The Fifth Ordinary Session of The Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARDWE)

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November 14, 2023 to November 17, 2023

THE FIFTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT (ARDWE)

INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

What: The Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARDWE).

This would include the following:

Experts Session on Agriculture and Rural Development (14-16 Nov);
Experts Session on sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (14-16 Nov);
High Level Ministerial Session of the 5^th ARDWE (17^th Nov)

When: 14-17 November 2023 | Time 10:30am EAT

Where: African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Media opportunities:

The STC high level ministerial event will be open for media. The official progamme includes:

Statements by: Ministers and AU Commissioner;
Statement by Development Partners
Group photo
Media interviews

Who: Organized by the African Union Commission through its Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment (DARBE), which is responsible for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment thematic area.

Objective: The objective of the meeting is to review progress made in the implementation of AU and STC Decisions, provide policy guidance, and adopt reports, frameworks, Guidelines, and programmes, as well as recommendations that will be presented for consideration by the Executive Council of the African Union.

More specifically, the meeting will consider and validate the report on the implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the 4^th STC focusing on the work under the following sectors: 2 (a) Agriculture and Food Security (b) Animal Resources (c) Blue Economy (d) Rural Development (e) Sustainable Environment.

Participants:

The STC meeting will be attended by AU Member States Ministers and Experts in-Charge of agribusiness and agro-industry, agriculture, animal resources, biodiversity, blue economy, climate change, disaster risk reduction, environment, food security, food safety, food quality, forestry, infrastructure and digital agriculture, land tenure, meteorology, sustainable land management, water and sanitation, and wildlife.

Background:

The Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment STC - ARDWE is one of the fourteen (14) STCs established by the Decision of the Twelfth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (Assembly/AU/Dec.227 (XII)), which was held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on 01-03 February 2009. The STC is composed of Ministers or senior officials responsible for sectors falling within its areas of competence. The Ministers approve projects and programmes submitted by the STC-ARDWE experts.

They also have the duty to ensure effective supervision, follow-up and evaluation of the implementation of decisions taken by the organs of the Union and the coordination and harmonization of projects and programmers of the Union.

Journalists are invited to cover the High Level Ministerial session on 17^th November 2023 at 10:30am Nairobi Time-EAT.

For media enquiry please contact:

Mr. Molalet Tsedeke, Information and Communication Directorate | African Union Commission

Tel: +251 115 517 700 | E-mail: molalett@africa-union.org | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Information and Communication Directorate, African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@africa-union.org