"Regional integration processes in southern Africa and elsewhere in Africa, in bodies such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), the African Union (AU), and programmes like the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), have all come about largely through state-driven processes. There has been very little civil society input into their making." (Quoted from paper)