Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized a one-day External Peer Review Meeting on Diversity Management in Africa, at the United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 8th of March 2011.
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The Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre for Eastern and Southern Africa jointly organized a Workshop on “Harmonizing the Mauritius National Plan of Action (NPoA) with the existing development strategies and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)” in Domaine Les Pailles, Mauritius from 23 to 24 April 2012.
It became clear soon after the Peer Review that as important as the task of preparing the CSAR was for the countries involved, the real challenge was in implementing the NPoAs. Among the important preconditions for this, was to: ascertain by how much the NPoAs had added to the nation’s development funding need, determine how the funds to cover the additional costs would be raised and from where, include the NPoA into the national budget and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, ensure that the NPoA was actually implemented, and finally to properly monitor and evaluate it.
Under the auspices of the New Partnership for Economic Development (NEPAD), the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was launched in March 2003 as a selfmonitoring instrument voluntarily acceded to by member States of the African Union. The mechanism has been described as ‘Africa’s Innovative Thinking on Governance’ and it is seen as a double contract between African governments and their citizens, on the one hand, and between Africa and its development partners, on the other.
What is the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)? Why was it created? What are its historical antecedents? What are its implementation achievements, challenges and opportunities? Where will it take Africa, if faithfully implemented? These were the overarching questions that prompted the holding of the workshop on “APRM Best Practices and Lessons Learned” by the APRM Support Section, Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD), of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
The main objective of the study is to bring to the attention of relevant entities the various angles that the APRM could be harnessed to foster a concrete transformation in the management of mineral resources in Africa. This transformation is intended to create the social compact that is needed to strengthen accountability in order to ensure that mining generates better development outcomes.
The purpose of this parliamentary document is to review the state of implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), in particular the National Programme of Action (NPoA), and the role that civil society can play in ensuring that the NPoA is comprehensively implemented. The document assesses this important concepts and processes in the context of the Developmental State, illustrating the potential of APRM to foster and propel States towards achieving this status through building and gainfully utilizing important partnerships with civil society.