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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 achievement of Aspiration 1 of Agenda 2063 for “A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development” requires that Africa makes significant investments in education with the aim of developing human and social capital through an education and skills revolution emphasizing innovation, science and technology.
The AU Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) aims to reorient Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge, competencies, skills, innovation and creativity required to nurture African core values and promote sustainable development at the national, sub-regional and continental levels. The key objectives of CESA are to:-
The AU Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) places science, technology and innovation at the epicentre of Africa’s socio-economic development and growth and emphasises the impact the sciences can have across critical sectors such as agriculture, energy, environment, health, infrastructure development, mining, security and water among others. The strategy envisions an Africa whose transformation is led by innovation and which will create a Knowledge-based Economy. STISA is anchored on six (6) priority areas namely
STISA strategy further defines four mutually reinforcing pillars which are prerequisite conditions for its success namely: building and/or upgrading research infrastructures; enhancing professional and technical competencies; promoting entrepreneurship and innovation; and providing an enabling environment for Science Technology and Innovation (STI) development in the African continent.
The TVET Continental Strategy provides a comprehensive framework for the design and development of national policies and strategies to address the challenges of education and technical and vocational training to support economic development, creation of national wealth and contribute to poverty reduction through youth entrepreneurship, innovation and employment.
The AU is also working with members states to build Africa’s higher education and research which is challenged by low level of postgraduate training opportunities and research outputs. The Agenda 2063 project for the African Virtual and E-University aims to use ICT based programmes to increase access to tertiary and continuing education in Africa by reaching large numbers of students and professionals in multiple sites simultaneously. It aims to develop relevant and high quality Open, Distance and eLearning (ODeL) resources to offer students guaranteed access to the University from anywhere in the world and anytime.
The Pan-African University (PAU) is the first university established by the African Union and was established to act as a standard for all other universities within Africa. PAU’s mission is to strengthen African higher education and research, address quality of education, intra-African collaboration, innovation and establish links with industry and social sector. PAU focuses on five thematic areas:- Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation; Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture), Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences; Water Energy and Sciences (including Climate Change); and Space Sciences. The thematic areas are assigned to institutes hosted by existing universities of excellence across Africa’s five geographic regions as follows:
The Academic Mobility Scheme in Africa is an initiative undertaken by the AUC in collaboration with European Commission Executive Agency it facilitates the mobility of students and academic staff to strengthen the recognition of qualifications and cooperation between higher education institutions from different countries and regions across the continent. It grants scholarships for partial (short-term) and full Masters degrees, as well as PhD programs
Outer space is of critical importance to the development of Africa in all fields: agriculture, disaster management, remote sensing, climate forecast, banking and finance, as well as defence and security. Africa’s access to space technology products is no longer a matter of luxury and there is a need to speed up access to these technologies and products. New developments in satellite technologies make these accessible to African countries and appropriate policies and strategies are required to develop a regional market for space products in Africa. The Agenda 2063 Africa Outer Space Strategy is the AU’s priority project that aims to strengthen Africa’s use of outer space to bolster its development.
The Human Resources, Science & Technology Department promotes the work of the AU in the area of education and STI development. The department also coordinates AU’s education and scientific scholarships and awards including Nyerere Scholarship and Academic Mobility Programme, Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards, as well as overseeing the work of specialist AU institutions including the AU- International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA), The Pan-African University (PAU) and the Pan-African Institute for Education for Development (IPED).