Events

Theme: Land Policy Initiative: Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa

Text/Description: The objective of this workshop is to review the draft report on the study on Assessing Large Scale Land Based Investment in Africa (LSLBI) with a view to validating information, data and evidence on the status of LSLBI in Africa. The workshop, which will be co-organised by the LPI and the Pan African Parliament (PAP) will also draw lessons from best practices for promoting profitable, equitable and sustainable investments in support of an African agricultural and economic transformation. The workshop will review and validate the findings of the study and help to develop a skeleton framework for developing principles on LSLBI for review and adoption by AU member states as per the Nairobi Action Plan. The workshop will further identify key actions needed in the realms of advocacy, capacity development and monitoring and evaluation in order to support efforts to enhance the governance of land based investments to increase economic and social benefits while reducing unintended consequences on the rights and livelihoods of local communities.

Theme: Land Policy Initiative: Capacity Development on Land Policy in Africa

Text/Description: This workshop is organized to validate the draft Capacity Development Framework on Land Policy in Africa This event will be co-organized by the LPI with UN-Habitat and is part of activities to develop a strategy and enhance capacity in land policy development, implementation and monitoring. The workshop will review and validate the background content and framework, providing inputs to its finalization. In addition, the workshop will develop a roadmap of capacity development and training activities that will advance capacity development in the area of land policy for implementation by the LPI and/or its partners and stakeholders

Press Release

African private sector discusses CAADP implementation for agricultural growth

Lusaka-Zambia, October 7, 2013 –As part of the ongoing Sustaining the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) momentum initiative, the African Union Commission in collaboration with the NEPAD Agency convened a stakeholder meeting for the private sector in Africa.

The aim of the two day meeting is to build consensus on the requirements for strengthening Africa’s domestic private sector to respond to the investment opportunities in sustaining the CAADP momentum.

The meeting falls within the continued CAADP implementation support to public sector institutions and processes in transformative aspects including strengthening capability in planning, policy design as well as monitoring and accountability systems. Consequently, the meeting aims to facilitate the desired support to domestic private sector to strengthen and catalyse the growth of an able, profitable and competitive agro-industry on the continent

Representing the AUC and the NEPAD Agency during the opening of the meeting, Head of CAADP at NEPAD Agency, Mr. Martin Bwalya, assured the participants that the AUC and NEPAD Agency are committed to supporting the private sector in their contribution and involvement in advancing CAADP implementation.
He encouraged the meeting to put forward their proposals on how they would like to engage the AUC and NEPAD Agency based on the last 10 years of CAADP implementation.
At the end of the meeting, a communiqué will be issued showing clearly defined and implementable work streams meant to increase opportunities and to create an enabling environment for the growth of Africa’s agricultural-based domestic private sector.

For further information please contact:
Mr. Komla Bissi
AUC CAADP Advisor
Bissik@africa-union.org

Ms Carol Jilombo
AUC CAADP Communications Officer
Jilomboc@africa-union.org

Theme:Land Policy Initiative: Mainstreaming Land Policy and Governance in Africa’s Developmental Agenda

Text/Description: This workshop is organized to validate the reports on mainstreaming land Policy and Governance in the CAADP national agriculture and food security investment plans (NAFSIPS); and the report on land governance in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This event will be co-organized by the LPI and the Capacity Development Division of the ECA. The workshop will not only aim to review and validate the findings of the studies but provide inputs to frameworks for tracking progress in the implementation of land governance commitments in the context of the APRM and CAADP. The meeting will further outline actions needed to generate knowledge, promote advocacy and build capacity for regional and country level interventions in Africa.