MEDIA ADVISORY

INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

WHAT: The 2nd Annual Conference of the African Union Partnerships Coordination and Interactive Platform (AU-PCIP)

THEME: “LET’S ACT’

WHEN: 20th -22nd November 2018

WHERE: Swiss Spirit Hotel – Accra Ghana

WHO: African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

Background and objective

The inaugural African Union Partnerships Coordination and Interactive Platform (AU-PCIP) was held in Harare, Zimbabwe from the 18th to the 20th of December 2017. The main purpose of the meeting was to establish an African Partnerships Coordination Platform, through which all relevant stakeholders could develop a common understanding of how the AU plans and implements its development and integration agenda, identify the challenges and opportunities and facilitate possibilities for synergy building while avoiding duplication and conflicting engagements with partners.

The 2nd AU-PCIP Annual conference, titled ‘Let’s Act’, automatically symbolizes the strategic direction towards implementing the recommendations of the inaugural Annual Conference of the platform. The title defines a common approach that triggers the operationalization of AU-PCIP

The Conference will also provide an opportunity to:

Evaluate the implementation of the recommendations adopted during AU-PCIP inaugural conference;
Outline and discuss the different initiatives proposed by AU-PCIP Coordination Team to operationalize the platform with a view to enabling AU-PCIP stakeholders to submit proposals as part of AU-PCIP operationalization process.
Launch and adopt the Project implementation roadmap for the Partnerships Management Information System (PMIS),
Mobilize indigenous support for the actualization and operationalization of the AU-PCIP, build necessary Capacity around the functioning of the Platform and discuss the challenges and opportunities in engaging with partners.

Expected Outcome

Partnerships Management Information System (PMIS) launched through the adoption of PMIS project implementation roadmap.

A website to create and share content on partnership activities for AUPCIP hosted on AUC website https://au.int/, providing digital resource from which users can access information relating to the partnership activities
Indigenous support (Technical and Financial) for the actualization and operationalization of the AU-PCIP identified.
Capacity development needs and means of addressing stakeholders’ evident challenges in engagement with Partners identified.

Note to Editors:-

The African Union Strategic Partnerships Office is responsible for the overall vision, strategy and coordination of the strategic partnerships between the African Union (AU) and other parts of the world. These partnerships serve to address the needs of the African people and are aligned with the AU's development and integration strategy, Agenda 2063.

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Faith Adhiambo| Communications Officer- Agenda 2063 | African Union Commission I E-mail: ochiengj@african-union.org

For further information: Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Website: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

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