A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca
A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca
A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca
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18 A <strong>Decade</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>NEPAD</strong>: Deepening <strong>Africa</strong>n Private Sector and Civil Society Ownership and Partnership<br />
Selected key areas <strong>of</strong> focus and outputs from the nine<br />
cluster groupings include the following:<br />
ӹ 1. Infrastructure<br />
a. Water and Sanitation (UN Water/ <strong>Africa</strong>)<br />
a. Provision <strong>of</strong> support <strong>for</strong> the Integrated Water<br />
Resource Management principles <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Africa</strong><br />
Water Vision 2025<br />
b. Assistance on river basin development initiatives<br />
c. Support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Africa</strong>n Ministerial Council on<br />
Water (AMCOW)<br />
d. Publishing the <strong>Africa</strong>n Water Development Report,<br />
the <strong>Africa</strong>n Water Journal, an <strong>Africa</strong> Fresh<br />
Water Atlas<br />
e. Establishing the <strong>Africa</strong>n Water In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Clearing House Mechanism<br />
f. Supporting AMCOW’s <strong>Africa</strong> Water Facility financing<br />
mechanism<br />
g. Supporting the <strong>Africa</strong>n Network <strong>of</strong> Basin<br />
Organizations<br />
b. Energy (UN-Energy/ <strong>Africa</strong>)<br />
a. Support the <strong>Africa</strong>n Energy <strong>Commission</strong><br />
b. Support the preparation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Africa</strong> Energy<br />
Vision 2030 strategy document<br />
c. Establish a working group <strong>of</strong> experts<br />
d. Support a study on rural energy access<br />
e. Support RECS and sub-regional bodies responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> energy integration<br />
f. Support exploration <strong>of</strong> a Clean Energy Finance<br />
Facility by the AfDB<br />
g. Established the UN Energy/ <strong>Africa</strong> web site and<br />
electronic <strong>for</strong>um<br />
c. ICTs<br />
a. Support ef<strong>for</strong>ts to narrow the digital divide in<br />
<strong>Africa</strong><br />
b. Support <strong>Africa</strong>’s participation in global ICT<br />
policy making <strong>for</strong>ums<br />
c. Support the <strong>Africa</strong>n Regional Action Plan on the<br />
Knowledge Economy<br />
d. Support the CONNECT -<strong>Africa</strong> initiative<br />
d. Transport<br />
a. Establish the Sub-Saharan <strong>Africa</strong> Transport<br />
Policy Programme<br />
b. Support the <strong>NEPAD</strong> Programme on Transport<br />
ӹ 2. Governance<br />
a. Support the APRM processes<br />
b. Support <strong>NEPAD</strong> administration activities<br />
c. Develop the Capacity Development Strategic<br />
Framework<br />
d. Manages the APRM Trust Fund<br />
ӹ 3. Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Develop -<br />
ment<br />
a. Support the Comprehensive <strong>Africa</strong> Agriculture Development<br />
Programme and the related Home Grown<br />
School Feeding Programme<br />
b. Support the World Bank’s Multi-Country Agricultural<br />
Productivity programme<br />
c. Support <strong>NEPAD</strong>’s National Food Fortification<br />
programme<br />
d. Support <strong>NEPAD</strong> agriculture investment initiatives,<br />
gender in agriculture initiatives, and land reclamation<br />
initiatives<br />
e. Support CEN-SAD in implementing the Sahel Agricultural<br />
and Rural Development Initiative<br />
f. Support the AUC-ECA-AfDB initiative on Climate<br />
In<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> Development in <strong>Africa</strong><br />
g. Support the Green Wall <strong>of</strong> the Sahara initiative<br />
h. Support the AfDB’s 2008 $1 billion in loan finance <strong>for</strong><br />
agricultural development initiative<br />
i. Support the development <strong>of</strong> a working group on agriculture<br />
and food security under the NDG-<strong>Africa</strong><br />
initiative jointly coordinated by the AU and FAO<br />
ӹ 4. Environment, Population and Urbanization<br />
a. Support the Sustainable <strong>NEPAD</strong> Cities initiative with<br />
UN-HABITAT as the lead agency<br />
b. Support the achievement <strong>of</strong> <strong>NEPAD</strong> goals related to<br />
environment, population and urbanization<br />
c. Published the 2007 State <strong>of</strong> World population: unleashing<br />
the Potential <strong>of</strong> Urban Growth<br />
d. The ECA published a report on International Migration<br />
and Development: Implications <strong>for</strong> <strong>Africa</strong><br />
e. Support the <strong>Africa</strong>n Ministerial Council on the<br />
Environment<br />
f. Support the RECs in the development <strong>of</strong> Sub-regional<br />
Environmental Action Plans<br />
g. Support the establishment by the AfDB <strong>of</strong> an <strong>Africa</strong>n<br />
Environment Facility to fund environmental components<br />
<strong>of</strong> the <strong>NEPAD</strong> Action Plan<br />
h. Support the implementation in <strong>Africa</strong> <strong>of</strong> the development<br />
goals put <strong>for</strong>th in the International Conference