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Determining African National Priorities

Determining African National Priorities. Presentation by Samira Hotobah-During NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency. Determining African National Priorities. The framework of the continental priorities The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

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Determining African National Priorities

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  1. Determining African National Priorities Presentation by Samira Hotobah-During NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

  2. Determining African National Priorities • The framework of the continental priorities • The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) • Determination of national priorities • The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) • How to finance the priorities

  3. NEPAD IS A PROGRAMME OF THE AFRICAN UNION • NEPAD’S VISION • Promote sustainable growth and development and halt Africa’s marginalization Integrated strategy and framework for development • NEPAD’s Core Principles and Values • Ownership • Good Governance • Regional Integration

  4. The NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency • ROAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NPCA

  5. MANDATE AND CORE FUNCTIONS OF NPCA • Facilitateand coordinate the implementation of continental and regional priority programmes and projects • Align policy frameworks and programmes with AU decisions • Ensure the delivery of consistent quality programmes to steer and accelerate transformation • Mobilize resources and partners in support of programmes and projects implementation • Acquire new and grow number of PPPs and partners • Enable capacity at member states and REC level • Conductand coordinate research and knowledge management • Develop processes to enable NPCA to be a development knowledge leader • Monitor and Evaluate the implementation of programmes and projects • Effective programme oversight to enable socio-economic transformation for Africa • Advocate on the AU and NEPAD vision, mission and core principles/values

  6. Agriculture and Food Security 10% budgetary allocation to the agric sector 6% sustained growth rates • 23 countries have signed the CAADP compact • and one regional Compact (ECOWAS) • 10countries have surpassed the 10% mark • Over 20countries have achieved agricultural • growth rates of 6% or more. Regional compact • 10 national investment plans reviewed

  7. Partnership for African Fisheries (PAF) Programme • Working groups have been established in three key policy areas • Establishment of $60m Fisheries seed fund in West, Central and Southern Africa Trade and access to markets Illegal Fishing and Aquaculture development Good Governance Regional Integration and Infrastructure • Development of Joint AUC/NEPAD Priority Infrastructure Projects • for 2010 -2015 in African Action Plan (AAP) • Construction of West African Gas Pipeline Completed

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