SECTION 70

Planning of Development, Statistics and Demography 1. To achieve the aims of collective sub-regional development, Member States shall a) harmonize and integrate their development plans; b) promote and execute Community projects; c) prepare sub-regional sectoral programmes in areas of common interest. 2. Accordingly, Member States shall: a) inform one another and the Secretary-General of national economic data likely to foster trade, stimulate joint projects or facilitate the establishment of similar economic units in a Member State; b) exchange their experiences in planning, statistics and demography and in the training and further training of cadres in these areas. 3. The Secretary-General shall formulate proposals for: a) harmonizing and rationalizing routine statistics; b) promoting, developing, improving and standardizing economic, demographic, social and cultural information, inter alia by preparing national and sub-regional statistical projects. 4. The Secretary-General shall prepare statistics on Inter-State trade and shall centralize statistical information about the Community.