INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

WHAT: The African Union is convening a retreat to discuss the Institutional Reforms and the second decade of Agenda 2063.

WHO: The opening session of the retreat will be addressed by

 H. E Moussa Faki Mahammat, Chairperson of African Union Commission;

 H.E. Assoumani Youssouf Mondoha, Chair of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC);

 Representative of the Government of Rwanda

There will be a group photo after the opening session.

WHEN: 8th June 2023. 9:00am CAT | 10:00am EAT.

WHERE: Kigali Convention Center (KCC), Kigali, Rwanda

You can also follow the opening session virtually on- https://livestream.com/accounts/2466140/events/10877898

Background information.

The retreat, facilitated by the African Union Commission, will bring together members of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC); African Union Organs; and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

The retreat will discuss the Institutional Reforms and the processes underway to reposition the organization to ensure it has the requisite institutional capacity to deliver on the economic, political, and social vision of the continent as encapsulated Agenda 2063. The reform agenda emphasizes on the need to focus on key priorities with a continental scope; realigning AU institutions to deliver on its objectives; operational efficiency, and sustainable self-financing the Union.

The retreat will also discuss the second ten-year plan of Agenda 2063 spans 2024 to 2033. Agenda 2063 was adopted by the 24th Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa in January 2015. The Agenda embodies the aspirations of the African people, framed in a collective ambition thus: “The Africa We Want in 2063”. The Agenda is operationalized through 5 ten-year implementation plans, with the first plan straddling 2014 to 2023. The second decade of Agenda 2063 implementation is one of acceleration, building on the first that focused on convergence.

Valuable lessons learned from the first decade of Agenda 2063 have been captured in the biennial progress reports and the evaluation of the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan, among other documents, which in turn informed the design of the successor ten-year plan. Key among the revelations was the perception widely held by African citizens that Agenda 2063 is as relevant to the Continent’s development discourses as it was in 2013.

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