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Focus On Global Challenges To Africa’s Dev, UN Official Advises NEPAD
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on Africa’s development partners to factor global challenges into the continent’s development planning process.
Mr Abdoulie Janneh, the Executive Secretary of the commission, made the call on Sunday in Addis Ababa at the closing session of the 41st meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee.
He said that since Africa would be affected adversely by climate change as well as rising energy and food prices, looming currency crisis and issues of sovereign debts, the continent must remain alert and plan how best to protect its growth.
Janneh said the first NEPAD decade had been dedicated to embedding the philosophical framework underpinning the principles of ownership and leadership of African development process by focusing on programme design, partnerships and institutional structures.
The second decade of NEPAD, he said, should lay emphasis on implementation and delivering development results.
“In this regard, the steering committee needs to lead the way in creating a more result-oriented approach that will enable vigorous assessment of progress in the implementation of NEPAD programmes,” he said.
Janneh said the ECA would continue to collaborate with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) through direct assistance to the agency’s internal management processes and the NEPAD Strategic Frameworks and Development Programme.
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPCA, said the implementation of NEPAD programmes had been re-energised with the successful integration of NEPAD into the structures and processes of the African Union.
He said the transition from the NEPAD Secretariat to the NEPAD Agency had provided an opportunity for the new agency to focus on delivering on the AU-NEPAD vision and its implementation-focused mandate.
The NEPAD meeting was preparatory to the 16th AU summit holding from Monday to Jan. 31 in Addis Ababa.
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