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.
African Union Commission (AUC) departments, African Union (AU) organs, United Nations agencies, development partners, and CSOs have gathered in person and online to brainstorm ways to revamp the CESA Cluster on Girls and Women’s Education.
The Africa Platform on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts (AP CAAC) undertook a lessons-learning mission to the Republic of Sierra Leone to assess and learn from the initiatives undertaken on rehabilitating and reintegrating children affected by the decade-long civil war (1991-2002).
A Three-Day Training of Trainers on Youth Election Situation holds in Monrovia, Liberia with the support of the African Union and International IDEA
The 3rd Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and and 1st African Union ClimSA Forum will gather more than three hundred delegates from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, as well as partners of the Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Applications (ClimSA) programme.
The African Union Chairperson's Youth Envoy Ms.Chido Mpemba delivered a compelling address on the sidelines of the opening of the Africa Climate Summit at an event hosted by Her Excellency Madam Rachel Ruto, the First Lady of Kenya.
Enhancing regional infrastructure cooperation, sustainable infrastructure development, and cross-border policy coordination will take center stage at the upcoming ministerial session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, and Energy, scheduled for the 12-15 September 2023 in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
The Skills Initiative for Africa Financial Cooperation is an African Union Commission intervention implemented by the African Union Development Agency and supported by the German Government and the European Union through KfW Development Bank. The Initiative provides grants for selected projects through a competitive evaluation process in eight African countries.
The first cohort of the Youth Reference Committee was officially launched in July 2023 in partnership with the Austrian National Youth Council. The inaugural committee comprises twenty- five African youth representatives selected from all five African Union regions and 15 European youth representatives. The committee’s 12-month mandate commenced on July 5, 2023, with a Virtual 2-day South-North Dialogue.
The AU-SAFGRAD has concluded a three-day workshop focused on the development of the Framework on Indigenous Conflicts Prevention and Management Mechanisms between Pastoralists and Farmers in the Continent, which was held from 22-24 August 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya.
