation oversight, translating adopted orientations, resolutions and compacts into executable programs, cooperation instruments, and operational roadmaps.
The Secretariat-General functions as the guardian of institutional memory, continuity and legitimacy, preserving archives, precedents, norms, and strategic doctrines that sustain GECCA’s long-term vision beyond political or cyclical changes. The Secretariat-General exercises executive stewardship over GECCA’s daily operations while enabling the multilateral convergence of diverse actors. It ensures that sovereign prerogatives, private-sector dynamics and multilateral interests converge within a structured, rules-based, and principled purpose-driven institutional framework.
For further information on members’ engagement and responsibilities within GECCA, please, contact Prof. Dr. Jared O. Bell Provisional Secretary-General