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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.
Kinshasa, 29 October 2012 - The 4th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Culture (CAMC4) kicked off today 29 October 2012 in Kinshasa , the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 29 to 30 October, the culture experts will focus among other things on the launch of the African Cultural Renaissance Campaign and the status of ratification of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance.
The ratification and implementation of the Charter will “ boost the value and preservation of our positive traditions and culture as well as uplift our self-esteem as Africans”, Dr Olawale Maiyegun, Director of the Department ofSocial Affairs of the AU declared. Todate, the Charter was ratified by only three of the fifty four AU Member States , namely, Mali Nigeria and Senegal. Unlike the other AU instruments which require fifteen ratifications to enter into force, article 35 of the Charter stipulates that the said Charter shall become effective when ratified by two thirds of Member States. The review of this article will feature prominently among the deliberations of the Conference.
In 2013, the African Union will celebrate the 50th aniiversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity(OAU) under the theme: Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. The experts are therefore expected to contribute to the success of this golden jubilee by bringing their expertise and ideas to bear, thereby making culture a catalyst for socio-economic and political transformation in Africa. To this end, the AU Department of Social Affairs has announced the establishment in a not too distant future of an African Cutrural Space within the new AU Confrence Complex.
The Experts are also expected to discuss the commitment for action on combating harmful traditional praactices. This will be an occasion to transcend the gender dimension of this practice and evaluate its impact.
The Experts’ Session of CAMC4 was offially opened by Mr Banza Makula Nsungu, Minister of Youth, Spotrs, Culture and Art of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The statement by the Director of Social Affairs of the AU is available on the AU website www.au.int
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