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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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New York, USA - 21 September 2016: The African Union Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Mr. Erastus J. Mwencha and The UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Atul Khare on Tuesday signed two agreements in New York to further strengthen cooperation between the two organisation in the area of peacekeeping support.
The first agreement paves the way for the participation of AU personnel in an Administration and Resource Training Programme designed to foster mission support, leadership and technical skills as well as nurture career development.
Mr. Khare and Mr. Mwencha also agreed to establish a pilot staff exchange programme related to peace support operations. The agreement allows staff members from both organizations to be deployed in each other’s respective headquarters for three months to work on peacekeeping logistics, technology, financial and administrative matters.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, H.E. Mr. Mwencha said: "The African Union is encouraged by the continued collaboration with the United Nations. This staff exchange and knowledge sharing initiative is particularly significant as it will enhance our collaboration efforts and augment the value derived from the face-to-face interactions between our staff members. In today’s virtual world, face-to face knowledge sharing is a rarity and at AU we welcome and value the enrichment that this intimate approach will offer to our continued collaboration efforts.
Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Mr. Atul Khare said: "African peacekeeping contributions are the backbone of our operations. We are committed to strengthening our partnership which enables effective delivery by the African Union for our collective benefit and to reinforcing the operational benefits of cooperation. We look forward to also benefiting from the experience of the African Union through the deployment of their staff members in the Department of Field Support."
Both initiatives were developed by the Department of Field Support as a response to an African Union request to strengthening their capacity in peace operations support.
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Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.