The Andean Community is made up of Organs and Institutions that are articulated

in the Andean Integration System, better known as the SAI.

What is the Andean Integration System?
The Andean Community is made up of bodies and institutions, which are
articulated in the Andean Integration System, with different functions, from
regulations and political direction to judicial, executive, deliberative, social, financial
and educational.
The purpose of the SAI is to allow effective coordination among all the organs and
institutions to deepen Andean integration, promote its external projection and
strengthen actions related to the process.
In order to achieve the best coordination of the SAI, the President of the Andean
Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs calls and presides over the Meeting of
Representatives of the institutions that make up the System, which is held at least
once a year and, in extraordinary, whenever requested by any of its member
institutions.
The SAI also articulates other bodies and institutions created within the framework
of the Andean subregional integration, such as the Ministerial Advisory Councils
that issue opinions before the Andean Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and
the CAN Commission on issues related to their sector. There are also Technical
Committees.
This System makes the CAN work almost as a State does. That is, each of these
instances has its role and fulfills specific functions, for example: the Andean
Presidential Council, made up of the Presidents of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and
Peru, is in charge of the political leadership of the CAN; the Andean Council of
Foreign Ministers formulates the foreign policy of the Andean countries in matters
related to integration and, if necessary, coordinates joint positions in international
forums or negotiations; The Commission, made up of plenipotentiary delegates, or
with full powers, is in charge of formulating, executing and evaluating the
integration policy in trade and investment issues and generating standards that are
mandatory for the 4 countries.
The CAN has a General Secretariat that manages and coordinates the integration
process and the Andean Court of Justice is the entity that controls the legality of
the acts of all the Organs and Institutions and resolves the existing disputes
between countries, between citizens or between countries and citizens when the
agreements assumed within the framework of the Andean Community are violated.
The Andean Parliament, made up of 20 Parliamentarians elected by popular vote -
5 for each Member Country, is the body that represents the People; that is, the
Andean Citizens in general. Here the Andean integration is deliberated and
normative actions are proposed to strengthen the integration.
Likewise, the consultative bodies of the Civil Society, such as the Indigenous
Peoples, the Workers and the Employers, are part of the SAI. The Simon Bolivar
Andean University, with several locations in the region, is the educational entity.
And, the financial organizations are the Andean Development Corporation and the
Latin American Reserve Fund.
OBJECTIVES
Promote the balanced and harmonious development of the Member Countries in
conditions of equity, through integration and economic and social cooperation.
Accelerate the growth and generation of employment for the inhabitants of the
Member Countries.
Facilitate the participation of the Member Countries in the process of regional
integration, with a view to the gradual formation of a Latin American common
market.
Reduce external vulnerability and improve the position of Member Countries in the
international economic context.
Strengthen subregional solidarity and reduce existing development differences
among Member Countries.
To seek a persistent improvement in the standard of living of the inhabitants of the
Subregion.