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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
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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.
The African Union Commission held consultations with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Island States on the Common African Position on Population and Development
4-5 September 2019 Windhoek, Namibia and 12-13 September 2019 Antananarivo, Madagascar:
The African Union Commission held consultations with the Island States on the Common African Position on Population and Development from 12-13 September 2019 Antananarivo, Madagascar.
The Island States consultation was attended by senior government representatives from the Ministry of Population of Cabo Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar and Seychelles and the United Nations Population Fund.
The Commission also organized the consultation with the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), organized with the support of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF),from 4-5 September 2019 Windhoek, Namibia. The CSOs consultation boasted over a hundred participants from civil society organizations, UN agencies, NGOs and donors.
Guided by AU Agenda 2063, Aspirations One (1) and Six (6) which advocate for ‘a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development, an Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential offered by African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children’, the Common African Position on Population and Development aims to identify shared values, best practices and divergences, in country and between regions that will contribute to the continent achieving the aspirations set forth by Agenda 2063.
Further information should be directed to:
Dr. Margaret Agama-Anyetei, Head of Division for Health, Nutrition and Population; Social Affairs Department; AU Commission; Tel: +251115162211; E-mail: Agama-AnyeteiM@africa-union.org
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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
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