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Implementation and Appraisal of NEPAD Projects or Programme
Forum on NEPAD:‘Enhancing African ownership and partnership to move the NEPAD agenda forward’
7 November 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) in Africa
5-6 November 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Expert Group Meeting: The Role of the Private Sector and Civil Society in the Implementation of NEPAD
28-29 May 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
New NEPAD official says integration into African Union on course
Addis Ababa, 27 March 2009 - The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has revealed that studies on the integration of the development framework into the African Union structures shall be completed by the end of April 2009.
Expert Group Meeting: “Africa's Cooperation with New and Emerging Development Partners:Options for Africa’s Development”
10-11 February 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Regional Media Dialogue on NEPAD
19-20 February 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa
UN agencies agree on how to help Africa respond to global crises and agricultural subsidies
Addis Ababa, 24 October 2008 (ECA) - UN agencies and organizations which met here this week have agreed on broad coordinated actions to respond to the challenges posed to Africa by rising food and oil prices, the global financial crisis, climate change and agricultural subsidies in rich countries.
Food crisis in Africa: Go beyond emergency food aid and supply side responses, said ECA Head Janneh
Addis Ababa, 21 October 2008 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and UN Under Secretary-General, Abdoulie Janneh, today in Addis Ababa called on the global community to go beyond the provision of emergency food aid or celebrating short term supply response to higher prices in responding to the global challenge of food crisis in Africa.
Global financial crisis, food shortage and climate change could derail Africa's MDG prospects, says UN Deputy Secretary-General Migiro
Addis Ababa, 21 October 2008 (ECA) - The global financial crisis compounded by the food shortages and the effects of climate change could derail Africa's prospects of attaining the MDGs across the board, the UN Deputy-Secretary General, Asha-Rose Migiro, said today as the 9th Regional Consultation Mechanism (RCM) meeting of UN agencies and organizations working in Africa opened in Addis Ababa.
Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, at the Ninth Meeting of the Regional Consultation Mechanism of UN Agencies and Organizations Working in Africa in Support of the African Union and its NEPAD Programme
21 October 2008
Experts begin discussions on how to improve UN support for the African Union and NEPAD
Addis Ababa, 16 September 2008 - ECA - About 60 experts from UN agencies, the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Secretariat and Regional Economic Communities (RECs), today began a two-day meeting to review an independent report on measures to enhance the UN regional consultation mechanism (RCM) in support of the African Union and its NEPAD programme.
Statement by Mr Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the ECA at the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union
27 June 2008, Sharm-el-Sheikh , Egypt
Commission-wide Symposium on ECA's Support to AU and its NEPAD Programme
25 March 2008, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
 
UN launches ninth Cluster on Industry, Trade and Market Access Cluster in support of AU and NEPAD 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.

UN launches ninth Cluster on Industry, Trade and Market Access Cluster in support of AU and NEPAD UN launches ninth Cluster on Industry, Trade and Market Access in support of AU and NEPAD
Addis Ababa, 7 May 2007 (ECA) - UN agencies on 3 May in Vienna launched a ninth Cluster on Industry, Trade and Market Access (ITMA) in support of the African Union and its New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) vision.

Selling Nepad: A United Nations OdysseySelling Nepad: A United Nations Odyssey
(An ECA Presentation at NEPAD Communications Cluster Workshop, Accra 12-14 April 2007)
If NEPAD were a software and its initiators were Bill Gates and Steve Job, we would not need an elaborate strategy to sell it. But it is not. Read More

In the spirit of NEPAD, Africa Finance Corporation to bridge funding gap for private sector projects 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.

More than 300 million Africans live in water-scarce environmentMore than 300 million Africans live in water-scarce environment, says report
Addis Ababa, 28 March 2007 --- More than 300 million Africans live in water-scarce environment where progress is hampered through constrained food production, health and industrial development, according to a new report by the NEPAD Support Unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
ECA head officesECA 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 percentPer 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.

Seventh Annual Regional Consultations Among UN Agencies Working in Africa
14 - 15 November 2006, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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] 
 
 
 
 

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