Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations - table of contents
CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO)
HEADQUARTERS
Avenue Abdoulaye Fadiga Postal Add: B.P. 3108
Dakar Telephone: [221]839-0500
Senegal Facsimile: [221]823-9335
Telex: 21530/21815/21833 BCEAO SG
Internet: www.bceao.int
Office of the Governor
Governor: ... Charles Konan BANNY
Deputy Governors: ... Boukary ADJI
... Damo Justin BARO
Secretary-General: ... Amadou Sadickh DIOP
Deputy Secretary-General: ... Mbaye Diop SARR
Special Advisors
to the Governor: ... Mamdou DIOP
... Tiémoko Meyliet KONE
Economic Advisor, Economic
Integration and Monetary
Matters: ... Mbaye Diop SARR
Advisors to the Governor: ... Mrs. Elisabeth DIAW
... Pascal Irénée DOUPAKI
... David Latégan LAWSON
Department Heads
Comptroller General: ... Tiémoko Meyliet KONE
General Administration
and Training: ... Sosthène Boureima BAMBARA
Issuance, Accounting
and Finance: ... Mamadou DIOP
Economic Studies and Money: ... Pascal Irénée DOUPAKI
Projects and Missions: ... Vacant
Security and Legal Affairs: ... Mrs. Elisabeth DIAW
Directions Attached to the Secretariat General
Director of Communications: ... Adamah KANGNI
Director of Information
Technology: ... Abdoulaye SECK
West African Monetary Union (WAMU)Banking Commission Secretariat General
Avenue Terrasson de Fougères Postal Add: 01 B.P. 7125
01 Abidjan Telephone: [225]22-4563/4
Côte d'Ivoire Facsimile: [225]22-4552
Telex: 22700
Secretary-General: ... Emmanuel NANA
BCEAO Representation to European Cooperation Institutions
29 rue du Colisée Telephone: [33]14225-7160
75008 Paris Facsimile: [33]14256-0037
France Telex: 650087 BCEAO
Representative: ... Souleymane CISSE
BCEAO Representation to WAEMU Commission
01 BP 543 Telephone: [226]30-6015
Ouagadougou 01 Facsimile: [226]30-6376
Burkina Faso
Resident Representative: ... Vacant
National Directions
Benin
Zone Portuaire Postal Add: B.P. 325
Avenue d'Ornano Telephone: [229]31-2466/7
Cotonou Facsimile: [229]31-2465
Benin Telex: 5211 BCEAO
National Director: ... Idriss Lyassou DAOUDA
Burkina Faso
Avenue Gamal Abdel Nasser Postal Add: B.P. 356
Ouagadougou Telephone: [226]30-6015 to 17
Burkina Faso Facsimile: [226]31-0122
Telex: 5205 BCEAO
National Director: ... Celestin ZALLE
Côte d'Ivoire
Avenue Delafosse et Blvd. B. Roussel Postal Add: 01 B.P. 1769
Abidjan Telephone: [225]21-0466/9070
Côte d'Ivoire Facsimile: [225]22-2852
Telex: 23474/23761/22607
BC ABJ CI
National Director: ... Lansina BAKARY
Guinea-Bissau
Avenue Amilcar Cabral Postal Add: B.P. 38
Bissau Telephone: [245]21-5548/4173/1482
Guinea-Bissau Facsimile: [245]20-1305/1321
Telex: 289 BCGB 1
National Director: ... Luis Candido Lopes RIBEIRO
Mali
Avenue du Fleuve Postal Add: B.P. 206
Bamako Telephone: [223](22)22-3756/7
Mali Facsimile: [223](22)22-4786
Telex: 2574 BCEAO
National Director: ... Idrissa TRAORE
Niger
Rond-Point de la Poste Postal Add: B.P. 487
Niamey Telephone: [227]72-2491/2
Niger Facsimile: [227]73-4743
Telex: 5218 BCEAO NI
National Director: ... Abdoulaye SOUMANA
Senegal
Blvd. du Général de Gaulle Postal Add: B.P. 3159
Dakar Telephone: [221]823-1330/5384
Senegal Facsimile: [221]823-5757
Telex: 21839 BCEAO SG
National Director: ... Seyni NDIAYE
Togo
Rue des Nimes Postal Add: B.P. 120
Lomé Telephone: [228]21-2512
Togo [228]21-5383/5
Facsimile: [228]21-7602
Telex: 5216 BCEAO TO
National Director: ... Ayéwanou GBEASOR
LANGUAGE: French
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) was originally established on November 1, 1962, to replace the former common central bank of the countries of the West African Monetary Union, which had been created on May 12, 1962, under the same name. New statutes for the BCEAO, attached to the West African Monetary Union's Treaty of November 14, 1973, were adopted by the Governments of the six countries forming the Union and put into operation in 1975. The headquarters has been located in Dakar, Senegal, since July 1, 1978. An agency is maintained in the capital of each member country and sub-agencies can be established within the UMOA territory.
On June 29, 1981, the BCEAO was prescribed by the IMF as a holder of SDRs, and thus authorized to acquire and use SDRs in operations and transactions with participants in the IMF's SDR Department and other holders under the same terms and conditions as participants. The capital of the BCEAO was CFAF 117.355 billion on December 31, 1996.
COMPOSITION
8 members: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
STRUCTURE
Under the direction and control of the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union, the BCEAO is administered by a Governor and a Board of Directors of 18 members (two representatives from each member country and two from France). The Governor of the Bank is also Chairman of the Board of Directors. A National Credit Committee, headed by the Minister of Finance in each of the States of the Union, is responsible for the execution, at the country level, of overall policy decisions.
GENERAL PUBLICATIONS (in French)
Notes d'Information et Statistiques (monthly bulletin); Rapport d'activités (annual); Annuaire des banques U.M.O.A. (annual); Bilan des banques U.M.O.A. (annual)
UPDATED: July 23, 2002
Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations - table of contents
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