West Africa

ECA disseminates the ASDI and AGDI in Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou, 2 November 2015 (ECA) - A session of public education on the African Social Development Index (ASDI) and the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI), was held on Thursday, October 29, 2015, at the Palm Beach Hotel in Ouagadougou under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). This session was run by three ECA experts, Mr. Florent MELESSE, Economic Affairs Officer at the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mrs. Iris MACCULI and Mrs.

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Francophone Africa at the School of Vital Statistics

Yaoundé, October 19, 2015 (ECA) –  A workshop for Francophone experts in Africa on the Africa Programme on Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (APAI-CRVS, in English) organized by the Regional Support Group made up of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees will be held on November 2-6, 2015 at the Hotel Mont Febe in

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The ECA strengthens the WAEMU capacities on the ASDI

Niamey, October 16, 2015 (ECA) Providing guidance for African States and the Regional Economic Communities forms one of the mandates of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. It was with this perspective that, on the request of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) the ECA decided to strengthen the capacities of a dozen of its executives on the African Social Development Index (ASDI), in particular on the application of the methodology for calculating this Index for a community space.

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Mainstreaming of International Initiatives in Mining Policies in West Africa

Dakar, October 13, 2015 (ECA). The domestication of international and regional initiatives in the mining sector policies, laws and programmes of actions by member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was at the center of discussions in the framework of a “High-Level Dialogue on Harmonized Policies for Natural Resource Management in the ECOWAS Zone”.

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Fruitful exchanges between Ms.Giovanie Biha and the Niger authorities

Niamey, October 8, 2015 (ECA) - In Niger for an official visit of four days since Sunday, October 4, the Deputy Executive Secretary for Knowledge Delivery of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ms. Giovanie Biha, completed this visit with an audience granted to her by the Prime Minister, Head of  Government, His Excellency, Mr. Brigi Rafini.

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Harmonizing policies for the management of mining resources in West Africa

Niamey, 19 September 2015 (ECA) - The meeting for the High-Level Dialogue on Harmonized Policies for Natural Resource Management in West Africa, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, based in Niamey, will be held on October 6 - 7, 2015 in Dakar at the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP).

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Produce quality country profiles that conform to international norms and standards

Abidjan, 16 September 2015 (ECA) - The Focal Points for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) from Capo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia,  Guinea, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal, countries for which the development of profiles is programmed for 2014-2015 as well as the Focal Points from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),  from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and from the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT), closed their meeting in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) with the Sub-

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