NEPAD Today
NEPAD Today 06 November 2013
In this issue:
- NEPAD to promote cassava value chain
- UNGA debates partnership for African development
- AU marks Africa Food & Nutrition Security Day
NEPAD Today 06 November 2013
In this issue:
- NEPAD to promote cassava value chain
- UNGA debates partnership for African development
- AU marks Africa Food & Nutrition Security Day
Partnerships with the UN System
In recent years, the UN System has emerged as one of the major pillars of international support for the AU and NEPAD programme. The nature and scope of that support has broadened in the past few years, encompassing a variety of activities including technical assistance for institutional development, capacity-building, project development, resource mobilisation and advocacy.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) signed the Declaration on Enhancing UN-AU Cooperation: Framework for the Ten-Year Capacity Building Programme for the AU in 2006.
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a Programme of the African Union (AU) that seeks to eradicate poverty, place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development, build the capacity of Africa to participate actively in the world economy and body politic, and accelerate the empowerment of women.
Addis Ababa, 24 May 2013 (ECA) - The 47th meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee kicked off on 23 May 2013 in Addis Ababa, with the demonstration of an information database on the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
The Virtual PIDA Information Center (VPic), which was presented by NEPAD Agency CEO Ibrahim Mayaki is a multilingual, multimedia web-portal on the activities of PIDA. The portal includes details about projects and status of implementation.
Addis Ababa, 26 May 2013 (ECA) - Ethiopia’s State Minister for Agriculture, Mr Wondirad Mandefro has praised ECA for its transformative system wide and prospective approach that has contributed to the success story of some MDGs in Africa, while encouraging the Commission to capitalize on cross-country learning for the continent’s agricultural and rural transformation.
Douala, 11 February 2014 (ECA) - Upon arrival in Cameroon on his first working visit to Central Africa, today, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Carlos Lopes, told the press that Central Africa is a sub-region with enormous potential for to help the continent achieve is Agenda 63 project.
Addis Ababa, 23 May 2014 (ECA) - President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a Summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar.