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Drafting Workshop sets out the Pan-African framework and guidelines for effective land policy making
ECA Press Release No. 17/2008
Addis Ababa - 17 September 2009 - ECA -A team of around 30 land experts and key stakeholders from African governments, centres of excellence, civil society, farmer's organizations and UN development partners are gathered at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa from 10 to 20 September 2008 to draft a comprehensive framework and guidelines on land policy for Africa. |
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Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA)
Addis Ababa 2 May 2008 (ECA): The Economic Commission for Africa has released the second edition of its flagship publication, the Sustainable Development Report on Africa (SDRA), as the 16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 16) opens in New York on Monday. |
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Land Policy Forum Closes with Adoption of West African Framework
Ouagadougou , 22 April 2008 – The consultative workshop on land policies in West Africa concluded Friday 18 May with the adoption of a framework and plan of action to guide policy development and implementation in the sub region. |
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Publication
Africa Review Report on Drought and Desertification |
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Burkina Faso to Prioritise Land Policy Development and Implementation – Minister
Ouagadougou, 16 April 2008 – Secure land tenure is a necessary precondition to increasing agricultural output and ensuring food security in Africa, according to H.E. Laurent Sedogo, the minister of agriculture, water and fisheries of the Republic of Burkina Faso. |
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Decisive action on adaptation needed to reverse impact of climate change on Africa, says ECA's Ben-Barka
Addis Ababa, 07 April 2008 – (ECA) Without decisive action for sound adaptation, climate change will severely compromise agricultural production and exacerbate poverty and food insecurity in Africa, the Deputy Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Lalla Ben-Barka said today in Addis Ababa. |
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Creativity, Science and a Touch of Ingenuity could Spur Economic Growth
Addis Ababa, 5 March 2008 (ECA) – Wole Soboyejo comes across as a tad intense but not for the reasons mad scientists are known for – you know, the Einstein types – red-eyed, frazzled and unkempt. No, Soboyejo does not fit the stereotype. |
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Climate change will aggravate Africa’s food insecurity and poverty, says ECA's Dione
Addis Ababa, 5 March 2008 (ECA) – Calling for a new business approach to African agriculture, ECA’s Director of Food Security and Sustainable Development, Josue Dione, said in Addis Ababa that climate change would aggravate the continent’s food insecurity and poverty. |
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Land Policy Forum Recommends Strong Support for Homegrown Policies.
21 January 2008 (ECA) - The consultative workshop on land policy in Eastern Africa concluded Friday 18 January, with a call to African governments to contribute at least ten percent of national budgets to the land sector. |
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Land Policy workshop opens in “the land of a thousand hills”.
16 January 2007 (ECA) - The Regional Consultative Workshop on Land Policy in East Africa opened in Kigali, Rwanda on Wednesday 16 January. In opening the three-day workshop, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Land, Environment, Forestry, Water and Mines of the Republic of Rwanda, Dr. Emmanuel Nsanzumuganwa; welcomed participants to the “Land of a Thousand Hills,” and said some progress had already been made in reforming and harmonising land laws and practices. |
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ECA to establish African climate policy centre with Nobel prize winner Pachauri
12 December 2007 (ECA): UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdoulie Janneh, said today in Bali, Indonesia that ECA would collaborate with the Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri and his organization, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of New Delhi, to establish an African center for climate policy studies. |
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Africa Group calls for emphasis on climate change adaptation under Kyoto
Bali, Indonesia 5 December 2007 - The African Group at the ongoing Conference on Climate Change in Bali said today that since the Kyoto Protocol was still a relatively new mechanism, delegates should focus more on strengthening the implementation of a "focused set of issues". |
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African Group says new climate agreements must hinge on fulfilling past commitments
Bali, Indonesia, 03 December 2007 - The African Group at the ongoing international conference on climate change in Bali said today that new agreements on climate change would only work if developed countries honored past commitments made since the Climate Change Convention and Protocol came into force many years ago. |
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Conference to balance climate change, economic growth and poverty reduction
Bali, Indonesia, 03 December 2007 - About 10,000 delegates from 190 countries, including ministers of environment from 130 countries, are expected to take part in the two-week conference which opened today in Bali, Indonesia, to negotiate new agreements which African negotiators say must balance reduction of carbon emissions with the need for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. |
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ECA calls for a different look at African food and agriculture systems
Addis Ababa, 22 October, 2007 - African countries must view food and agriculture systems on the continent in a broad new light, thinking more about inter-sectoral linkages, the Director of Sustainable Development and Food Security Division at the Economic Commission for Africa, Josue Dione, said today in Addis Ababa. |
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Fifth Meeting of the Africa Committee on Sustainable Development
(ACSD-5)
"Transforming African Agriculture and Rural Economy for Sustainable Development "
22-25 October 2007, Addis Ababa |
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Report of the African Experts Workshop on Effectiveness of
Environmental Impact Assessment Systems
12th to 13th April 2007
United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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African countries should use ecolabelling to increase market access, says Ouedraogo
Addis Ababa, 12 June 2007 - Africa should exploit the niche market provided by the global preference for eco-labeled products to increase market access for its products and contribute to poverty reduction, Josephine Ouedraogo, Acting Deputy Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said yesterday at the opening of a three-day regional experts meeting on “Developing an African Ecolabelling Scheme”. More...
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Land reform indicators should consider Africa's customary tenure and high level of poverty, experts say
Addis Ababa, 4 May 2007 (ECA) - Indicators for land reform in Africa should consider issues relating to customary tenure, low level of documentation, high levels of poverty and the status of the poor and the marginalized, land expert said today in Addis Ababa at the end of a two-day meeting on the modalities for developing benchmarks and indicators. |
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Experts begin discussions on benchmarks and indicators for land reform in Africa
Addis Ababa, 3 May 2007(ECA) - About 35 experts today began a two-day meeting in Addis Ababa to prescribe the activities necessary for the development of benchmarks and indicators for land policy and land reform in Africa. |
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ECA and AUC should press African countries on 10 percent budget commitment to agriculture, says expert
Addis Ababa 24 April 2007 - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) should deepen their advocacy efforts to compel African countries to honor their various commitments, including the 10 per cent of total budget to agriculture, the Regional Director (Sub Saharan Africa) of Bioversity International, Dr. Joseph Baidu-Forson, said today in Addis Ababa. |
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The state of African economies depends on how seriously agriculture is taken, says Dione
Addis Ababa 23 April 23, 2007 - The Director of Food Security and Sustainable Development at the Economic Commission for Africa, Josue Dione, said today in Addis Ababa that the overall economy of most African countries, and their potential for achieving the MDGs, depend significantly on how seriously they take agriculture.
:: Experts begin discussions on how to transform African agriculture |
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Africa will be severely affected by climate change, and must enhance coping strategies, expert says
Addis Ababa, 19 April 2007 - African countries will be severely affected by climate change and its serious social and economic impacts in the future, the Programme Leader of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), Dr. Fatima Denton, said in Addis Ababa today as the joint ECA/CCAA workshop on climate change adaptation entered its fourth day. |
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Africa's Sustainable Development Bulletin 2006
Capacity Building for Sustainable Development |
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Coercive migration policies harm peace and security, says new ECA report on international migration and development
Addis Ababa, September 8, 2006 - A new report on international migration and development published by the Economic Commission for Africa, (ECA) says the elimination of coercive migration policies would enhance the contribution of migrants and their families to international development. |
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Africa harbors 17 million international migrants; but only five million Africans live outside
Addis Ababa, September 13, 2006 - About 17.1 million international migrants live in Africa, but only five million Africans live outside the continent, according to a new report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched today as preliminary activities for the high level dialogue on migration and development kicked off in New York.
:: International Migration and Development: Implications for Africa |
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ECA
to present key paper on International Migration
and the Achievement of MDGs in Africa
16 June 2006
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Globalization
needs better negotiating skills in Africa
Addis Ababa, 5 June - Issues such as globalization
mean that African trade and environment policymakers
need to boost their knowledge and negotiating capacities,
according to the director of ECA’s Sustainable Development
Division. |
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Africa
must meet its basic needs without undermining the
environment, says Dione
By Yinka Adeyemi, 29 May 2006.
Africa must find a way to meet its basic needs,
extricate itself from poverty and mainstream itself
in the global economy, without undermining the very
resources and environment on which it depends for
survival, ECA’s Director of Sustainable Development
Division, Josue Dione, said in Addis Ababa today.
:: Full
text of the statement by Mr. Josué Dioné, Director
of ECA's Sustainable Development Division at the
High-level Launch of the African 10-Year Framework
Programme (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and
Production, 29 May 2006. |
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Access
of Africa's poor to energy must remain a priority,
says Dione
By Yinka Adeyemi, 24 May 2006
ECA's Director of Sustainable Development Division,
Josue Dione, today in Addis Ababa urged the constituent
members of UN-Energy/Africa to address the challenge
of improved energy access in Africa as part of the
efforts to achieve key MDGs. |
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UN
Organizations review activities in support of
NEPAD Infrastructure programme By Yinka
Adeyemi, 23 May 2006
UN organizations working in support of NEPAD
infrastructure programme today met in Addis Ababa
within the framework of the Regional Consultations
mechanism to assess progress made and challenges
ahead.
Related link: UN
Regional Consultations on NEPAD |
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ECA
Workshop Adopts Natural Resources Cluster Development
By Yinka Adeyemi, 18 May 2006
A workshop aimed at disseminating the findings of
ECA’s landmark cluster study of South Africa and
Mozambique, has ended in Maputo with broad recommendations
on a better and integrated understanding of the
mineral resources sector and what it takes to maximize
its linkages with local economies and improve its
legacy beyond the currency of mining. |
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New
book on development suggests a roadmap for Africa
to emerge from poverty
By Yinka Adeyemi, 12 MAY 2006.
A new book by ECA economist, Abdoulaye Niang,
has suggested concrete plans for African countries
to emerge from endemic poverty and spring onto sustainable
development through a shared vision built on self-sufficiency
and broad regional integration.
:: Book
Direct Mail Flier :: Front
matter of the book |
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African
countries must reexamine land redistribution processes
to address conflicts, says Abdoulie Janneh
By Yinka Adeyemi, 27 March 2006 Addis Ababa
African countries must address conflicts and human
rights violations by addressing their underlying
causes such as insecurity of land rights, bad governance
and bad management of land and natural resources,
Abdoulie Janneh, United Nations Under-Secretary
General and Executive Secretary of ECA, said today
in Addis Ababa.
:: Full
text of Mr. Abdoulie Janneh's speech
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Press
Release: African Water Ministers Call for Early
Warning System to Mitigate Water-Related Disasters
Mexico City, 19 March 2006: African
water ministers attending the World Water Forum
in Mexico City today said they would promote cooperation
on the development of effective early warning system
for the prevention and mitigation of water-related
disasters and called on development partners to
support Africa’s efforts in this regard.
:: ECA
@ the 4th World Water Forum March
16 - 22 March 2006, Mexico City,
Mexico
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March 2006, 18
March 2006, 17
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Workshop
on Trade and Environment Opens in ECA
ByYinka Adeyemi, 15 February 2006
A regional workshop on trade and environment for
African countries opened today at the United Nations
Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Opening
Statement by Mr. Josué Dioné, Director of Sustainable
Development Division of ECA. |
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African
experts to examine the linkage between trade and
environment
ByYinka Adeyemi, with Andrew Allimadi, 13 February
2006
:: Meeting
Website |
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Regional
workshop on “Improving media coverage of biotechnology
in Eastern and Central Africa”: Opening statement
by Josué Dioné,
Director of the Sustainable Development Division
of ECA, 07 February, 2006. |
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Greenpeace
plans bigger presence in Africa
By Yinka Adeyemi, 24 January 2006
Greenpeace, the international NGO, is undertaking
a scoping study which, it hopes, will help increase
its presence and work in Africa, John Van Mossel,
the project manager of the study group said today
in Addis Ababa.
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