3rd Ordinary Session of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Intercontinental and Interegional Infrastructures and Energy

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June 28, 2021 to June 30, 2021

3rd Ordinary Session of the AU STC-TTIIE

WHAT: The 3rd Ordinary Session of the AU Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, and Energy (STC-TTIIE).

THEME:   The Role of Infrastructure & Energy In The Post Covid-19 Africa:
       Towards Sustainable Economic Recovery, Resilience, Jobs, Industrialization
       & Trade.

Media opportunities include:
• Access to virtual official opening ceremony of the 3rd STC-TTIIE
• Interview with AU officials and Member States

WHEN:   The STC-TTIIE will take place in two parts:
   Expert Session 28th – 29th June 2021
   Ministerial Session 30th June 2021

Time: 12:00 - 15:00 East African Time

WHERE:

Virtual- via zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYoc-qvqDsoHNJyx3tbkN_by-jH3GkYrXn0
Livestream (for ministerial session): https://livestream.com/accounts/2466140/events/9688364

WHO:

The 3rd STC-TTIIE is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

OBJECTIVES:

The overall objective of the STC-TTIIE meeting is to evaluate the implementation of the specific activities in infrastructure and energy sectors since the last ordinary session of the STC held in Cairo, Egypt, in April 2019, and agreeing on specific interventions as way forward.

Participants:

Participants at the 3rd STC-TTIIE will be drawn from Ministries responsible for Transport (i.e. Air, Road, Railway and Maritime Transport), and Energy sectors in all African Union Member States, RECs, regional development banks and financial institutions, and continental specialized organizations. Besides, representatives from development partners and international organizations engaged in transport and energy will also attend.

Journalists are invited to attend and cover the opening ceremony of the Experts and Ministerial Sessions from 28 - 30 June 2021 starting from 12:00am respectively.

Draft working programme is attached

For additional information on the STC:
Mr. Atef Marzouk, Acting Director, Infrastructure and Energy Department,
African Union Commission
Email: MarzoukA@africa-union.org; Tel: +251 11 518 2414