A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca

More documents

Recommendations

Info

18 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening African Private Sector and Civil Society Ownership and Partnership Selected key areas of focus and outputs from the nine cluster groupings include the following: ӹ 1. Infrastructure a. Water and Sanitation (UN Water/ Africa) a. Provision of support for the Integrated Water Resource Management principles of the Africa Water Vision 2025 b. Assistance on river basin development initiatives c. Support of the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW) d. Publishing the African Water Development Report, the African Water Journal, an Africa Fresh Water Atlas e. Establishing the African Water Information Clearing House Mechanism f. Supporting AMCOW’s Africa Water Facility financing mechanism g. Supporting the African Network of Basin Organizations b. Energy (UN-Energy/ Africa) a. Support the African Energy Commission b. Support the preparation of the Africa Energy Vision 2030 strategy document c. Establish a working group of experts d. Support a study on rural energy access e. Support RECS and sub-regional bodies responsible for energy integration f. Support exploration of a Clean Energy Finance Facility by the AfDB g. Established the UN Energy/ Africa web site and electronic forum c. ICTs a. Support efforts to narrow the digital divide in Africa b. Support Africa’s participation in global ICT policy making forums c. Support the African Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy d. Support the CONNECT -Africa initiative d. Transport a. Establish the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Programme b. Support the NEPAD Programme on Transport ӹ 2. Governance a. Support the APRM processes b. Support NEPAD administration activities c. Develop the Capacity Development Strategic Framework d. Manages the APRM Trust Fund ӹ 3. Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Develop - ment a. Support the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme and the related Home Grown School Feeding Programme b. Support the World Bank’s Multi-Country Agricultural Productivity programme c. Support NEPAD’s National Food Fortification programme d. Support NEPAD agriculture investment initiatives, gender in agriculture initiatives, and land reclamation initiatives e. Support CEN-SAD in implementing the Sahel Agricultural and Rural Development Initiative f. Support the AUC-ECA-AfDB initiative on Climate Information for Development in Africa g. Support the Green Wall of the Sahara initiative h. Support the AfDB’s 2008 $1 billion in loan finance for agricultural development initiative i. Support the development of a working group on agriculture and food security under the NDG-Africa initiative jointly coordinated by the AU and FAO ӹ 4. Environment, Population and Urbanization a. Support the Sustainable NEPAD Cities initiative with UN-HABITAT as the lead agency b. Support the achievement of NEPAD goals related to environment, population and urbanization c. Published the 2007 State of World population: unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth d. The ECA published a report on International Migration and Development: Implications for Africa e. Support the African Ministerial Council on the Environment f. Support the RECs in the development of Sub-regional Environmental Action Plans g. Support the establishment by the AfDB of an African Environment Facility to fund environmental components of the NEPAD Action Plan h. Support the implementation in Africa of the development goals put forth in the International Conference
on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action ӹ 5. Social and Human Development a. Support the development of a Social Policy Framework for Africa b. Support monitoring and evaluation efforts regarding the MDGs c. Support efforts to combat Aids, Malaria and infectious diseases d. Support the AU Ten year Capacity Building programme e. Support the Africa Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of Children f. Support the AU Population Council g. Support the African Prosecutors Association h. Support the AU Education Ministers ӹ 6. Science and Technology a. Support the AU/NEPAD Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action b. Support Africa’s Green Revolution ӹ 7. Advocacy and Communication a. Support NEPAD ‘s communications initiatives b. Produced “NEPAD at Work” article series published in more than 90 media outlets OECD Support The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 11 was formed in 1961 as the successor institution to the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) which was established in 1948 following the end of World War II. The first non-European members to join the OECD were Canada and the United States who became members when the OEEC was restructured into the OECD 12 . Today there are 30 members of the OECD and their principal work is to share best practices and to collaborate to develop policy that is aimed at helping them work together 11 The member countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, The Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States. The European Union also takes part in the work of the OECD. African Economic Outlook 2009 12 Sudarkasa, M., The African Business Handbook, Africa Business Group, 2007, p.87 3. Public Sector Support for NEPAD A Decade of NEPAD c. Publishes NEPAD related articles in Africa Renewal magazine four times a year d. Support the development of a website with up-to-date information about national and regional NEPAD projects ӹ 8. Peace and Security a. Support the AU’s peace and security structures, including the Peace and Security Council b. Support the African Standby Force c. Support the development of the Panel of the Wise d. Support the development of the AU’s Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development policy e. Support the AU’s Early Warning System f. Support the AU’s Peace Support Operations Department ӹ 9. Industry, Trade and Market Access a. Support market access development for African nations b. Support the Africa Quality Infrastructure Survey c. Supported a Trade Support Programme within COME- SA and a Regional Trade Programme within the East African Community to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The three principal aims of the OECD are: 1) to promote the financial stability and economic growth of member countries, 2) to support the economic growth of less-developed/ emerging market countries, and 3) to foster the growth of world trade on a non-discriminatory, multilateral basis. The NEPAD–OECD Africa Investment Initiative 13 aims to support African countries in improving their capacity to strengthen the investment environment for growth and development in accordance with the UN Monterrey Consensus, taking advantage of OECD’s peer learning method and investment instruments of cooperation such as the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), the most comprehensive multilaterally backed investment policy instrument. 13 www.oecd.org/daf/investment/africa 19
Page 1: Economic Commission for Africa NEPA
Page 4 and 5: Ordering information To order copie
Page 6 and 7: iv A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afr
Page 8 and 9: vi A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afr
Page 10 and 11: viii A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening A
Page 12 and 13: x A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afri
Page 14 and 15: 2 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afri
Page 22 and 23: 10 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afr
Page 71 and 72: NEPAD and the African Civil Society
Page 73 and 74: International Classification of Non
Page 75 and 76: people and their civil society orga
Page 77 and 78: To facilitate broader knowledge of
Page 79 and 80: Under the theme “Strengthening De
Page 81 and 82:
Key Stages Key Actors Sensitization
Page 83 and 84:
Regional Poverty Observatory, the S
Page 85 and 86:
NEPAD African Private Sector and CS
Page 87 and 88:
ӹ Office of NEPAD and Regional Int
Page 89 and 90:
In terms of organization of resourc
Page 91 and 92:
• NEPAD-Spanish Fund for the Empo
Page 93:
ӹ African Capacity Building Founda
Page 96 and 97:
84 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Afr
Page 98 and 99:
Page 100 and 101:
Page 102 and 103:
Page 104 and 105:
Page 107 and 108:
Conclusion The African Union’s NE
Page 109 and 110:
References AfDB (2009) Africa’s D
Page 111:
Secretariat and the Secretariat of
Page 114 and 115:
102 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening Af
Page 116 and 117:
Page 118 and 119:
Page 120 and 121:
Page 122 and 123:
Page 124 and 125:
Page 126 and 127:
Page 128 and 129:
Page 130 and 131:
Page 132 and 133:
Page 134 and 135:
Page 136 and 137:
Page 138 and 139:
Page 140 and 141:
Page 142 and 143:
Page 144 and 145:
Page 146 and 147:
show all

A Decade of NEPAD - Economic Commission for Africa - uneca

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?