Subprogramme 7: Subregional Activities for Development
Objective of the Subprogramme
Strengthen the capacities of member States for regional integration with particular focus on the specific priorities of the respective ECA subregions, within the overall framework of NEPAD and the internationally agreed development goals, including Millennium Development Goals.
Success story:
ECA organized with AU-SARO and AfDB, a Seminar on Water and Sanitation in Southern Africa Development Community, in Lusaka, Zambia. Various international commitments on water were reviewed by 15 SADC countries. In the same vein, ECA finalized the programme document on Climate Information for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Programme. The objective of ClimDev is to leverage multi-donor funding for adaptation to climate change in African countries. ECA also collaborated with OECD to publicize ClimDev to G8 countries, to prepare an analytical study on CDM in Africa, and to prepare the ECA/OECD Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness in Africa. ECA also organized the Joint Meetings of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) and the UN-Water/Africa Cluster Group, providing a platform for reflections on ways of providing support to the African leadership to achieve the water and sanitation targets of the MDGs. ECA hosted the 3rd Regional Conference on Agricultural Water Management in Eastern and Southern Africa.