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.
The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature, and with the financial support of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Oceans Fund, is organising a consultative workshop aimed at curbing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUUF) in Africa.
The African Union Commission in collaboration with the East African Community Secretariat is organising the 14th African Union High Level Private Sector Forum at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya from 10th – 12th July, 2023.
The African Union Member States have continued to place high importance on humanitarian issues in Africa, starting from the inception of the Organization of African Unity in 1963 to date. Within this context, theDepartment of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), organized the 10 Annual Humanitarian Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya from 14-16 December 2022.
The Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) recently organised a two-day dialogue session with the Permanent Representative Council (PRC) Sub-committee on Environment.
The 10th Annual Humanitarian Symposium Theme: Advancing the outcome of Malabo Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference
The African Union through the African Governance Architecture - African Peace and Security Architecture (AGA- APSA) Secretariat have embarked on the development of a comprehensive Citizen’s Engagement Strategy to advance the full mainstreaming of engagement of the African citizen in democratic governance processes on the continent.
The African Union (AU) and the Common Market for Southern and Eastern Africa (COMESA), today officially launched their joint election observation mission to the upcoming General Elections in Kenya.
Following an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Kenya to the African Union to observe the forthcoming General Elections scheduled for 9 August 2022, the African Union Commission is deploying an international election expert mission to Kenya comprising eight (8) core teams experts.
The aim of the workshop was to build capacity of Community Leaders to turn communities into positive stakeholders in the promotion and protection of their heritage.
