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.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
The African Union Commission Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) organized the continental technical experts’ consultation on drug demand reduction
The African Union Commission Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) organized the continental youth forum on drug use prevention 06 – 10 November, as a side event to the High Level Session on Addressing Substance Use and related Mental Health Disorders among Youth, Women and Children
MEDIA ADVISORY
AFRICAN UNION HIGH LEVEL SESSION ON ADDRESSING SUBSTANCE USE AND RELATED MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AMONG YOUTH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
THEME:
“Securing a Better Future for Youth, Women and Children: Building Momentum Towards the Africa We Want”
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
African Population Experts Committee (APEC) and Ministers in Charge of Population Meetings - A Working Group of the Specialised Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control (STC-HPDC-4) on the 10-year Review of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development
Biofortification of seeds will not only address the increase in production of agriculture products and improve food security but also address the burden of malnutrition that contributes to a high mortality rate and a less productive population on the continent by ensuring production to highly nutritious food
A capacity-building workshop on “Domesticating the AU Strategic Framework for Holistic Aflatoxin Control” was held in Lusaka, Zambia, following its endorsement as a blueprint for further aflatoxin mitigation efforts in the AU members state by the 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in February 2020,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Experts and representatives from Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Member States and international organizations gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, for a three-day (2 -4 August 2023) Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Trafficking in Persons (TiP) and Labour Migration Statistics.
The Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), in its capacity as the Civil Society Organ of the African Union, joined the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on a three-day consultation on July 3, 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia.
The African media stakeholders in partnership with the African Union and UNESCO, held the second continent-wide media conference in Lusaka Zambia, from the 11-13th May 2023.
