NEPAD Today 05 June 2013

NEPAD Today

05 June 2013

Editor
Yinka Adeyemi
Assistant Editor
Meseret Arega
Editorial Board: Yinka Adeyemi (ECA), ADOU Jean Yves (AUC), Meseret Arega (ECA)

 

ECA and NEPAD Agency join with others to develop RECs' capacity

AU has prioritized the capacity enhancement of its key institutions including the Commission, NEPAD, Regional Economic Communities (RECs') and organs in advancing Africa’s renewal. This is amidst increasing demands on the AU and the need to accelerate the implementation of the Continent’s regional integration agenda in line with the Abuja Treaty and the Sirte Declaration. Additionally, the AU Minimum Integration Programme (MIP) defines some key and basic targets to guide the integration process. To support the AU’s capacity development objective towards realizing Africa’s transformation through system-wide capabilities, the 14th Assembly of the AU of February 2010 endorsed the Capacity Development Strategic Framework (CDSF), as Africa’s policy reference and common approach to address capacity constraints. It is against this backdrop that in 2010, the African Union Commission (AUC) and NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) launched a Multi-agency Capacity Development Support for RECs (M-CDP) targeting the enhancement of the human, institutional and knowledge-based capacity to enhance the delivery of regional integration. The initiative is supported by the Continent’s major regional development partners, involving UNDP, WBI, UNECA, ACBF and AfDB, in a quest for greater coordination, collaboration and synergy to help spur Capacity Development (CD) efforts of RECs'.

Source: http://www.africa-platform.org/resources/au-multi-agency-capacity-development-support-programme-recs-programme-concept

 

Banking on Africa's economic boom

In the last 10 years, Africa has become one of the most dynamic regions in the world. A combination of natural and human resources has fuelled huge investments from both traditional and emerging powers.
As the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) kicks off in Yokotama in Japan, South2North takes a look at how Africa can best benefit from its current economic boom. And we ask: Can Africa turn this boom into a repeat of Asia's economic miracle?
Redi Tlhabi talks to Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, the former prime minister of Niger and CEO of the NEPAD Agency.
"When NEPAD was created in 2001 Africa was looking like Greece today, which means that the quality of our public management systems was low, our capacity to think strategically was low, and the inclusivity of our public policy design and implementation processes was low. In 12 years now, these things have been transformed," Mayaki says.
For full story: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/south2north/2013/05/2013530123724878672.html

The rise of Africa: prospects for economic cooperation and development

As the African Union (AU) celebrates 50 years since the formation of the Organization of African Unity, economic observers are keeping an eye on the continent’s enormous growth potentials. After long being considered “the hopeless continent”, Africa’s notable growth rates and economic resilience have shifted attention towards “the rise of Africa”. Recent developments represent foundations of a long-term economic transition and opportunities for intra-African economic integration. Through its vibrant role at NEPAD, Egypt attempts to enhance the actualization of this transition through progressive cooperation initiatives.
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, Africa sustained average growth rates of more than 5% a year, while following a fairly consistent growth path. Moreover, Africa dominated the list of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies between 2001 and 2010, where 6 African states (namely, Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Mozambique and Rwanda) contributed to the list. Most importantly, these strong measures were not merely driven by higher prices of primary exports. Indeed, Africa achieved improvements in macroeconomic policy which enabled it to maintain economic growth and stability, even in the wake of a sovereign debt crisis at its major trading partner (the Eurozone crisis).
For full story: http://www.egyptforeignpolicy.org/2013/05/29/the-rise-of-africa-prospects-for-economic-cooperation-and-development/

Upcoming events (some dates or venue may change)

  1. 48th NEPAD Steering Committee meeting – Dakar, End of August/Sept 2013
  2. Seminar on Advancing Regional Integration through NEPAD Implementation: Learning Event on Comparative Analysis of African-European Integration Studies September 2013 South Africa.
  3. Africa-NEPAD Week at 69th UN General Assembly (mid-October 2013)
  4. 21st Africa Partnership Forum – Dakar (tbc) November 2013
  5. High Level Summit and Business Conference on Africa’s Domestic Resource Mobilzation (DRM) November 2013)
  6. 5th GEO Health & Environment Community of Practice (CoP), 23-25 July 2013, Washington D.C., USA.


A production of the RCM-Africa Secretariat, AU and NEPAD Support Team, Capacity Development Division (CDD),
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Director: Adeyemi Dipeolu
Email: ecanepad@uneca.org