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Specific Roles and Responsibilities for Institutions key for implementing Agenda 2063

Lusaka
Zambia
13 Mar, 2016

The implementation of Agenda 2063 will require an inclusiveness of all stakeholders as well as key leadership, institutional and organisation drivers at the continental, regional and national levels, private sector, civil society, academia, think Tanks, youth and women networks, faith based organizational amongst others, said African Capacity Building Foundations (ACBF) Executive Secretary, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie on Friday, 11 March 2016, at the African Union Commission (AUC) – The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) – Africa Development Bank (AfDB) - United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA) – African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) – Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Coordination meeting is on course at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC) in Lusaka, Zambia.

Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie said that in order to drive the implementation of Agenda 2063, there is need for all concerned institutions at the continental, regional and national levels to be allocated specific roles and responsibilities for the effective implementation of Agenda 2063.  

He also proposed that the responsibility of the AUC should be, overall coordination and governance of the Agenda 2063; broad communication, awareness creation and sensitization of Agenda 2063 in collaboration with the RECs.

“The AUC should be in charge of policy making on resource mobilization and provide the leadership for global, continental and multilateral partnerships and negotiations,” said Prof. Nnadozie.

According to him, RECs are the building blocks of the AU and there should be a structural connection between the RECs and the AUC. He explained that RECS should become organic part of the AU, serving as Commissions of the AU at the regional level to ensure coherence in planning, decision making and implementation.

The presentation made by Prof. Nnadozie also focused on the complex and heavy institutional architecture at the regional and continental level including lack of clarity of mandates among AU organs as well as duplication of roles, functions and activities. He also proposed specific roles for NEPAD planning and Coordinating Agency, the African Peer Mechanism (APRM), and the Pan African Parliament (PAP).

At the end of his presentation, he recommended that the Constitutive Act should be reviewed and realigned to meet the needs of the continental agenda while mandates of institutions should be revisited in order to further clarify, harmonize and reduce duplication and ‘turf’ congestion.

Other recommendations made were on the modus operandi, work systems and functioning at the AU organs level as well as the governance and enforcement mechanism and decentralization of the AU to enable RECs to play more effective implementation roles with respect to member states.

The Coordination Meeting kicked off on 10th March with the Senior Experts meeting where key outcomes were agreed upon in preparation for the Chief Executive Meeting.  The Senior Officials meeting had participants from AUC, ACBF, AfDB, EAC, ECCAS, CEN-SAD, COMESA, ECOWAS, IGAD, NEPAD NPCA, SADC, and UNECA.

The meeting outcomes focused on follow-up of the implementation of the previous recommendations of the last Coordination Meeting, Agenda 2063 and the first 10-year implementation plan and  validation on the status of integration and AU Summit Closed Session on Integration.

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Thomas Kwesi Quartey

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.


H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission
Erastus Mwencha

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.


H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board
Lamin Momodou

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.


Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa
Goodall Gondwe

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.


Hon. Goodall Gondwe, former Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi
Ken Ofori Atta

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure.


Hon Ken Ofori Atta, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance - Ghana
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