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Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
This year, the African Union celebrates its 20th anniversary. The Durban Summit (2002) launched the AU and convened its first Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Three summits were held in the lead-up to the official launch of the AU, i.e.:
• On 9 September 1999, the then Organisation of African Unity, OAU, signed the Sirte Declaration, establishing the Union. The Declaration called for the creation of an organisation that would accelerate integration on the continent and enable Africa to play a greater role in the global economy while addressing social, economic and political challenges with African solutions. 9th September is therefore celebrated as African Union Day.
• The Lomé Summit (2000) adopted the African Union’s Constitutive Act.
• The Lusaka Summit (2001) drew the roadmap for implementation of the AU.
The decision to re-launch Africa’s Pan-African organisation was the outcome of a consensus by African leaders that in order to realise Africa’s potential, there was a need to refocus attention from the fight for decolonisation and apartheid, which had been the focus of the OAU, towards increased cooperation and integration of African states to drive Africa’s growth and economic development.
The AU 20 campaign kicked off with a countdown highlighting some AU milestones, the campaign will run for the next 6 months until the AU Heads of State Summit in February 2023 and will culminate with the launch of an AU 20 research paper highlighting AU successes and challenges from the citizen perspective as well as showcase the work five visual artists and five creative writers curated to commemorate 20 years of the AU. On AU Day this year, the AU will document the success AU member states have made in implementing Agenda 2063.
Objectives:
· Amplify the AU at 20 public awareness campaign, which aims to highlight major milestones, achievements, events, personalities.
· Communicate the AU’s past, present, and vision for the future, highlighting the various ways in which the African Union works to promote the peace, unity and prosperity of African citizens, through its own citizens
Key messages:
· The AU’s unifying role in amplifying Africa's voice on the global stage, promoting prosperity, development and unity, breaking down barriers, and providing home grown solutions for the continent’s socio-economic development
· The AU has deepened cooperation with partners over the past two decades.
· The AU development successes under Agenda 2063.
How can you join the campaign?
Links:
Primary Twitter handle @_AfricanUnion
· Facebook:@AfricanUnionCommission
· Instagram: @AfricanUnion_Official