New Partnership for Africa's Development NEPAD

Course summary (New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD)

The NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) strategic framework document arises from a mandate given to the five initiating Heads of State (Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa) by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa. The 37th Summit of the OAU in July 2001 formally adopted the strategic framework document.

NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) is designed to address the current challenges facing the African continent. Issues such as the escalating poverty levels, underdevelopment and the continued marginalization of Africa needed a new radical intervention, spearheaded by African leaders, to develop a new Vision that would guarantee Africa’s Renewal.

OBJECTIVES:

- To eradicate poverty;
- To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development;
- To halt the marginalization of Africa in the globalization process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy;
- To accelerate the empowerment of women

Example of the course New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD:

Member countries of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development): Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Western Sahara, Sao Tome Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The African peer review mechanism (APRM) is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member states of the African Union (AU) as an African self-monitoring mechanism. The APRM is a bold, unique and innovative approach designed and implemented by Africans for Africa.

Selected African Regional economic communities (RECs) and partner institutions are also official members of the HSGIC. In this regard, Heads of the eight AU-recognised RECs (ECOWAS, ECCAS, EAC, CEN-SAD, SADC, AMU/UMA, COMESA and IGAD), and the African Development Bank (ADB), UNDP, UN Office of Special Adviser on Africa (UN-OSAA) as well as the Un economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), also participate in the Summits of the Implementation Committee.

Principles:

- Good governance as a basic requirement for peace, security and sustainable political and socio-economic development
- African ownership and leadership, as well as broad and deep participation by all sectors of society;
- Anchoring the development of Africa on its resources and resourcefulness of its people;
- Partnership between and amongst African peoples;
- Acceleration of regional and continental integration;
- Building the competitiveness of African countries and the continent;
- Forging a new international partnership that changes the unequal relationship between Africa and the developed world; and
- Ensuring that all Partnerships with NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) are linked to the Millennium Development Goals and other agreed development goals and targets.

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