ECA technical cooperation report 2012

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Economic Commi.uion for Africa

ECA Technical Cooperation Report

2012

Table of Contents

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l keyICcompllltllllllllllndmlIttiby~. . . . ._•._._. _2 A. Economlc«.dopmmland NEPAD __.. . .._.._ .._.._ ._... _.._. 2 8. "-ll«Urllyand JUJ<Ilnlblo<I_lop.., ! _ _ .._ .._ .._ _ . _..5 C. "'--i",lJIl"IdJI'""W"CCun<! public admlnIJl..dnn _ _ .. _.._ 8 O. Inl'orrution

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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AfricanOinwcPolicy Cenl", Afii<:an_Cmr~.lOr SoaWtia N'ria.n ~m"m foNm AfricanGcodctic 1l.&n:DCCFrame Mric2n C.nde and ~Iopnvnr I*"

African ~Iopm.m Bank

AIiic.=Group on G.nd.rSol1slla Afria.nMJncnb IXvclopmcnl Q,nrn:

Africa Minlll8 VIsion

Africal'ropaJtuM on Genck, Sa,iltla AfrianPeu Rnkw Mechanism

AsKssing RqionaIlnlC&f1loon in Afria AfriaTrackForum

African UntonAdvito'1Board on Corruprlon Afric:ao Uoion Commiaion

Afric:anWOtMlI', Righl;:l:O~{O"

Bio-Mcdiod Enginttling

Comp«hrnsivor AfricaAgricuhun: Orvf,lopmcni ~c ConliMn~ Frtt TtlIde~

CommiloJion for Gendcl" f..qlWil}' COOition lOrDWogueon Africa

Common Maru. for Wtml andSou~

Mrka

Ovil R.cgisualionandViralSradstla OvUSodayOrpnluliolU,

Crou-Seaorall'bnnin& Group Onen Locust Control O.goniution

East

A£rlcanCommuniI)'

Elonomic Commission fotAfrica

Economic Community

ofumral

African^5o:)lelI

&:Gnami, Clmmlli$ion for

Eu'OIJC'

Economic Communlry OrWellAfrican SillIes ACPC

A05

ADF

AFR£F ACOI AIDS AGGS AMDC AMV APGS MRM AJUA

m

,\U·ABC

Aue AWOO

SME

CMDP

eFTA

eGE

CoDA COMESA

eRVS

050

O5PG

DELCO

EAe ECA

ECCAS

'CE

'COWAS

ERA &onomil:Jlqlon ^01>Mica

ESCWA ~and.$oc:ialCommusioolOr WesumAsia

FTA frctTradeAla

GFMD GIoba!Forum oa Mlgndon:and DndDpmm(

Glf,K$MTF Grvupan01l d'lnmmEc:ooomiquel -K.en.i:;mSyllWlMambfT~rf n Fill HIJ> Hith I..rid P3neI

ICPD Inln....<iorWConf.:m.«^()ll PopuWion and DI-wIop<mn(

ICf Infomu.<ionandCommunicationTechnology IFF IUich FilWlcial

Ro..s

10M Intu~rioruJOrpniution for Migl:l.tion lPA [nMMIion Prill: lOr AfriCl

In"i1ul~ for SecuritySrudicl [nnonlOrSumm~rxhool2012 Joint FlnandngArrangcmcm

Landl'ullqInltiati~

Millennium DevdopmcnlGoal

MiniRry ofFlnanceand I:Xvdopmm(Pbnnin~

MutualRLviewofDew:lopmenI~

N<w

PartncnbipforAIiieJ',Dndopmmt Non-JOVCmmrnlOrpniution

NJlionallNOrmadonTechnolosrDndopmenlAgency Afiimn In,dkaual PropenyOrpnizmon

OrpniAdon or Economic: Coopcmk>nand DNdopmtftl I'bpulalionandHOUJinsCcnswa

Private Publk Partnership

ReponalCOOrdi....tlonMcdwtWn

SouthctnAIiiea Devdopmcnt Community Small MicroandMnliumEmcrprncs SYilCIIl

of

Na'ioruJ A«:otinu

Sub R.eJioruJ Offi«

TI\BI Funds

Unil~ N.otioruDcparuncnl ofEc:onomkand.$oc:ialAf&in-

Unl,~ Nalionl DtvdopmmtProgramme Unll«! Natiool PopulallonFund

ECA l.-alCoDpIo ...

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lei MDG MFPD MRD' NEPAD NCO NITOA OAPI DEeD

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UNOESA UNO' UNFPA

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UNHCR UNICEF UNITAR UNSC WHO XB

Un..fd N.111Ofll Hlp Commlllioncr _~r RdUp Unlltd NatioNChlldrm Fund

UnIlN N4llona [n..llUlIofTr,.jnl~ and ~.d1 U~ Sfaultlnl Comm'-Ion

World H.alth O....nlunlon E>.tn B~dfll'l.".

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Introcluction

11IiI ., 1M thin:! rq><>n on """ EO Tnut FurwU :lnd T~rUcaI OXIp"r:llion al;fivllie:l ur>a ,ho:

Winchincof ,he 2010 - 2012 ECA Bmin. . Vbn. 1ht: rq>c>rrprr;stn1J ~ p~made: In 2012 In

~impkmcm:arioo ofECA Tcdl.nictJ Coopu,arion Tnue Fund aaMllu, rocuAngonfhe nulll rGlllf' andacmmpllshmmlland _~

dWIrnF:and

1rsoon.1~. The: ~ abo hlghliIhu ehe impofQnC1Eof^{I m l .}putDttlhip'and dialogue in the _dd~ of mullS;:lnd prar:nll theR:alUi of fundilll JUpporr ft'CCi"Cdfrom EOparuK""duri"Krhc _~os pcrlod.

The reporl II

orpnixd

in th_ chaplClS. The 61Sf duple providcJ an ovuvicw ofdie llallll of programme impkmcnl1lion duri"'S the _~nS period. II :obo highlizhu: !he ruulu:. clWkngu and ImoM kasnr =ordecl within ,ho:seven lh.:malic:ataJ of ECA""'Oril programme. QaplCrIWO oUllina!hevariou:J; drom and_iniua<~ undcrukcn toWl1loOtida~Ind RrtlI£lho:npmnmhlpe: and n'llf fund manllgcmc!lC pl'OC<'SSC.i. The Ian d\ap!er provida:on _~ofXB n:soulUl in lum.of comribullollf rcceivc-d from pannen. funding distribulion by lhanafK areal and anal".ofIUnds

uliliulionduring 2012.

l'he ImporrallCC ofex,ra budga.uy (XB) t<:5Ourca In rhc (Mfa/I ECA walk programme: cannoc be OvCr(mph.llliwl. lhea.-allabilily ofXB moDlll<:CIfrom pannenIwenabled1MCommWion10

eany

QUI hi priority ICrlvilia _~nd IUpond dfcalvdy 10 emcrgins dcvdopmClll iIaieI. IUCh illdwglobal economic crises and lhe Impacl of climatechange impacu fa(ingme conlinml.

ECA conrlnucd ¹⁰ forge smtcgic a1JLanccs with a number of pmnroo 10 adVlin\% the

Mrlcarl

dcvclopllll:nr agenda..TheCommwionabowminued'0whncN /IOlIble lmprovantnll in 11.panna ,cLnlolll, l""1.icuWly innurrutlnsnew partnenhlps. The procasand !WU,eofECA cng;oscmml ...

abocooI"Cd10apha.c chaBae.iu:dby

u..

In,e..kpcnder>ceofdforu and~nis:and the frankand pcrlodk dlalope with puuu:n .00 .ukchokkn regarding thdr _\QpccII~lnlCtUlJ,

Cf,)\'ICC:''''

^and

aKInibulions.

"Tht mhinccd In•

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ca.potci.,. 1ft TtuJI FIlOO (TF) _l1WI~tU,inaaxd tnmpan:ncy, timely

",porlin"andIa.Ollntabili.,.lOr FUnck bawhdpcd.oboc-r. panncr (Cln.6dem>o in rhcComm~

Siml1u!y, ~ o;onAl/ca~ and rnlcw n-nnp widl

fund1n&

^{putnc" and odw:r oakchoklcn}

...,~^...CCf"~IDc:ominuoed~"""1. ~ impaa ot>d dfccd...rldi"",,of-.l...

The Commiaionaka!hil oppoIffmi.,.torhank

aD

rhcpumcndwsupported1.duri,,!l:hcrqlOfrinc pmod. panlal1ulychc~ofAwtnUa.Canada. Dcnmadl, Frnbnd. Nor

n,.

^{S.cdro. the}

Unhed Kingdom,I I-U I I the Ewupcaa Union,Thefundingmel udtnicaI support ra:dved from dt_pan",,"CIYbIcdECA^IDdcqJcnif$workinthe Idemi6cdpriori.,.an:uandpvc iltheflaibili.,.

10 ~nd adcqlllldy 10 CltlCI&iIll iIIulS WI coWd . - hm:: bern eapwmI in • ""tic pla.nIlUrc fnm~'"

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I. Key accomplishments and results by thematic areas

A. Economic development Ind NEPAD

The C.olmnlalon'.mdn...In

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«:onGmlcdc.dop.nmlandrk Ne-w

Putnalhlp *

^Afna~

o-Iopmall (NEPAD) hallroc:.-don pl'OlOodlll_~Ido, Mnle-pa.and~"'.

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:1 and rndcr'knullYCltunllUblc lVOWlh, cmpao,.lMIll aaoo.andpoou

I' ft'ducno....w.

^dloc_KlII

of ,he Millennium IXvdopmcnl Goals(MDC.)andodwr inIGN'_

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ECA hal comlnued to comribuu, 10 rhe~

01'

dtarnprc:ud ~ rbll 11 nunlber ofJp«lficOOlpull, 1Ir.lI.,p:aaMtiosandWFcd ••• onlliolMdl.1uw_bd In ...

da'l'iopn,cnI OUlCOnK'l

to.

member SanG.

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map.

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_ lhe production of

me

annuallbplp pubiladoQ • f.mttomk

IVpon

on Afiica 2012 (ERA 2012) unda 1M thctM "UrJ-J,;",

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~ ~ G~·. launched duri"l dw joint ann-J F.cA and AUCConfnmteofMlniltrn, In Much 2012. the! policy.-m~

as ^let forth In ERA 2012 Hlmub,ed t1vdr dlK"uion and _ Intmidy ddibcnlnl dUOnllhil Conk.cnce. !'olleymakm,_pnva~~.eMIlOdc:t)

&netOtha'su.kcholdcn^at the 11II1100.1,qional and^CDminmw ~1II.d1

1/1 deodopmml pulMn .IImckd lhc Tnft'tinl.Africln mlnlMcn of~

"':"T-1'ca

commc:nted dw ERA 2012 w» timdy and pminml.Mt..lbt.SW'"'

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Bank

WO'I

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ECA.

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cl&-icCoopcmion

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ECA TechniclllCooperalillnR8port - 2012

p""",,ntcd COUntry nOles on six COWlll"ies, n='Idy Cameroon, the Democr.l.tic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niga, Sudan and Zambia. The report was widely disseminated ^to poliey make" and the public; and hdpcd member Stares understmd the various nr.negies Ihey could apply to addras <he problem of youth unemploymentinAfrica..

In oroe! to improve member Saces' capacity co develop, implement md monicor policies conducive to in~ing fit=l'" md invesonent opportUnlcies. ECA undcllook sllCCeaFuI capacity"building workshop. for mobilizing domestic and external resources for d~lopment which usulted in the Identification of priotlly :>aions thac should be considered to implO"e the mobiliz;lIion of both domesck md global fill:l.flcial resources tTom emerging coumries.

Finmcing for development was also high on the global agenda. ECA actively supponed member Sr::ates CO cope wilh the impaas of Ihe crisiJ.AI.a contribution 10 the formularion of Africa'. common posilion on the ongoing cJomu of the international financial architecture, ECA preparedarechnical

r=rchpaper on the td"orms, which pUt forward a K1 ofpolicy recommendalions 10 member Stales.

ECAalsoworked in collahora.tion withAVe,AIDB md UNDP 10 producemd dissemlrulle the 2012 editioo ofAMming ~ in AFIt IOwuJ INMilkn"illm DewftJpmtm GtwJs inorder 10 enhm", regional and nalionaJ capacity to design, implernc:nt and monicor poHd<':S to achieve the MOCs.The

provided information on the regional p~ towards the MOCs andalsoon policy direction in the areas of financing and the implicatiOlu of bt=<kr institutional and social issues

such as poordar::a collection :mdsoci.>J ioequ.ality impeding pr<>g=s 10'0Wrds the

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The MOC report was submitted to the Confeten", of Mlni.sters of Finan""

Plaoning :md Economic Devdopmenl in March 20 I2, where the chaUeng<':S of tnelI'ting puformancctargetswere di.K:ussed and member Sr::atd urged 10 pursue more Slrategic and Imegr:ncd approaches 10 the deHvery of5Ocia.I ..,rvie:es. The rq>Ortalso identified and putforwardalternative sources of financing to buffer national economies &om exogenous shocks whilst maintaining 5ufficienl5Ocia.I spending. Member Sr:aIG echoed the need fot stronger government policy rt'Sponses to tackle the region's slow progress cowards_~Itainmenr of_th~ MOC5 and also co focus on adoptlng acommon African pos.ioon on the post-2015 developmenr agenda^&0as^toelUut~thar AtTica's priorities arebetterdected. In oroe! to warrant wide. dissemination, access and read~rship, apoliey blie!" was derived from th~"'poII, which .mccincdy capturt<l the key iuucsand •..,nds of

progress on MDG. in the ..,gion.1hcpolley brief conlained a cona..." of polley OptiOIU to sustain

and fasT tradr. MDG progress in Afiica.

ECAalso continuedtoadvance consulr::aoow- 00 articulatiog an African posllion on the developmenl agend~beyond 2015.Two5ubregional consultallons, whe.., keystakeboldl'n ddiber.ned on the posc·

2015 agenda, were hdd.Th~ oU!com~of these consultations rc:suhed in the contribution of ECA 10 th~ te:pon, •lkyIJrui2015: A Fwul't U"imi Naliims IRwftJpmmf AgmJa-. In addition, ECA mivc:/y supponed the United N~tlor1$&cretary·Gc:rn:n!'s High-kvc:l Panel on th~ Post-20l5 agenda in its

~ffol'tS CO evaluat~ the results and achievem~ntsofth~ MOCs and advise the Sc:cte:rary·G~oen!on th~global development fr.unework beyond 2015.A5. the result of me work undena.l<c:n in the above- mentlonal areas, ECA has continued 10 re<:;eive u:qUe:'!iU tTom member Sr:ac<':S 10 _provld~ technic:tJ

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• ECA dxKdd Nnbtr M"nphm mwda - " and bdp UdCl'II'" md aapport Africa'i pll'iIWl In lnlmlliional

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a.miuwomu.1hnriaIIIIftd 10Ina_dIDmIIll UnPJ-the.1 ....llabililJ' and ~;CJ of'-fint;tlau~tIUa thr RCM-Africa haw: us..

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1IIduditll die MDCL 11Ik IIIwxIapladpoblcm_~dlfcommallandnotMQ'M'Irily uaiqut ¹⁰

ECA. CoUtctinI

prinwy cba -.lei laIlIin:: upUftant timr and &JYnciaI

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lk>>dopmonl plan,u","~11 build!nc .and eN ptO'I'iskMl 01 ;addldoGal ~I lOr t«IonI policy ~I, implnrvptllrion and

IIIOfIitorint- ",. .,m.

£CA proridcd tKhnic:al :U1'IQIlOe til Djibouli, NipI'. 1lw;CunbU. Ghana.

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ni_ d _ of RCM~ ~ tkmand-dri... buoinr:a pW.s, dum;(

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andbUIDUI riPlilDsupport

AU Md NEPAD. WoRbtt1wId...handwith AU. the:McdwlilmaIIo proridul(ffixtj" KChniaI 1UflPKt, bulIt t:apKky and ~:UMI ~ oa bdWf ofAliicai regional and suboqionaI OIpIIiI;uklr1ia.A-ottplan dieIlIOIChWlm de"Iord,tobo.aiId eNapxityofAUCaadill<><pAS.k

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chaJkngn.Glvm INimporuna:ofckvdopmmlfin;UKCaIM!~continen,"s YUlnmtbilKy 00 QIiel'lU!shocb.~"IInud^R)allocn~ ad~qlla...li.nan.ciaI raou~ 00 .beDi....ion tomabie,it 10repond mmninsfullyand Balbly 10 the [ncrcalingdc:mand$pIxedontM

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B. Food security and sustainable development

Under this wllUdc ala, theCommission c.ominuecl lu dfims by undc:rulc.ing muhipk :aaiYitiQ

rowuds ""mgthmiRJ !he apxiry ofmerooo- Sala 10 IOrmul.alc ^:and lmplcrnc:nr IOUnd potide$,

IU:ltepesandprogrunma10addn:a theclWlcngcsof

food

llU«U,ltyandJtWainabic~~I in

Mria, whilst

addtuaing

the

du.l1rnga

ofclimatechange.

The Commission publiWd the fourth iK~ of 1M SustaInable [)c..dop~nt Rq>on on AfriQl (SDRA IV) on the thcnw, "Managing AAlai narural raoura: batt; fur $UJW~lc ~lopmc:nl·.

IupUI ofthis process. ECA has developed a comp~hclUh'C^{I n} of IndiclIo", On Y;Ior'O...iUp«Uof lustaill<lbk: d~lopmenl. CTUCj;,j for _ing prograa ~tds swalnablt deY(lopmem in Afria..

The ldcntificalion. development and amIysls of11lIlalnabk dC'Vdopmcnr IndiC<llOl1 carried 0111 iU an

im~ral partofprcp.1rlnlllhc Suswnabk Dev.:lopmem _~pon lipllficantly contributed to Infonning Mrla's ddibc",IKm,In (ll'qmlliion fur, and^II, RkH20.

In prq>ar.l.{lon for the Rio.20 rYI«Ilng held In JUIlC' 2012 In Bruil, ECA worked dO$dy with AUe,

AiDB

and other ~gional and lnrernational organit.llkml ro spearhead a bollom-up and multi_

stakeholder _~8ional PrqY.lr:llOry proeat for the eonrerellce. Working thtollgh an Intcr.;r8ency steering committee,

EGA

proYldcd t~hnieaJ support ro me Afriean group or negotiators Hr ensure Ihat AfrlCli was adequately tq)frXntM at both political alld technlc:a.llcYw during the Conference:.

$eYcr:rlsupportlYC sldc cYcnu Induded an Afrk:::i Day md joint exhibitions. Ind ad\lOClCY material IUch ...

an Africa ConKnsw Stillemcm to Rio.20, as wt;1l as brochutcl Ind InAcoon Africa's persp«dves on the conference, wt;re widely dlstrib<,rtM. A$ a ruuh of lhese effom, the Rio.20 OUtc.omc document, lhe future ^WI';walll- la!Jdy addresseand reAC(1$Arr!ar'1 conoel1lland prioriticl

N a F"oJlow up to Rio.20. EGA. jointly wim AUe,

AIDB

and me Uniud NaoollJ Dcpanmcn. or

Econom~and Social AfF.airs (UNDESA) orpnizcd th.c IWCnl;nh _ion or th.c Afiia Rqpo.w Implementation MeeulIJ(A&la

RJ

M) or dl(: UnilM Nuioos Commiulon on Swtalnabk ~pmem

(UNCSO)in Nowanbn 2011. The RlM aOop(cd an

OUICOI1\C document dcWIilllAfrica'i poIitionon rhc Imin OUtcomesof100+20. including the High_Uwd PoIirial Forum on ~ Ik¥dopmem and meSustainablc Dew:Ioprnmt Goals, robe:IUbmincd fur endonemmr at dlc forthmmlng AU Summit in

,JanlW}'

2013.

•

•

!:CUId ' pc

ECA woork on

PfO-in&

^{M ..I..p:} r-t and .,wnINnl nI..., do.;l\1 IOaued Of!

cnh.ncins

^dw

capedl}'ofAfrlcan_pol:~ 10mallUlJ't>U1lp.>Iky aIeUUIl:SlOrdot« ^!Ifrna.aDd

r-iOduo'

of tgkubunl

n111C'

^cbalnsInIO 'lJiallllnIpol.ldoswkhill dotUIIKl:Doflhr_~Africa

A&riCW'Uft' Orwdopmcnl PropvDmo: (CMDP). 1lIIer Mnlqic pumcnbip; wac cst:ablUMd 10

pnwiIk ,...001

auppon

10fl\C'f!lbrrSuleland d>c~ ~armmunilieJ(RI.Q;)OIlnb:

dWn ck-.:dopnlChf. PanicipulaIndacpannmbjpIinclude-m.,AU lIIRr'Mrican Bwaub AAinAI

ReIou~ 1M African, Caribbean and P-c:l6c

Ewvt-n

Uaioa TdnicaI Cenuor; b Ap::uItuIllI and Rural

Cn" ,..

ion; 1M

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Group Of! lIIw"MiouaI

AfriaotnanIlanrdr:

and dac CoNortium of In_liona[

Acri"'dNnl

Raoard. C... _(~

me

Africa RICE Ccru...., the lnu=nl:Adon.d hUUl\lIcfoITIOfI'IaI _~(lIT,\)aud

w

IDIemM' I_~ ban:b lIulkulC (ItRl).

FunMrmo,."ECA

prodllml.

~an

·Rnhinlrias

ofAIiian Agiadnm:andRunlItlRlfQrmulon In 1M Global CoaICD:~0pp0rtun1tIes and PaIiq0p00m-. 1hr~inlbc...,..

s!ob'l

co,nal. La Intmdnt ... dol:_~ ofAfiic:::an politymakc:n"'-'I die: ^lIflPK)' and n«d 10 ac:akn,e: a(Vbl,"",) aDd nmI ~ ill A£ric:a.The:"'PO" rdkac:el Of! NEPADfCAADI' .. wdJ .._lillOmilnllhe:

c:Wt1n&

NEPAD Run!r~^F..cu:aaDd lhc:iIlmplc::DatAlion~. ^to pnMdc: dol:P""'""W' SO: c:ounu1 c:uc:updatc:el

.u

suodio.^lOrbucd on^IUrther which aalonablc:rtaIlIImc:adadonsand

WFfCd

^priori.,. ~donIwuuId be made:. the:1WionaI,

IUbqjon.dand_{~ bm--=~}

InImnIofudlnM:&lRippon10

me:

Impkmm"'lionofthe:AU _~tItion OilLand, ECA undcrlOOk dlc: IOIkrwincKIi1idc:t: sludlcr on ~ c,1c: lwd·bua{ InvalllKQlllOprovide: rdw..lc:Infomwlon

10AfiianGowrnmalaQillandlil_tmenu.:COIll:mc m:ommc:ndaUornro

me:

^{landpolicyinilW:M}

(LPl) foe dw ckwdopmml ofsWdilll principia (Qt mu1mltlnl the: opponunides of_~ iltVaUBClllS,while:m.iaimiti",_Iro,cdrbblMudyon I.,.dt;OfIfUc:t.In

EaP Africa.

which1"000idord

conoac: l'CClOnunc:nd.llklllJ 10 African Cuvcrnme:na On how w m.lnurc:un mnR;a ~lioIo_ n:soIutirNI in land polley l"otmll1illon and lm~"'tlon; suody 011 women's land

richll, a-,'ped

10 alIOtd

Afinn

Go'i'Cmmma promlsl"l prxdca on Impr'O"lnlKCaS IQ Imd and ~in&

1md,;palOrAfrican WOIhl'll; _~I nudy on .suIe

land..bued

In"'eItIIXIIU. In addirioll,

ECA&c:i1ir:uaidoc: ftI2bIishmemof5 1 1 1 .pwlnenhlp1lOt1'l'IOU=mobili:Ationwithde.dopmmt

parmer$...do '"" UN·HJ!JilSlt. lhe GIob.J Land Tool NetwOrkandthe SwU.Atptq

for

~c

aI>d Gw>penrioll. Key d>m- I'\In.i", lhroush 1 ' - Ktlvillc:a lndudc:d malrutrl:Unu., bDd _ _ in _{~ .}pbnni. . ~/Ilwomen', land rlsha..d _~ ac:8p8dry Jc.odop....n.

&...<Hk.A rcdmiaJ aNCINIXItl ICpQf1 011 lindpolicyCIlf"dtydc:.dop.-nc n«clo

-t-..pporuw

pnlpIIUDCIMdx rqionaI andrlBdonalloewb _ _pnKIuud.

Conc....ninc

^{w;IIC:\' raourwck\doptnetll}

-.net

IlWUiC"lllClIC. many _~ wac Ilndc:nakm durlnl Ibc:rqJOf6l11pailld.dxItqratlIa~llldodcd:

• lmpnl""ed awualCMofIhcA&bnW:ucr \'Won 2025_~pollc:y

..ww.1n

^Namibia

• Enh>.ncaI ...rn_in~lOtdx ...

01

de,dlponc:lIlprojccuInSouthSudan

• En!wIadapcl.tyoidxGlobalEn'O'\lonm(n1

F..:IlkJ

\VIla'and MarineProjc:cIManagc:1'1

\., Africa

10 IltilbrappropriIIIc: mahodsof_101Nc;...Ju.ion of ...u:r o.nd _~em ...kuindwIr

P'o;ccu

ECA T.chnIcIlCucliitiillloi,Report - 2012

• The tcCIion on Hydropow<::rofthe World Woller lJevdopmem Rcpon 2014on the ,herne

"WaICTand Ene'V~ prrp:arMbyECA

•

The majot challen~ to agriculture~nd foodsccuril)' isthe: addiliooal ftqucso sn'=lcd by the IUcea.5ful con,uh~livc and technical meetings with the RECs .nd inlnn:tlion;r]

agrlcuhur:d~ud1ce'UUIIO cove' molT nr:ncgk agricultural commodities. A1~rno", ftqUesrJ havebeen m~d~fO include dlmaleand land iss... in thcI»sdine 51Udies. A key

les.sDn and rhe wayfOl-ro is10continue f1aibillry in thea1loa.tlon ofl'QOUtca,which

~PPlOlCh has b«n Important In~JlowingEOto rt$p<Indin.timclyand effiCienl ~I 10dcm~nd-drivcn mtUUII as well new andem~gpriorirks from member Stllel•

•

WIth regard'Qqu:>JiryrU[lIan'>!)"i. fOl decision ,upponandm:anagerncnr pracdce. rcmarbhlcprogrt)O h:u been nored. Concept notes. methodology and field wolk rclued

'0

ioJfand damage projem have been compkfcd and a workshop i. planned lOr Ihe beginning ol20lJ10fC\IlcwIh~ lindillgJ. Slmlt....ly.

COn<cp1

nofCS

on climale change on me WOller ruoutca of the Congo. Nile, and Zambai rivcr

baoins

have been p~ CounlryvUiuWCR" made and policy analyxs for the lIG'"lcultunl:lCClO' in ""nra.

M""l, and Mwwl havc begun. [npull and p~nralionswen: provided durln!> me United Nation$

Framework Con"enlioo on Climatt: Change workohop under the Nairobi WOlk Programme. The

"akeholder workshop On Swainable Ene'l!Y forAll(SEFA)waJiconducu:d nd a SEFA by2030wor4r p"'8",m""" dwgncd. T_lve Q)\Hlrty ""dies for collecrlng. ~n"")"l:lng ~nd dlsscmln~ling infunn:...ion on pw and CUn~nl praclla! aWpCl.Ilon :K'IlGns ~nd ^mnllIl'1$, including adap'~don pro)C'C~,.hon- andloog-Irnn ad.apc/,{ion.mucgicsand

Ioa.I

andindl~nOllS Imowkdge coveringhavecommenced.

• Enlw>ccd ECA puticip;nion in IDe United Nali011.l Wuer and ImproVl:d inlel.-;!u.Jle, wlbboralion within the Unilro Nations Rq;ion:ll Coordinalion ~kdwll,m with the WOIfCf lub-dwlellCmngaJ an eumplc

In larnJoflupponing member SUIQ '0 ImprtM: dicit capacity 10 mail'lMlQrn ditIUIle ehanU inlO dl'VClopmeni pollcic:s. lU'lllcgia and progmnma. ilUchoIdcr collluha,ions and needs lS5c:S$tnenlJ n:b.led 10n~tcofological andhydrologiaJdar:>.~ng.informotion l1Wlagemefll. upgrading oer<YQtb

and apaciry dcvdopm~nrwere compleled for EthiopD. !beGambia and Rwanda. lmpkmenlation of ,he plio, c:asc Sludia;n these thltt countries will tommCflOl: duting the lim qualm' of2013.

Funhermore. n~lJuscumenlS on dimale5CfVica in Moumbique. Zambia,M;abwi, Mu. Burldna Fuoand Core d'ivoirczrc.chcdulcd fur early2013.

1...:o.llly. ECA p"",idM key p.>.pcr1I ;>$inpul ^II) th~A.friaoll Group ofNcgnd~lo"¹⁰ bridge: knowledge gaps.and throughout the:Conf.:",oc.eofthePanics(CoP-IS)

period.

pruvidedlo:dInleaJ badstopping 10 suppon thencgvlillrion plOOtSl.

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ro.-

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10 en.ble ~ffi:«ive folloor-up and implen>clllaUon oftht Riot-20 OultofllCl iIli well IS

!O implement other planned Junai ...b!e d... dopmcnl :oaivitieo. 1his is panicubriy 10 beCulK of the inClUJing ftqUOlS from membn" SruesfollowingRio.20.

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In 2012. fCA rontinucd 10pl'OYidc Icchnical suppon roAfricancountries ro lOrm..wc. implement and cnIU:IIC indUJi~ and gcndcr-scnsilj~ ruUK>rW and scaor.J.l lnl'onmolion. communlation and -=Xnu,

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^itralcgy:and Zimbabwe compkccdn:vkwof Its nadonal ICTpolicy and plan.

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on ~~ fadUlalion Ihroop lc\e.-lnll(W:lllion CCftII'C$

10 Improve the pcrfonnana of Imall, micro and medium emCfprilCl (SMMEa). ^This iIapcaed ¹⁰ enhance lCCC$Iby SMMEi 10nwkcu al naliooal and ~ 1cYd$ for !heirproducu and5Cn'iecs Iltroo!;h rommun;ty leT cemrcs. The litM ph~ of lhe projccl wall compla....d by undcnalting an e-commcro:: rt'adinCSl-.ncnt amonlSMMEi;In &nlopbInd1hcGambia. Currenlly. lbeICCOnd ph:ucof lhe projccl.is underway In lhe ",meIWODClUntrlcs. focwlngonappliallon dcvdopmcnl and implcmcntadon.

Al the lubrcpona.l kod. ECA and AUC coordinaled Ihe dcvclopmcnr

or

I regional convcnlion oncybcr Iqlslalion. b.ucd on the conlincnt', nccdI and which Idhel'e$ 10 Ihe lcp.land rtgulafory requirancnoondccuonic tr.tnACI.iom, cybcr iCCurily and pclXlnal dlla protCC1ion. lhe guiddiJ\C:S and theronvmtion ha'o'C beenreviewed byeach lubrqion and wtre adoptedbyIheAU HcadiofStale and GoYo:mmcnI Summil In 2012. In addilion.

ECA

lupported lhe development of Ihe Southcrn African Oevdopmml Community (SADC) e-commer« Itratcsy In 2012.

In the ^{I r a} of IOQSUrlng and cnIuati"8 lhe Infornmion ,oc!ety, the s.:..n.ICT projecl hu b«n impiemcolCd in Nigeria. in coIlaboralion with the N~llonai [nFormalion Technology Ikvclopmenr Af,cnq (NrTDA). 1hc mulu ofa carefully ddlgned and Implemenled IUtvC)' wtte ptJbluhocl in the report oft:hc pro;ca. A n.uionaJ web portal has also been developed, Ipccilically fOCll$lng on houxhoIdsandindividuals.illwdll$lpedlic iCClOrJ of me economy.The JqIOriaiSCIstltht eucnlbl IICpS¹⁰dnodopinJ ITpoIicic:1 and qUCIlloru for developlnll an ITlirattgy; ICCtOIl Ihal

n'

^policy.

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c:Jcrcilc: conlribUled Illlnilicanlly 10 lhe NigcrWi

~rruncnt'l c:.padty10evalwtle ill nllionailCT ImlCl)' Implementallon, unlkr NITDA.