the seychelles communities in eu over the past 35 years has amassed a vast experience, and wide achievements in this field involving international and multinational economic projects at european level, and elsewhere in the comecon, ussr, gulf region, african union – former oau, latin america, and asia – china. this knowledge allowed the establishment of the sirop exile/refugee program, the phase ll seychelles development program, and the role we played in helping to put in place the rim association. the seychelles community was involved in the process of changes in the comecon, and likewise in the ussr, based on the experience gained with the seychelles, as were the former oau – the african union-nations.