Burundi is a member of regional governmental organisations affecting refugee affairs and they are as follows: 

1. The African Union (AU): The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. The AU is an organization spear-heading Africa’s development and integration through key program areas such as infrastructure and energy; agricultural development; peace and security, conflict resolution; human rights; trade and industrial development; Migration, labour and employment, etc. Burundi joined the AU on 25th May 1963. Its governing instruments are the OAU charter, Addis Ababa of 25th May 1963, the Constitutive Act of the African Union adopted on 11th July 2001, the protocol on the amendments to the constitutive act of the AU adopted on 11th July 2003 and the protocol to the constitutive act of the African union relating to the Pan-African parliament adopted on June 27th June 2014.
2. The East African community (EAC):The EAC is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 7 partner states with a mission to widen and deepen economic, political, social and cultural integration in order to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value added production, trade and investments. Burundi Joined in July 2007. Its governing instruments are the Treaty for the Establishment of the EAC, the Protocol on the Establishment of the EAC Customs Union, the Protocol on the Establishment of the EAC Common Market and the Protocol for the Establishment of the EAC Monetary Union.
3. The Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (CEEAC): According to its Treaty, the Community aims to promote cooperation and the strengthening of regional integration in Central Africa in all areas of political, security, economic, monetary, financial, social, cultural, scientific and technical activity with a view to achieving collective autonomy, raising the standard of living of the populations, increasing and maintaining economic stability, strengthening and preserving close peaceful relations between its Member States and contributing to the progress and development of the African continent. Its governing instruments are the constitutive act of the CEEAC signed on 18th October 1983; the revision of the constitutive treaty adopted on 18th December 2019.
4. The Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL): It was created on September 20, 1976 by three founding Member States; BURUNDI, DR CONGO and RWANDA. 

The member states have assigned CEPGL four objectives, namely: (1) ensure first and foremost the security of states and their populations so that no element disrupts the order and peace on their respective borders, (2) design, define and promote the creation and development of activities of common interest; (3) promote and intensify trade and movement of people and goods; (4) to cooperate closely in the social, economic, commercial, scientific, cultural, political, military, financial, technical and tourist fields, more especially in judicial, customs, health, energy, transport and telecommunications matters.

Its governing instrument is the Convention establishing the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) Concluded at Gisenyi on 20 September 1976.

1. International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR): is an inter-governmental organization of the countries in the African Great Lakes Region. Its establishment was based on the recognition that political instability and conflicts in these countries have a considerable regional dimension and thus require a concerted effort in order to promote sustainable peace and development. Its governing instruments are the December 2006 Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region which includes the Dar es Salaam Declaration, Programmes of Action and Protocols. It is important to note that the ICGLR secretariat is based in Bujumbura, Burundi.