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 three day African Anti-Corruption Dialogue 2020 has kicked off, setting the tone for indepth deliberations on the state of corruption on the continent, the role judicial systems have played in deterring graft and emerging threats particularly from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The main purpose of the meeting was to share existing knowledge and information on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has had devastating global impacts since its outbreak in December 2019, and agree on how to harmonize and coordinate the preparedness and response to Covid-19 in the SADC region.
The African Union Commission (AUC) has embarked on sensitization activities on the new African Multidimensional Regional Integration Index (AMRII), a monitoring and evaluation tool to assess the status of the integration in the continent.
Addis Ababa, 21 August 2019: The African Union Commission, through the Department of Political Affairs, is continuing the AU engagement with political parties in Africa as key agents of democratic and participatory governance. The AUC brought together more than twenty (20) representatives of various political parties in East Africa in a workshop held in Arusha, Tanzania to be held today and tomorrow.
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Regional Political Parties Consultative Forum or East Africa
WHAT: Regional Consultative workshop to develop a Political Party Strengthening Program for the AUC in line with its mandate of promoting democracy and good governance on the continent.
WHO: The Democracy and Electoral Assistance Unit (DEAU) of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission.
WHEN: 21-22 August, 2019
WHERE: Arusha, Tanzania
TIME : 9 AM
The PATTEC Coordination Office in collaboration with East African Communities (EAC) organized a consultative meeting with representatives of five EAC member states at EAC premises, Arusha, Tanzania on 4 – 6 March 2019. The regional consultative meeting brought together four Tsetse and Trypanosomosis experts from member states and ICIPE-Kenya, staff of AU-PATTEC and EAC, Directors of Veterinary Services and PATTEC Coordinators from the region including Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Uganda.
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights will deliver Judgment in the matter of Alfred Agbesi Woyome v. Republic of Ghana on Friday (28 June 2019) at its Seat in Arusha, Tanzania.
http://en.african-court.org/index.php/56-pending-cases-details/1056-app-...
Though significant improvements have been noted in the governance trends in the continent, a number of cases still remain an area of concern for the African Union.
To revitalize the public service and administration sectors as encapsulated in the African Charter on Public Service, and which calls for a holistic approach and a greater focus on reforms at the policy, organizational and human resources levels, the African Union Commission, in collaboration with the United Republic of Tanzania, convened a capacity building Seminar for public officers from state parties to the Charter, to strengthen their capacity and understanding of the Guidelines for reporting on the implementation of the African Charter on Public Service by Member States.
What: Commemoration of the 9th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
(ADFNS)
When: December 5th, 2018
Where: Serena Hotel, Dar –es-Salaam, Tanzania
Who: The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
