INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

WHAT: High-Level Forum on Agenda 2063

Launch of continental report on the Implementation of

Agenda 2063

WHEN: Saturday, February 8, 2020

TIME 16:00 – 18:00

WHERE: Multi-Purpose Hall

WHO: H.E Mousa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson AUC.

Key Speakers

H.E Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - The Chair of AU and President of the Republic of Egypt

H.E António Guterres - Secretary General of the United Nations

H.E Alassane Ouattara – AU Champion on Agenda 2063 and President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire

H.E Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa - President of the Republic of South Africa

H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda

H.E Dr. Mokgweetsi E K Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana

H.E Muhammadu Buhari – President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

H.E Macky Sall - President of the Republic of Senegal

Background

The maiden biennial continental reporting on Agenda 2063 will be commemorated under the theme, "Evidence-Based Reporting for Collective Reflection and Action on Agenda 2063". This report is a consolidation and evidence-based assessment of country and regional-level progress reports on Agenda 2063, complemented with interventions and results achieved at the regional and continental level. It serves as a rallying point for all stakeholders, including national and sub-national governments, regional bodies, and civil society, academia and development partners, to collectively accelerate the implementation of Africa's development blueprint.

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) coordinated the continental-level progress reports aimed to achieve Agenda 2063's First Ten-Year Implementation Plan.

1. Objectives of the High-Level Forum on Agenda 2063

The High-Level Forum on Agenda 2063 is planned to serve the following purposes:

a) To avail a continental-level platform to Heads of State and Government share their progress reports on the implementation of Agenda 2063 with their peers, policymakers, academics, the media, civil society and other development stakeholders – for purposes of strengthening networking, benchmarking, peer learning and mutual support;

b) To increase awareness and publicity around Agenda 2063, and commemorate the maiden biennial reporting on Africa’s blueprint; and

c) To advocate for enhanced internalisation, alignment, mainstreaming, implementation of, and empirical reporting on Agenda 2063 into national development planning and implementation instruments.

2. Expected Outcomes

The High-Level Forum on Agenda 2063 is expected to generate the following:

i. Increased awareness among the range of development players on the continent - on Agenda 2063 and its associated reporting processes;

ii. A compendium of good and innovative practices and recommendations of strategies for enhancing and accelerating the implementation of, and reporting on Agenda 2063;

iii. Recommendations for AU Member States, RECs, AU organs and entities, and development partners on alignment, domesticating, (peer) support and reporting on the implementation of Agenda 2063.

About Agenda 2063

The January 2013 African Union Summit adopted Agenda 2063 – "The Africa We Want" as Africa's blueprint and master plan for sustainable development and economic growth of the continent. It is an affirmation by African Heads of State and Government of their commitment to transforming Africa into the global powerhouse. To fast-track implementation of Agenda 2063 over the 50 years, the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan spanning from 2014 to 2023 is developed and endorsed at the June 2015 Summit of the African Union. In line with the Union's results-based approach to development, high importance to reporting on the implementation of Agenda 2063 as a prerequisite for facilitating peer learning and mutual accountability and thus realising the continent's developmental goals. https://au.int/en/agenda2063/overview

About Africa Union:

The African Union (AU) was officially launched in July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, following a decision in September 1999 by its predecessor, the OAU to create a new continental organisation to build on its work.The AU is guided by its vision of "An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena."

For further information please contact:

Faith Adhiambo| Communications Officer- Agenda 2063 | African Union Commission I E-mail: ochiengj@african-union.org

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