Rabat, 12 December 2015 (ECA): ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary for Knowledge Delivery Giovanie Biha visited Morocco on 8-11 December 2015 for the first time since her appointment in April 2015.
Rabat, 5 December 2015 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) organized, in partnership with the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) a workshop under the theme “Harmonizing Customs Procedures and the Customs to Customs Exchange of Electronic Documents”, on 2-4 December 2015 in Casablanca.
Rabat, 3 December 2015 (ECA): Which kind of rules of origin can help boost trade in Maghreb countries? From 30 November to December 1st in Casablanca (Morocco), the Economic Commission for Africa (Office for North Africa) held a capacity-building workshop on rules of origin. Organised within the framework of ECA’s cooperation with the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), this training aimed to support the Maghreb Working Group on Rules of Origin in setting up a protocol in this field.
Rabat, 27 November 2015 (ECA): China is Africa’s first trade partner but ranks behind the United States, European countries and India when it comes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa, said ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes Thursday 26 November in Marrakesh (Morocco) at the 2015 Sino-African Entrepreneurs Summit (SAES 2015).
Rabat, 23 November, 2015 (ECA): ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes will visit Morocco on 24-27 November, to take part in the 2015 Sino-African Entrepreneurs Summit and meet several Moroccan ministers and high level officials.
According to FAO, reducing gender inequalities regarding access to resources, services and employment could develop the agricultural production of these countries by 2.5 to 4 per cent, and globally help to reduce the number of people suffering from hunger by 100 to 150 million. But the reality on the ground is quite different. Women living in rural areas face many obstacles, mainly in their access to education and schooling, employment opportunities, land ownership and access to other productive resources such as all forms of financing.
This document contains a synthesis of the outcome of research performed on the existence of youth rights among young people aged 15 to 24 in the five countries of the Arab Maghreb Union in the framework of the International Year of Youth 2010-2011. This study entitled “Being young in the Maghreb” was commissioned by the North Africa Bureau of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/NA) in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union with support from UNICEF and UNESCO.
Rabat, 28 October 2015 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa launched Wednesday 28 October in Rabat (Morocco) a North African private sector workshop on the challenges of trade integration within the context of the African Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).