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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.
MEDIA ADVISORY
African Union Member States To Establish The Continent’s Newest Financial Entity to Manage Climate Risk
21 November 2012, Addis Ababa – Mandated by African Union (AU) Heads of State in July 2012, delegates from 41 countries across the continent will convene on Friday at DIRCO’s O.R. Tambo building to sign the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Establishment Agreement.
The ARC is a groundbreaking extreme weather insurance scheme designed to help African Union member states resist and recover from the ravages of natural disasters. This African-owned, AU-led financial entity will use advanced satellite weather surveillance and software – developed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) – to estimate and disburseimmediate funds to African countries hit by severe weather events. More relevant than ever in light of the lingering effects of the drought in the Horn of Africa last year and the ongoing crisis in the Sahel, this pioneering new mechanism will decrease Africa’s reliance on external aid.
Date: Friday, 23 November 2012
Time: Signing Ceremony 9h30 – 11h30
Venue: DIRCO O.R. Tambo Building
460 Soutpansberg Road, Pretoria
For media credentials and security clearance contact:
David Goodman, ARC Secretariat
david.goodman@wfp.org
Mobile: 0829081332
Media Contacts:
Wynne Musabayana, AUC Communications and Information Directorate
wynnemusabayana991@hotmail.com
Mobile: +27 730845696
Fatima Kassam, ARC Chief of Governmental Affairs and Policy
fatima.kassam@wfp.org
Mobile: +27 792615266
Interview Opportunities:
• H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, AU Commissioner for Rural Economy & Agriculture
• Dr. Richard Wilcox, ARC Managing Director, a.i.
• Heads of Delegation of Anticipated Signatories: Senegal, Niger, Malawi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tchad (Chair of the ARC Plenipotentiary Conference)