An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa.

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE)

Commissioner

H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, from Angola, was elected as the new commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) of the African Union Commission. Mrs Sacko was the special adviser to the Minister of agriculture, assigned with the responsibility of advising on issues related to international cooperation both bilateral and multilateral.

Structure

The Agriculture and Food Security Division coordinates the implementation of AU decisions related

Rural Economy

The achievement of the Agenda 2063 Goals is at the center of sustainable development in Africa an

Activities

March 01, 2023

The Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room welcomed a Head of State of an African Union Member State for the first time.

March 01, 2023

Hon. Pal Mai, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of South Sudan, paid a courtesy visit to the Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) on the sidelines of the thirty-sixth (36th) Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government.

March 01, 2023

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to strengthen their ongoing partnership in resilience building in Africa.

February 22, 2023

The African Union Commission – through its Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE); and Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining (ETIM) hosted a successful investor round table on the Common Africa Agro-Parks (CAAPs) Initiative at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

February 16, 2023

The Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) Directorate in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment held a briefing session with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

 

February 16, 2023

A delegation from Caritas Africa paid a courtesy call to the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit under the Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE).

March 03, 2023

Since the post-independence era, Africa has always placed import on the importance of protecting it natural environme

November 06, 2022 to November 18, 2022

October 31, 2022 to November 01, 2022

The Day was then launched in Lilongwe, Malawi, on 31st October 2010, by President Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, the then Africa Champion for Food Security.

October 27, 2022 to October 28, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY

INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

October 13, 2022

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

October 10, 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY

Department Resources

September 19, 2020

The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an

June 24, 2020

Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”

June 24, 2020

Violent extremism is a global issue.