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 President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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.
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Mombasa, 8th June 2018: Pre-Validation Workshop for the Plan of Action for the African Decade for Technical, Professional, Entrepreneurial Training and Youth Employment in Mombasa, Kenya.
The GMES and Africa Support Programme issued its first biannual Newsletter.
Communication and awareness raising is one of the pillars in the GMES and Africa Support Programme. The Programme has developed its Communication and Engagement Strategy.
The African Union Commission calls upon the thirteen consortia of African institutions to align their services to the Regional Economic Communities regional priorities. It was made during at the beginning of an information exchange and technical workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 23rd to the 27th of April, 2018. The workshop brings together a delegation of the African Union Commission, representatives of the Regional Economic Communities, the GMES & Africa Technical Assistance Team, and the thirteen consortia.
The potential for Earth Observation to contribute to Africa’s development was a key question addressed by panelists at the 7th Digital Earth Summit 2018, held from the 17th to the 19th of April 2018, at the Chouaib Douakkali University of Morocco.
The theme of the Summit was Digital Earth for Sustainable Development in Africa.
The GMES & Africa Technical Committee will convene its first meeting in Tunis, from 14 to 16 May, 2018.
The Committee comprises Consortia of African institutions awarded to implement the GMES & Africa grants, as well as EU affiliates EUMETSAT, JRC, ESA and the Technical Assistance Team of GMES & Africa.
The GMES and Africa Technical Experts Committee (TEC) has held its first meeting in Tunis from 14-16 May 2018. The Committee comprises Consortia of African institutions awarded to implement the GMES and Africa grants, as well as EU affiliates EUMETSAT, JRC, and the Technical Assistance Team of GMES and Africa.
Dr. Mahama Ouedraogo, Director of Human Resources, Science and Technology Department at the African Union Commission signed a landmark Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement with today, with his counterpart Philippe Brunet, Copernicus Director at European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium.
With the signature of Cooperation Arrangement, the African Union officially joins the Copernicus Open Source Data. This will enable Africa to access to Copernicus free and open source data.
THEME: ENHANCING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DEEPER INTEGRATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR DEEPER INTGRATION OF THE COMMUNITY
