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Regional Economic Communities Capacity
Needs Assessment Stakeholders Workshop
NOTICE:
The workshop on “Regional
Economic Communities Capacity Needs
Assessment
Stakeholders Workshop”, scheduled
for November 10, 2005 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, has been postponed to February
2006. The date of the workshop will
be communicated in due course.
The African Capacity Building Foundation
(ACBF), in collaboration with the Africa
Union Commission (AU Commission), NEPAD
Secretariat and the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA) will be
holding a workshop on “Regional
Economic Communities Capacity Needs Assessment
Stakeholders Workshop”. The main
objective of the workshop is to discuss
the survey findings in order to forge
a way to strengthen the capacity of the
RECs for the implementation of NEPAD’s
priority programs and activities relating
to their primary mandates. The survey
covered the following 8 RECs and sub-RECs
that have been assigned responsibilities
in the implementation of NEPAD Infrastructure
Short-Term Action Plan Projects:
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The Common Market
for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
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The Economic Union
of Central African States (ECCAS)
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The
Economic Union of West African
States (ECOWAS
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The Southern African
Development Community (SADC)
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Intergovernmental
Authority for Development (IGAD)
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The West African
Economic and Monetary Union/ Union
Economique
et Monetaire Ouest Africaine
(UEMOA)
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The Central
African
Economic and Monetary
Community
(CEMAC)
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The
East
African Community
(EAC)
As per the survey, the workshop will
address findings relating to:
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Immediate short,
medium and long term responses to the
identified
priority capacity needs of the RECs, together
with an estimate of funding
requirements and indicators of possible funding sources
and/or mechanisms.
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The generic
and specific capacity needs as well
as strategies for more
effective utilization of existing capacity within
the RECs, especially through
the practice of performance based management systems.
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Proposals for enhancing
the effectiveness of ongoing and future
interventions
in RECs’ capacity needs
in order to ensure that
the identified gaps are adequately
addressed.
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Strategies
for drawing on knowledge resources
within institutions such
as the African development Bank (AfDB), the African
Capacity Building Foundation
(ACBF), the European Commission, the World Bank,
knowledge networks such
the ACBF Technical Advisory Panels and Networks (TAP-NETs)
and African professionals
in the Diaspora.
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Guides to mainstreaming
capacity building, skills retention
and
effective utilization in the RECs.
The workshop will be hosted by UNECA.
For further information, please contact,
the Knowledge Management Program and
Support Department
e-mail: g.ogiogio@acbf-pact.org
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