The African Union Commission Hosted a Successful a High Level Stakeholders Engagement Round Table on the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA)
The African Union Commission Hosted a Successful a High Level Stakeholders Engagement Round Table on the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA)
Abuja, Nigeria, 07 August 2018 – The African Union Commission (AUC) is currently holding a High Level Stakeholders Engagement Round Table on the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Reporting system. AIDA is a continental strategy for industrial development that was endorsed by the HOGs in 2008, and has been under implementation by member states. The Round Table Session, which runs the period 7-9 August, 2018 is a maiden initiative by the Department of Trade and Industry to enhance awareness of AIDA and its attendant governance framework to strengthen implementation of the programme. This follows the successful setting up of the Implementation and Coordination Unit (ICU) in the Department of Trade and Industry, a technical unit set up in May 2018 with financial support from UNIDO, with responsibility to oversee, and coordinate the implementation of AIDA and other pan-African industrialisation frameworks such as Africa Mining Vision.
In addition, the session will provide a platform to re-orient the key stakeholders that include Regional Economic Communities, private sector, public sector, and Development partners towards rejuvenating momentum to implement AIDA. The AIDA initiative fosters developed to enhance integration of industrialization in national development policies, especially in poverty alleviation strategies, development and implementation of an industrial policy with priority accorded to maximizing the use of local productive capacities and inputs and strengthening of capital and financial markets (including innovative financial intermediaries) as well as improvement of business finance, especially for small-scale and rural industries.
In his statement, Mr. Hussein Hassan, Head of Industry Division, after he welcomed the participants, recalled the objectives of the Round Table and highlighted that the key output of the session is to generate a functioning and effective governance framework for AIDA. “We hope to deliver on these strategic issues in the next two days and a delivery model adopted for the session that is highly interactive is hoped to help us get to our destination, that is an effective implementation of AIDA to anchor the continent’s economic structural transformation through industrialization” He noted.
Mr. Victor Djemba, Chief of African Division at United Nation Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) stressed the fact that much need to be done to support Africa’s industrial development taking into account various other frameworks and initiatives including the African Union Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 9 in particular) (2015) and the Third Industrial Development for Africa (IDDA III) 2016. “UNIDO stands ready to continue its long standing partnership with the African Union Commission through the new MOU signed between our two institutions in Kigali in the margins of the AfCTFA launch in March 2018 as well as through the Implementation Coordination Unit which has been established with support from UNIDO” he said.
The Session was graced by the Commissioner of Industry and Private Sector Promotion of ECOWAS, H.E. Mr. Mamoudu TRAOURE, who welcomed the participants to the Capital City of Nigeria and highlighted the importance of industrial development in Africa. He added that ECOWAS is committed to work closely with the AUC in the implementation of program and projects of AIDA and also to support AIDA to industrialize Africa. He then officially declared the meeting open.
Mr. Rongai Chizema, Chief Technical Advisor & Head of ICU gave a brief Presentation on “Africa: Landmark Industrialization Initiatives, lessons learnt, pitfalls, opportunities and prospects”. Link for the presentation.
The meeting is being attended by the Reginal Economic Communities (RECs), United Nation Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), AFREXIMBANK and Industry. Association of SADC Chamber of Commerce and other members of Industry associations.
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Africa Mining Vision (AMV)
ASSEMBLY DECISION ON THE ACTION PLAN OF THE AFRICAN MINING
VISION:
TAKES NOTE of the Report of the AUC Commission of the 2nd AU Conference of Ministers Responsible For Mineral Resources Development 2nd Ordinary Session 12-16 December 2011 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
ENDORSES the Action Plan for Implementing the Africa Mining Vision;
ALSO ENDORSES the ADDIS ABABA Declaration adopted by the 2nd AU Conference of Ministers Responsible for Mineral Resources Development;
REQUESTS the AUC and its agency NEPAD, in collaboration with REC's, UNECA and AfDB to facilitate organizing of regional meetings in Africa to promote the
implementation of Action Plan of the Africa Mining Vision;
ALSO REQUESTS Member States, the RECs, UNECA, Private Sector institutions civil society organizations, operators, development partners and other stakeholders, to take necessary measures for the effective implementation of the Africa Mining Vision.
UNDERSCORES the importance of member states making available financial resources at the national level for the operationalization of the Action Plan of the Africa Mining Vision;
FURTHER CALLS on the AfDB, financial institutions of member states and other relevant African and international institutions to assist in the mobilization of financial
resources for the Action Plan Of Africa’s Mining sectors development of mining sector in Africa through, inter alia, appropriate financial instruments and mechanisms;
REQUESTS the AUC and its agency NEPAD in collaboration with REC’s, UNECA and AfDB to submit to the Assembly every two years, progress reports on the implementation of the Action Plan of the Africa Mining Vision.
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