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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.
In the lead up to the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) to be held in Lusaka, Zambia on the 17th of July, the African Union’s Executive Council will meet in its 41st Ordinary session from the 14th to the 15th July.
Among others, the meeting will consider reports on:
The Executive Council will elect and appoint two judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights; one member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; two members of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption; one representative of Southern Africa for the 5th Panel of the Wise, and appoint members of the AU Board of External Auditors.
Further, the Executive Council will consider the draft working documents and declaration of the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting between the African Union, the Regional Economic Communities and the Regional Mechanisms. These documents include; the Report on the Status of the Regional Integration in Africa and the Report on the Division of Labour Between the AU, RECS/RMS and Member States. The ministers will consider the Success Story of INTER-REC Cooperation based on the Tripartite FTA Between COMESA, EAC SADC and the EAC. They will hold a High-Level Reflection and Policy Orientation on evaluation of the First Ten Year Implementation Plan and elaboration of the Second Ten Year Implementation Plan of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 development framework; and consider the draft agenda as well as the draft declaration of the 4th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting between the AU, the RECs and RMs.
On the 16th of July, a pre-launch event of the inter-regional knowledge exchange (I-RECKE) on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention will be held. I-RECKE is an institutional community of practice for intra-continental and cross-regional learning to build peace. It is a Pan-African mechanism for developing, capturing and documenting knowledge and also sharing lessons learned, and experiences on governance and conflict prevention on the continent.
The 17th of July will see the holding of the 4th Mid Year Coordination Meeting between the bureau of the AU Assembly and Regional Economic Communities (RECs), with the participation of the Chairpersons of RECs, the AU Commission and Regional Mechanisms (RMs), with the aim of aligning their work and coordinating the implementation of the continental integration agenda.
During the ongoing meetings, the host country will launch the Zambia water investment programme and high level water investment forum, and hold a meeting on strengthening public health emergency operations centers in Africa. It will also launch the education plus initiative for adolescent girls and young women’s empowerment in sub Saharan Africa.
Many of the open events will be livestreamed. Follow #AUMYCM and www.au.int for the links to the livestream.
See full agendas of the Executive Council and MYCM at https://au.int/en/documents/20220711/executive-council-and-mycm-agendas
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Mrs. Wynne Musabayana| Head of Communication | Information and Communication Directorate | African Union Commission |Tel: +251 115 517 700 | E-mail:MusabayanaW@africa-union.org| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mr. Molalet Tsedeke, Directorate of Information and Communication, WhatsApp +251 911 630 631, E-mail: Molalett@africa-union.org
Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
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