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APRM Peer Learning Workshop, February 20-21, 2007
A Training Workshop for African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Focal Points will be held on 20 and 21 February 2007, in the United Nations Conference Centre, Conference Room 5, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read Full Story |
Ghana's APRM: Processes and Preliminary Outcomes
 At the African Union Summit held in January 2006 in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum , Ghana completed the final formal stage of the APRM assessment process: moving from an accession to the mechanism in March 2003 to the crucial phase of the actual peer review. Read Full Story
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Ghana
Undergoes Landmark Peer Review
 Addis
Ababa, 27 January 2006 - Ghana is the first African country
to successfully complete the five stages of the African Peer
Review Mechanism (APRM), after African leaders assessed the
country's performance and heard its feedback and action programme.
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What is APRM?
APRM is a voluntary self-monitoring process designed
to promote the adoption of policies, standards
and practices that will lead to political stability,
high economic growth, sustainable development
and accelerated economic integration through sharing
of experiences and reinforcement of successful
best practices. The process includes periodic
reviews of the policies and practices of participating
states to ascertain progress being made towards
achieving the mutually agreed goals and improvements
in political, economic and corporate governance
and in socioeconomic development.
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ECA’s
contribution to APRM at a glance
In
line with its role as a Strategic Partner to APRM
and with the mandate given to it by the Heads
of States and Governments Implementation Committee
of NEPAD, ECA contributes to APRM in the following
ways:
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Assisting the APR Secretariat to build and maintain
a customized database of information on participating
countries, including providing access to data
sources, and sharing of information and experiences
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Providing relevant advice to the APR Panel and
Secretariat on the preparation and the implementation
of the APR process
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Providing assistance to the APR Panel and Secretariat
in the conduct of Country Support Missions that
are meant to assist participating countries
to prepare for and participate in the APR country
review process
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Providing support to countries on request in
the preparation for participation in the APRM,
for the self-assessment, and the drafting of
the Programme of Action.
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Providing assistance to the APR Secretariat
in reviewing the self-assessment and the National
Programme of Action of participating countries,
and subsequently to drafting the Issues Paper
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Supporting the APR Secretariat in undertaking
Technical Assessment; of issues emerging from
country self-assessment and background reports
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Providing support to the APR Panel and Secretariat
for the conduct of the Country Review Visit,
including participating in the Country Review
Team as advisor
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Providing support for the drafting and finalization
of the Country Review Report
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| DATABASE OF AFRICAN EXPERTS |
ECA has been providing technical and strategic support to the implementation process of the APRM. As one part of this responsibility, ECA is preparing a database of African experts specialized in the areas of good governance to assist with the identification of outstanding African experts for the APRM process. Therefore please participate in completing the attached questionnaire, and send it back to Fax: +251 11 5 51 19 53; +251 11 5 44 54 16; E-mail: bteshager@uneca.org |
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