Breakfast meeting on the Malabo Declaration Biennial Review and Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard
Breakfast meeting on the Malabo Declaration Biennial Review and Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard
Media Advisory/ 30th AU Summit
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Breakfast meeting on the Malabo Declaration Biennial Review and Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard
When: January 29, 2018
Time: 7:30 a.m. -9 a.m.
Where: Small Conference Room 3, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: H.E Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and AU Champion for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC)
Background: In June 2014, African Union Heads of State and Government adopted the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for shared Prosperity and improved Livelihoods. Among other commitments of the Declaration, the Assembly specifically committed to mutual accountability for results and actions by conducting a biennial review that involves tracking, monitoring and reporting on the implementation progress in achieving the provisions of the Malabo Declaration. The inaugural report and the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard, tracking progress of the implementation of the Malabo Declaration, will be presented to the Assembly. The Biennial Report and Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard comprise individual country performance scores on progress made for implementing goals set in the Malabo commitments.
Objectives:
Create increased awareness at the highest level on the Biennial Review mechanism and the outcomes of the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard;
Discuss the best ways of positioning agriculture to secure the required investments to move the agenda forward;
Discussing the best way of sustaining high level engagement with Heads of State and Government on the status of agriculture using the scorecard for action and impact.
Journalists are invited to cover the official opening of the breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m.
For more information contact:
Ms. Carol Jilombo
CAADP Communications
Jilomboc@africa-union.org
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