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 President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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.
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Provides an overview of the strategy, highlights priorities within the five strategic areas of intervention and specifies roles. and responsibilities for implementation.
Useful examination of available evidence for the impact of DDR in terms of its effect on wider post conflict stabilisation efforts. Specific themes covered include DDR and Post war politics, issues related to the integration of Commanders and the utility of Commander Incentive Programmes and social and political reintegration. Most examples are drawn from Central Asia but findings are highly relevant in many African contexts.
Background information on the LEAP Project a programme designed to assist vulnerable female ex-combatants with their social and economic reintegration
Update report on the progress of DDR activities and the DDR programme in DRC at that time. Provides some interesting commentary on the challenges associated with SSR and programme linkages and the reintegration of groups with special needs
This report covers main activities of the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission for 2013 calendar year.
In depth comparative analysis of 19 DDR programmes in Africa, it covers Angola, Burundi, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Liberia, Niger, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda and Guinea-Bissau. Useful contextual and programme analysis. Country case studies preceded by an overarching summary including a section on Transitional Justice and attempts to analyse the cost of DDR across the different programmes
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Captures key lessons learned in the children’s component of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme in Sierra Leone.
This Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration retrospective is intended to increase awareness of the role of DDR in past and current peace operations, as well as highlight emerging practices - some useful case examples of reintegration support drawn from Cote D Ivoire, and DRC and of women's involvement in DDR programme messaging drawn from Sudan
National Programme Plan, DRC
National Programme Plan, Sudan (Phase I DDR)
