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ECA
to host an Energy Sector Stakeholders' Policy Dialogue Forum
By Andrew Allimadi, 13 December 2005
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Project:
Making Africa's power sector sustainable
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Programme
of Work
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Final
Regional Report (AFREPREN) |
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Statement
by Josue Dione at the AU Ministerial Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction. 07 December,
2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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Success
in development and poverty eradication depends on good governance
and trading transparency, African countries say By
Yinka Adeyemi, 28 October 2005.
About 650 million Africans may lack access to electricity
by 2030, delegates told at CSD4
By Yinka Adeyemi, 26 October 2005
Experts
to review ECA’s forthcoming Sustainable Development Report
on Africa
By Andrew Allimadi, 21 October 2005 |
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New
Publication
Review of the Application of Environmental Impact Assessment
in Selected African Countries
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Country reports:
Uganda,
Tunisia,
Cameroon
and Ghana |
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Communities
and Small-scale Mining-Africa adopts three-year work programme
By Yinka Adeyemi, 11 August 2005
The Communities and Small-scale Mining, Africa (CASM-Africa)
ended its inaugural meeting yesterday in Addis Ababa and adopted
a three-year work programme as part of its business plan.
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Mining Partnership Communique |
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New
Publication
Mineral
Cluster Policy Study in Africa
Pilot Studies of South Africa & Mozambique. |
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ECA
releases inaugural issue of Africa’s Sustainable Development
Bulletin
By Yinka Adeyemi, 06 July 2005
ECA’s Sustainable Development Division (SDD) has released
the first issue of its repackaged annual publication, Africa’s
Sustainable Development Bulletin, formerly called “Africa’s
Population and Development Bulletin”. |
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Keynote
Address by Josué Dioné to the 3rd General
Assembly of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Entebe, Uganda, 6-12 June 2005
Power
Point Presentation |
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Opening
Remarks by Josué Dioné, Chairman of UN Water/Africa at the third
meeting of UN Water Africa
22-24 March 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
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Interconnection
of grids will ensure security and reliability of energy in Africa,
says Amoako
By Yinka Adeyemi, 24 February 2005.
Regional energy cooperation through interconnection of electricity
grids and cross-border trade is a cost-effective way of ensuring
security and reliability of energy supply in Africa, the Executive
Secretary of ECA said today in Addis Ababa. |
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Delegates
from nine African countries begin discussion on Eastern Africa
Power Pool
By Yinka Adeyemi, 21 February 2005
Energy experts from nine African countries today began a week-long
meeting in Addis Ababa to finalize a memorandum of understanding
for the launch of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP). |
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Space
technology to boost Africa Water Vision 2025
By Yinka Adeyemi, 14 December 2004
The Africa Water Vision 2025 will be accelerated by a space
technology option which is initiated by the European Space Agency,
according to a report of the second TIGER Workshop recently
concluded in South Africa at the invitation of the South African
government. |
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SDD
work in tandem with key African challenges, says Josue Dione
By Yinka Adeyemi, 10 December 2004 The work programme
of the Sustainable Development Division (SDD) of ECA is directly
connected to the current key challenges faced by Africa, especially,
in the area of food Security, SDD Director, Josue Dione said.
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Good
governance needed to turn Africa’s mineral endowments
into engine of broad-based growth, ECA Policy Paper says
By Yinka Adeyemi, SDD, 06 December 2004.
:: ECA Policy Paper: Mainstreaming
Mineral Wealth in Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategies,
By Antonio M.A. Pedro, ECA. |
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Committee
on Sustainable Development (CSD) Bureau meeting reflects and
looks ahead with enthusiasm
By Maria Thundu with Yinka Adeyemi, ECA, 25 November 2004
The Chairperson of the Committee complimented ECA for its responsiveness
to the demands of member States regarding sustainable development
issues.
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Website |
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UN-Energy/Africa
adopts a two-year Work Programme
By Yinka Adeyemi, 18 November 2004
UN-Energy/Africa, composed of seven UN agencies, NEPAD and the
African Development Bank, has adopted a two-year programme of
work which is aimed at developing energy infrastructure and
services in Africa.
:: Welcoming
address by Mr. Josué Dioné, Director of the Sustainable
Development Division of ECA. |
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Journal
review lauds ECA's Compendium on Small-scale Mining
By Yinka Adeyemi, 17 November 2004.
African countries identified as best examples in ECA’s
publication, Compendium on Best Practices in Small-Scale Mining
in Africa, may help to improve specific processes in mining
in Africa, but the mining sector in those countries is still
faced with serious problems, according to a review in the Journal
on Energy and Natural Resources Law. |
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Africa
needs better governance and more efficient knowledge portfolios
for its development
By
Yinka Adeyemi, 07 October 2004 |
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Working
Paper on Knowledge and Governance 
A
Strategic Framework for Good Governance
Draft Working Paper by Jacques Hamel
Scientific Affairs Officer, 4 October 2004 |
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Water
and Agriculture will promote food security and poverty reduction
in Africa, says Josue Dione
By Yinka Adeyemi, 20 September 2004
Poverty reduction and food security in Africa can best
be promoted through strategic partnerships built around water
and agriculture, the Director of Sustainable Development, Josue
Dione said in Johannesburg.
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text of speech: "Achieving Sustainable Development:
Building Partnerships." |
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Sixteen
Countries to Take Part in UN-Water Accra Workshop
By
Yinka Adeyemi, 09 September 2004
About 50 participants from 16 African countries will take part
in a UN-Water/Africa three-day workshop on geo-water information
development and management which opens in Accra on September
15. |
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ECA-supported
report on Sierra Leone energy policy ready for review
By Yinka Adeyemi, ECA, 06.07.2004
A draft report on an energy policy for Sierra Leone has
been completed and will undergo critical review. The study,
sponsored by ECA, looks into key energy issues in Sierra
Leone energy sector, including conservation, regulation,
energy demand, energy supply, rural energy and institutional
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Draft
report on Sierra Leone energy policy
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Conference and Exhibition on Groundwater in Ethiopia,
25 May 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Statement
by Josué Dioné, Director of the Sustainable Development
Division of ECA.
ICPD
10th Anniversary: Africa Regional Review Report
Committee
on Sustanable Development (CSD) III - Report
Call
for papers for the African water journal
 Welcome
address at the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on Mining Cluster
Development in Africa
By Mr. Josue Dione, Director Sustainable Development Division
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-17 December 2003
(12.15.2003)
Press
Release 28/2003
Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water
Ends with a Water Action Plan for Africa.
(12.12.2003)
 African
Countries Increasingly Aware on Population – ECA Report,
ECA Press Release 14, 2004
Nearly all African countries have integrated population
concerns into their national development strategies, according
to a new report by the ECA presented at the 10th anniversary
of the International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD) which opens today in Dakar.
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Regional
review conference on population and development opens in Dakar
By Yinka Adeyemi, ECA, 06.07.2004 |
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Opening
Statement By Josué Dioné, Director, Sustainable Development
Division, ECA, 06.07.2004. |
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ICPD
@ 10 Conference |
 The
Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-13 December, 2003
Welcome
Statement by K.Y Amoako,
Executive Secretary of the Economic
Commission for Africa.
(12.08.2003)
Press
Release 19/2003
Pan African Conference to Discuss how to Meet Africa’s Water
Goals.
(11.17.2003)
Press
Release 14/2003
Delegates from 40 African Countries Meet to Discuss Access to Science
and Technology by the Poor.
(10.07.2003)
Opening
Statement at the Third Meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development
(CSD3)
by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Africa, Addis Ababa, 7 -10 October 2003.
(10.07.2003)
Third
Meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD)
07 - 10 October 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Design
different Green Revolution versions to fit Africa's contexts,
Dione tells experts
