NEPAD & Regional Integration Division

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	The African Regional Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action ended after four days of intensive discussions on how to assist landlocked and transit countries in Africa to overcome their geographical handicap and gain better access to the international trading system.
	Enhancing the Mining Sector's Contribution to Development Addis Ababa, 22 May 2008 (ECA) - The second meeting of the new International Study Group on Africa's Mining Regimes (ISG), held at ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa from 19-21 May 2008, ended on Wednesday with a reiteration of commitment to the assignment by all partners as well as agreement on key deliverables of the project.
	Commission-wide Symposium on ECA's Support to AU and its NEPAD Programme 25 March 2008, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	8th Annual Regional Consultations Among UN Agencies Working in Africa 05 - 06 November 2007, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Pan-African institutions must collaborate to advance the integration agenda The Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration, which met from 8-10 October 2007 in Addis Ababa, adopted a series of recommendations urging African regional institutions to enhance their collaboration for the advancement of the continental integration agenda.
	Africa's political will must be matched with capacity-building drivers, says ECA's NEPAD Support Chief 14 September 2007 - The abundant political will in Africa needs to be matched with necessary capacity building drivers to make a difference, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, Chief of the NEPAD Support Unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said today.
	Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration recommends enhanced intra-African collaboration Addis Ababa, 11 October 2007 (ECA)- The fifth session of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration of the Economic Commission for Africa ended Wednesday October 10, with the adoption of recommendations urging African regional institutions to enhance their collaboration for the advancement of the continental integration agenda.
	Ministers to take stock of Africa's trade, regional cooperation and integration agenda ECA Press Release No. 14/2007 5th Meeting of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration 08 October 2007
	"International Study Group to Review Africa's Mining Regimes" Addis Ababa, 04 October 2007 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on 4-6 October hosts the first meeting of a new international study group, which has been tasked with conducting a review of Africa’s mining regimes.The group, which includes leading academics and practitioners of natural resources law, economics, and management, was established following the February 2007 Big Table on “ Managing Africa’s Natural Resources for Growth and Poverty Reduction”.
	Making Africa’s Power Sector Sustainable An Analysis of Power Sector Reforms in Africa
	"Successful sub-regional mineral centre goes continental" 12 June 2007 The Southern and Eastern Africa Mineral Centre (SEAMIC), an intergovernmental mineral services provider, established in 1977, under the umbrella of the ECA, has decided to open its membership to all African States.
	ECA Expert Interviewed on Importance of Intra-African Trade 24 May 2007 Following the recent decision taken by members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to create a customs union , ECA expert Joseph Atta-Mensah was interviewed by the BBC World Service on the importance of intra-african trade. More...
	In the spirit of NEPAD, Africa Finance Corporation to bridge funding gap for private sector projects Addis Ababa, 29 March 2007 --- A new private-sector-led regional investment bank, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) which begins operation in April, will bridge the massive funding gap required for the development of Africa's key economic sectors, Prof. Charles Soludo, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, the promoter of the project, said today in Addis Ababa.
	New Effort to Improve Road Safety in Africa February 16, 2007 African Ministers responsible for Health and Transport resolved during the African Road Safety Conference organized in Accra from 5 to 7 February 2007, to work together to stop the growing epidemic of death and injuries on roads. In a declaration issued at the end of the meeting, the ministers reaffirmed road safety as a key development priority. They also pledged to set and achieve measurable national targets for road safety and traffic injury prevention in all member States. The “Accra Declaration” recommends that a lead agency be established and empowered to deal specifically with road safety issues and contribute to achieving the goal of reducing accident fatalities by half by 2015.
	Experts to develop a holistic NEPAD strategy for capacity building in Africa February 05, 2007 A three-day technical meeting on capacity development strategy for Africa opens tomorrow in Addis Ababa, as a follow-up to a workshop held in November 2006 in Johannesburg, where experts developed a common understanding of capacity gaps and development challenges in Africa.
	ECA and NEPAD Secretariat to assess status of their collaboration Addis Ababa, 27 March 2007: A high-level ECA delegation led by the Acting Deputy Executive Secretary, Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, today left for Johannesburg for a two-day review meeting with the NEPAD Secretariat on the status of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.
	Per capita electricity use in Africa is less than 2 percent, says new report by ECA’s NEPAD Unit Addis Ababa, 26 March 2007: A new publication by the NEPAD Support Unit of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says most African countries continue to depend on biomass for their energy use and that electricity use per capita on the continent is less than 2 per cent.
	ECA/IAEA conducts workshop on Capacity Building in Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) in Africa December 11, 2006 ECA in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting a workshop, from 11-22 December 2006 on Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) for Energy/Electricity in Africa.
	Wish lists, no concrete NEPAD infrastructure projects in many areas, says Study Group 19 October 2006 - Addis Ababa: Afro Consulting Group which is assessing various short-term action plans and master plans for infrastructure development in Africa said today in Addis Ababa that there had not been any concrete NEPAD projects in their study countries over the last two and a half years.
	ECA and NEPAD Secretariat agree on a Framework for Collaboration Addis Ababa, 31 July 2006- The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the NEPAD Secretariat have agreed on a broad framework to guide future collaboration between the two organizations in a more structured and systematic manner. :: Welcome statement of the Deputy Executive Secretary :: Draft Framework [pdf format]