Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of Congo, is hosting from 16 to 17 June 2016 the works of the first ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of Justice and Finance of the seventeen member countries of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in (OHADA) for 2016.

The opening ceremony, chaired by His Excellency Clement MOUAMBA, Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Republic of Congo, was held in the Auditorium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Living Abroad, in the presence of members of the Government, the diplomatic corps, administrative and judicial authorities of Congo, as well as representatives of various legal professions.

During the two working days at Radisson Blu M’Bamou Palace Hotel, the Ministers will examine the following issues on the agenda:

• Construction of a new building in Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon, to host the Headquarters of OHADA;

• Provision of OHADA Member States with the software solution developed to manage local registers and national files of the Trade and Securities Register (RCCM). A decisive stage has thus been completed in the computerization process within the OHADA space as the computerization will become effective with the deployment of the software in Member States.

• Operationalization of the OHADA Institutions’ integrated management software which is an essential tool for promoting governance.