The Specialized Technical Committees  are composed of Ministers or senior officials responsible for sectors falling  within their respective areas of competence. They are responsible for preparing  projects and programmes of the Union and submit it to the Executive Council.  They also have the duty to ensure the supervision, follow-up and the evaluation  of the implementation of decisions taken by the organs of the Union and the  coordination and harmonization of projects and programmes of the Union;
 
There exists seven Committees as  stated in the Constitutive Act whose membership is unlimited.; they are:

        i. The  Committee on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters;
       ii. The  Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs;
      iii. The  Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration Matters;
      iv. The Committee on Industry, Science  and Technology, Energy, Natural Resources and Environment;
       v. The  Committee on Transport, Communications and Tourism;
      vi. The Committee on Health, Labour and  Social Affairs; and
     vii. The Committee on Education, Culture  and Human Resources.

Functions of the Specialized  Technical Committees
   
  (a) Prepare projects and programmes of  the Union and submit it to the Executive Council;
  (b) Ensure the supervision,  follow-up and the evaluation of the implementation of decisions taken by the  organs of the Union;
  (c) Ensure the coordination and  harmonization of projects and programmes of the Union;
  (d) Submit to the Executive  Council either on its own initiative or at the request of the Executive  Council, reports and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of  this Act; and
  (e) Carry out any other functions  assigned to it for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the provisions  of this Act.