Departments
Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE)
Commissioner
Mr. Moses Vilakati (Eswatini) was elected to head the Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) department. He served as a minister in Eswatini in both the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs in 2018 to 2023 prior to which he was the Minister of Agriculture2013 to 2018. Previously, he served as the Project Director at the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise, the Agribusiness Project Manager at EWADE, and Project Director and Lecturer at UNESWA.
He has a Master of Science (MSc) in Agriculture (International Development) from the California Polytechnic State University.
Structure
The Agriculture and Food Security Division coordinates the implementation of AU decisions related
The achievement of the Agenda 2063 Goals is at the center of sustainable development in Africa an
Activities
The AU-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025, held from 13 to 15 August in Cape Town, Republic of South
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased to announce significant progress in preparations for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2).
The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from September 8-10, 2025.
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit of the Sustaina
September 07, 2025
The 2nd Africa-CARICOM Summit is to bring together African nations, Caribbean states, and the global African diaspora to strengthen unity, deepen integration, and jointly pursue reparations and reparatory justice
August 14, 2025 to August 16, 2025
INAUGURAL AFRICA URBAN RESILIENCE PROGRAMME (AURP)
August 13, 2025 to August 15, 2025
The African Union- AIP Water Investment Summit 2025 is being convened in the context of South Africa’s G20 Presidency and will advance efforts towards inclusive and sustainable economic growth and social advancement.
August 13, 2025 to August 15, 2025
Cape Town, South Africa, 13-15 August
July 23, 2025 to July 26, 2025
EVENT: 5th All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (5th AAPHCE)
The African Union Commission in collaboration with the government of the Republic of Botswana will
SAVE THE DATE
29-31 October 2025 ,Kigali Rwanda.
August 06, 2025
August 01, 2023 to August 04, 2023
April 13, 2023 to April 22, 2023
September 17, 2019 to September 20, 2019
Department Resources
September 06, 2025
Strategic Intervention Axis 1: Enhancing leadership, governance and political commitment
August 21, 2025
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Restoring Land and Sustaining Peace: The Great Green Wall and the Climate–
August 21, 2025
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Soil Health as the Foundation to Realising the Ambitions of the Great Gree
August 21, 2025
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative Reviving Livestock and Pastoral Systems in Africa’s Drylands: Opportunities
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.
September 08, 2025
September 08, 2025
September 08, 2025
September 06, 2025
September 06, 2025
Strategic Intervention Axis 1: Enhancing leadership, governance and political commitment
August 21, 2025
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Restoring Land and Sustaining Peace: The Great Green Wall and the Climate–
August 21, 2025
Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Soil Health as the Foundation to Realising the Ambitions of the Great Gree