CHAPTER 6: “MAKING IT HAPPEN” – IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, EVALUATION, FINANCING, COMMUNICATION & CAPACITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Course Content
INTRODUCTION
Excerpt from the Online Course: Understanding the African Union Agenda 2063 Framework Welcome to the Course Welcome to "Understanding the African Union Agenda 2063 Framework"! This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of Africa’s strategic framework for socio-economic transformation over the next few decades. Whether you are a student, policymaker, development professional, or simply interested in Africa’s future, this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to engage with and contribute to the Agenda 2063 vision. Module 1: Introduction to Agenda 2063 Learning Objectives: Understand the vision and aspirations of Agenda 2063. Familiarize with the background and inception of the Agenda. Identify the key themes and goals of the framework. Overview: Agenda 2063 is Africa’s blueprint for transforming the continent into a global powerhouse of the future. It aims to achieve inclusive and sustainable development, build on the foundations laid by previous initiatives, and respond to emerging challenges and opportunities. Video Lecture: In this module, we will explore the origins and objectives of Agenda 2063. Watch the introductory video where Dr. Amina Ahmed, a leading expert in African development, discusses the genesis and vision of this ambitious framework. Reading Material: Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want Supplementary Article: "Historical Context and Need for Agenda 2063" Interactive Activity: Reflect on the key goals of Agenda 2063 and discuss in the forum how these goals align with the development priorities of your country or region. Module 2: The Seven Aspirations of Agenda 2063 Learning Objectives: Learn about the seven key aspirations driving the Agenda. Understand the significance of each aspiration. Overview: The seven aspirations of Agenda 2063 represent the collective vision and commitment of African nations to achieve a prosperous, integrated, and peaceful continent. These aspirations guide the goals and strategies outlined in the framework. Video Lecture: Join us in a deep dive into each of the seven aspirations. In this video, Professor John Kofi, an esteemed African historian, elucidates how these aspirations reflect the continent’s priorities and values. Infographic: Download the "Seven Aspirations of Agenda 2063" infographic to get a visual summary of the key points. Discussion Prompt: How do you see the aspiration of "A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development" playing out in your community? Share examples or initiatives that align with this aspiration. Module 3: Flagship Projects of Agenda 2063 Learning Objectives: Gain insight into the flagship projects designed to drive Agenda 2063. Learn about the impact and progress of key projects. Overview: Agenda 2063 includes several flagship projects intended to accelerate development and ensure tangible benefits for African citizens. These projects address infrastructure, education, energy, and technology, among other areas. Case Study Video: Watch the case study video on the "Integrated High Speed Train Network" project. This project aims to enhance connectivity and trade across African countries, facilitating economic growth and regional integration. Assignment: Analyze the potential impact of the Single African Air-Transport Market (SAATM) on regional trade and tourism. Submit a 500-word essay detailing your findings. By the end of this course, you will have a robust understanding of the African Union Agenda 2063 Framework, its aspirations, goals, flagship projects, and the strategies for its implementation. Engage with the materials, participate in discussions, and apply your learning to contribute to the continent’s development journey. We are excited to embark on this educational journey with you and look forward to your active participation.
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Introductory Note
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Agenda 2063 is the fruit of an immense collaborative effort to reflect on the “Africa We Want by 2063”. Ideas and inputs have therefore been received from Africans of all walks of life, and through a variety of forums and mechanisms, including from the general African citizenry and the Diaspora. Consequently, it is difficult, if not impossible, to acknowledge all the diverse inputs and contributions. The African Union Commission from the onset therefore expresses its gratitude and sincere thanks to all those who contributed to the preparation of Agenda 2063. However, there are organizations and individuals whose role deserves recognition and special mention. The Commission expresses its deep gratitude to the Assembly of the Union, the Executive Council, the Bahir Dar Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063, as well the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the AU, for their outstanding leadership in steering the development and final adoption of Agenda 2063. The Commission further gratefully acknowledges the pivotal role of AU Member States, who through written submissions, as well as through participation of their experts in diverse forums, have contributed significantly to the preparation and adoption of Agenda 2063. The Government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia hosted the first Ministerial Retreat of the Executive Council, 24-26 January 2014 at Bahir Dar, which laid the basis of, and contributed greatly to the development of Agenda 2063. The Commission notes with particular pleasure and gratitude the enthusiasm with which the Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government embraced Agenda 2063 and the richness of their inputs into the process, and wishes to take this opportunity to thank them and the Secretariat of the Forum. Leading African policy makers, including Ministers and national experts also took part in various Ministerial conferences that discussed Agenda 2063. Similarly, many senior African experts participated in continent-wide stakeholder consultations, including from the private sector, academics/think tanks, civil society, planners, women, youth, media, the Diaspora, faith-based groups and others. Their inputs were critical and helped lay the foundations of the Agenda 2063 Framework document. The Executives of the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA), UNECA and AfDB - Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, Dr. Carlos Lopez and Dr. Donald Kaberuka - played an outstanding role, sharpened the debate and contributed immensely to shaping Agenda 2063. The Commission sincerely thanks them for their dedication and commitment to this and other continental causes. The Regional Economic Communities are at the forefront of the implementation of Agenda 2063. Fittingly, they also played a key role in its formulation. The Commission takes this opportunity to express its sincere thanks to the Chief Executives of the RECs and their staff for their contributions, and for hosting the Commission’s teams during visits to their respective institutions. In any endeavor, it is important to have a locomotive to drive the process and lead it to a successful conclusion. The Commission gratefully acknowledges the key role played by all the AU Commissioners in this regard. At the political level, the Commissioner for Economic Affairs Dr. Anthony Maruping, on behalf of the Chairperson of the Commission, led the process. At the technical level, our late brother Mr. Mandla Mandonsela, who as Director of Strategic Planning, Policy, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Resource Mobilization (SPPMERM) ably led the Agenda 2063 team; setting the overall strategic direction, overseeing the technical work and managing the necessary partnerships. The Commission takes this opportunity to pay a special tribute to the late Mr. Madonsela for his outstanding leadership, dedication and commitment to the African cause. Ambassadors Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Basso Sangqu and Lazarous Kapambwe, respectively Deputy Chief of Staff, Chief Advisor and Advisor in the Bureau of the Chairperson similarly made many valuable contributions, which the Commission gratefully acknowledges. The Commission takes this opportunity to express special thanks to the Agenda 2063 Technical team comprised of Dr. Amadou Tijan Jallow, Mr. Yaw Adu-Boahene, Mr. Mersie Ejigu, Mr. Oumar Seck, Mr. Retselisitsoe Mabote and Mr. Kassim M. Khamis for their outstanding contributions. This core team spent many months synthesizing the inputs received from all stakeholders, undertaking the background research and drafting/finalizing the Agenda 2063 documents, namely: Agenda 2063 Framework Document, the Popular Version and the First Ten Year Implementation Plan. Their dedication and commitment has been exemplary. Ms. Christiane Matondo as part of the team also played a key role in the communication and outreach activities on Agenda 2063. Sincere thanks also go to all staff of the Strategic Planning Directorate, in particular, Mr. Christopher Kachiza, Mr. Abdelkreem Ezaldin and Mr. Charles Wangadya, as well as the departmental planners and support staff of SPPMERM for facilitating the stakeholder consultations and contributing in many other ways. Sincere thanks also to all AUC Heads of Departments/Directorates and other Commission staff who in various contributed to Agenda 2063. Sincere thanks also go to staff of the three core AUC partner institutions; members of the Agenda 2063 Technical Committee – the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (Mr. Gengezi Mgidlana); UN Economic Commission for Africa (Adeyemi Dipeolu, Emebet Mesfin, Francis Ikome, Hopestone Chavula and Mama Keita); African Development Bank (Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Chioma Onukogu and other staff); as well as the Joint Secretariat (AUC/AfDB/UNECA). The Commission acknowledges with gratitude, the following additional contributions from these institutions: African Development Bank for the financial and technical resources provided and UNECA for the short-term consultants put at the disposal of the Commission. Finally, the Commission would like to express its appreciation to AU partners in general, especially those involved in the Joint Programme Arrangement (JPA) for Institutional Capacity Building. The Commission takes the opportunity to also sincerely thank the Government of Denmark in particular, as well as the Government of Sweden for their generous support to the work on the preparation of Agenda 2063.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fifty years after the first thirty-three (33) independent African states gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to form the Organization of African Union, now the African Union, the continent is looking ahead towards the next fifty years. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the OAU in May 2013, Africa’s political leadership acknowledged past achievements and challenges and rededicated itself to the Pan African vision of “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena.” The AU Summit tasked the African Union Commission (AUC), supported by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), to prepare a 50-year continental agenda through a people-driven process. Agenda 2063 was developed through an extensive consultative process involving various African stakeholders, including the youth, women, Civil Society Organizations, the Diaspora, African Think Tanks and Research Institutions, Government planners, Private Sector, the African media, inter-faith leaders, the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government, African Islands States and others. In addition, ideas captured from continent wide sector ministerial meetings and meetings with the Regional Economic Communities are included. Outcomes of these consultations form the basis for the Aspirations of the African People, the driver of Agenda 2063. Preparation of Agenda 2063 also included an extensive review of African development experiences, analysis of challenges and opportunities of today, as well as a review of national plans, regional and continental frameworks and technical studies, including drawing upon publications and research materials from many institutions and organizations. The plans and the frameworks reviewed contributed insights for the development of the priorities that form a plank for Agenda 2063, in particular the First 10 Year Implementation Plan. Furthermore, a resource mobilization strategy for Agenda 2063 has been developed looking at strategies for Africa to finance her own development. Lastly, an Agenda 2063 communication strategy has been designed and it is now being implemented with the goal of engaging Africans from all works of life, and the Diaspora to galvanize action in support of Agenda 2063. Agenda 2063, Africa’s endogenous plan for structural transformation and a shared strategic framework for inclusive growth and sustainable development, consists of three dimensions as follows: 1. The Vision for 2063: based on the African Union Vision and the seven aspirations emanating from the voices of the stakeholders consulted, it paints a vivid picture of where Africans would like to see their continent 50 years from now, when Africa would be celebrating the centenary of the founding of the OAU. The vision incorporates milestones, which represent transitions in the journey towards the “Africa we Want” by 2063. 2. The Transformation Framework: presents the foundations on which Agenda 2063 is built, as well as the detailed milestones in the journey in the form of goals, priority areas, targets and indicative strategies. The framework is presented in two comprehensive results matrices; at national and at regional and continental levels. This will facilitate measurement of progress and strengthen accountability for results at all levels. The transformation framework represents the “what must be done” to attain the vision for 2063. 3. Making it Happen: outlines the “how to get there” of Agenda 2063, and treats aspects related to: implementation, monitoring and evaluation principles and responsibilities; financing; partnerships; capacities for implementation; and communication and outreach. The three dimensions described above are presented in the six chapters of the Agenda 2063 Framework document, whose contents are summarized below
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CHAPTER 1-4
CHAPTER1: Introduction Chapter 1 outlines the genesis of Agenda 2063 anchoring it on the AU Vision, and the eight ideals of the Solemn Declaration of the Golden Jubilee of the founding of the OAU. It situates Agenda 2063 in the historical context of Pan Africanism, as well as the various transitions marking the responses of African countries to the exegeses of the times. The chapter shows that Agenda 2063 builds upon past and present continental initiatives such as the Monrovia Declaration, the Lagos Plan of Action, the Abuja Treaty and NEPAD, as well as on Africa’s recent positive performance in the economic, social and political fields to put the continent on a new positive trajectory of growth, peace and prosperity. The Agenda draws upon the continent’s rich history, natural resources, people, culture, as well as its institutions at all levels, and capitalizes on the opportunities of changing African and global trends and dynamics. CHAPTER 2: The Vision and African Aspirations for 2063 This chapter presents the Vision for 2063. Africans of diverse social formations1 and in the Diaspora affirmed the AU Vision of “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena” as the overarching guide for the future of the African continent. Further, they reaffirmed the relevance and validity of the OAU/AU 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration. The converging voices of Africans of different backgrounds, including those in the Diaspora have painted a clear picture of what they desire for themselves and the continent in the future. From these converging voices, a common and a shared set of aspirations has emerged: 1. A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development; 2. An integrated continent, politically united, based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance; 3. An Africa of good governance, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law; 4. A peaceful and secure Africa; 5. An Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics; 6. An Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children; and 7. Africa as a strong, united, resilient and influential global player and partner. These seven aspirations show strong convergence with the AU Vision, and are in line with the eight priorities of the OAU/AU 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration. Collectively these shared aspirations demonstrate strong continuity of thinking between the OAU founders and the present generation of Africans, albeit in a new dynamic global context. The chapter details what achieving each of the seven aspirations would mean for Africa and her citizenry. For example, the attainment of Aspiration 1 (A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development) would mean that: • African people will have a high standard of living and quality of life and well-being; • Well educated citizens and skills revolution underpinned by science, technology and innovation for a knowledge society will be broad-based, and no child misses school due to poverty or any form of discrimination; • Citizens are healthy, well-nourished and have long life spans; • Cities, peri-urban and rural communities are equipped with modern communication, sanitation, education and health facilities and are vibrant, dynamic market economies, people have access to affordable and decent housing including, housing finance together with all the basic necessities of life, and social capital is valued and preserved; 1 Different consultations were made with the following stakeholders: Academicians and Think Tanks, Civil Society, Planning Experts from Ministries of Planning, Women, Youth, Media, Private sector, RECs representatives, Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government and others. • Economies are structurally transformed through industrialization, manufacturing and value addition to create shared growth through private sector development, entrepreneurship and decent jobs for all; • Modern agriculture for scaled-up production, improved productivity and value addition through commodity transformation and services, contribute to farmer and national prosperity and food and nutrition security; and • The continent embeds principally adaptation processes to maintain healthy ecosystems, preserve the African natural environment – as the largest remaining reserve of pristine waters, old growth forests and land in the world. The chapter concludes by indicating that at current rates of performance (i.e. a “business as usual” scenario), the continent would neither catch up nor be able to meet the rising expectations of her citizens, especially the youth and women as: • Only a tiny number of countries, which had consistently high growth for the last two decades, will converge with the rest of the world, while the majority of the other countries do not converge, and the fragile countries stay fragile. • Per capita incomes continue to rise at 1.9 per cent annually but given growth in the rest of the world, however, Africa’s per capita incomes would actually diverge further from those of the rest of the world. • The middle-class would increase but after decades would still be only a third of the population. Nearly one in five Africans would, correspondingly, still be mired in poverty. • Finally, given growth elsewhere in the world, Africa’s share of global GDP would stagnate at a low level. Such a scenario, or at worst one of stagnation does not correspond with the aspirations of Africans for their future and is certainly unacceptable. CHAPTER 3: Africa the last Fifty Years and the Present: Progress, Challenges and Implications for Agenda 2063 This chapter takes each aspiration as a point of departure, and presents a comprehensive analysis of progress made and identifies some of the key issues and challenges to be addressed if the vision outlined in chapter 2 is to be attained. While recognizing the tremendous progress the continent has made in all areas, the following summarizes some of the main priorities for action (see annex 1 for a more elaborate summary): • Aspiration 1 (A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development): ending poverty, inequalities of income and opportunity; job creation; addressing the challenges of rapid urbanization, improvement of habitats and access to basic necessities of life; providing social security and protection; developing Africa’s human and social capital (through an education and skills revolution emphasizing science and technology and expanding access to quality health care services, particularly for women and girls); transforming Africa’s economies through beneficiation from Africa’s natural resources, manufacturing, industrialization and value addition, as well as raising productivity and competitiveness; radically transforming African agriculture to enable the continent to feed itself and be a major player as a net food exporter; exploiting the vast potential of Africa’s blue/ocean economy; and finally putting in place measures to sustainably manage the continent’s rich biodiversity, forests, land and waters and using mainly adaptive measures to address Climate change risks. • Aspiration 2 (An integrated continent, politically united, based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance): accelerating progress towards continental unity and integration for sustained growth, trade, exchanges of goods, services, free movement of people and capital through: (i) establishing a United Africa; (ii) fast tracking of the CFTA; (iii) improving connectivity through newer and bolder initiatives to link the continent by rail, road, sea and air; and (iv) developing regional and continental power pools, as well as ICT. • Aspiration 3 (An Africa of good governance, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law): consolidating democratic gains and improving the quality of governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law; building strong institutions for a development state; and facilitating the emergence of development-oriented and visionary leadership in all spheres and at all levels. • Aspiration 4 (A peaceful and secure Africa): strengthening governance, accountability and transparency as a foundation for a peaceful Africa; strengthening mechanisms for securing peace and reconciliation at all levels, as well as addressing emerging threats to Africa’s peace and security; and putting in place strategies for the continent to finance her security needs. • Aspiration 5 (An Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics): inculcating the spirit of Pan Africanism; tapping Africa’s rich heritage and culture to ensure that the creative arts are major contributors to Africa’s growth and transformation; and restoring and preserving Africa’s cultural heritage. • Aspiration 6 (An Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children): strengthening the role of Africa’s women through ensuring gender equality and parity in all spheres of life (political, economic and social); eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls; creating opportunities for Africa’s youth for self-realization, access to health, education and jobs; and ensuring safety and security for Africa’s children, and providing for early childhood development. • Aspiration 7 (Africa as a strong, united, resilient and influential global player and partner): improving Africa’s place in the global governance system (UNSC, financial institutions, global commons such as outer space); improving Africa’s partnerships and refocusing them more strategically to respond to African priorities for growth and transformation; and ensuring that the continent has the right strategies to finance its own development and reducing aid dependency. CHAPTER 4: Agenda 2063: Goals, Priority Areas, Targets and Indicative Strategies Chapter 4 presents the transformation framework, including the foundation of Agenda 2063, the conceptual approach, and importantly the goals, priority areas, targets and indicative strategies. These are presented in detail in Annexes 3 and 4. Below is a schematic presentation of the foundation of Agenda 2063, the aspirations, as well as the goals. The Table below presents the Aspirations and the related goals and priority areas at national level. Aspirations Goals Priority Areas A prosperous Africa, based on inclusive growth and sustainable development A high standard of living, quality of life and wellbeing for all citizens • Incomes, jobs and decent work • Poverty, inequality and hunger • Social security and protection, including persons with disabilities • Modern, affordable and liveable habitats and quality basic services Well educated citizens and skills revolution underpinned by science, technology and innovation • Education and science, technology and innovation (STI) driven skills revolution Healthy and well-nourished citizens • Health and nutrition Transformed economies • Sustainable and inclusive economic growth • STI driven manufacturing, industrialization and value addition • Economic diversification and resilience • Tourism/Hospitality Modern agriculture for increased productivity and production • Agricultural productivity and production Blue/ocean economy for accelerated economic growth • Marine resources and energy • Port operations and marine transport Environmentally sustainable and climate resilient economies and communities • Sustainable natural resource management • Biodiversity conservation, genetic resources and ecosystems • Sustainable consumption and production patterns • Water security • Climate resilience and natural disasters preparedness and prevention • Renewable energy An integrated continent, politically united, based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance A United Africa (Federal or Confederate) • Frameworks and institutions for a United Africa Continental financial and monetary institutions established and functional • Financial and monetary institutions World class infrastructure criss - crosses Africa • Communications and infrastructure connectivity. Aspirations Goals Priority Areas An Africa of good governance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law Democratic values, practices, universal principles of human rights, justice and the rule of law entrenched • Democracy and good governance • Human rights, justice and the rule of law Capable institutions and transformative leadership in place • Institutions and leadership • Participatory development and local governance A peaceful and secure Africa Peace, security and stability is preserved • Maintenance and preservation of peace and security A stable and peaceful Africa • Institutional structure for AU instruments on peace and security • Defence, security and peace A fully functional and operational APSA • Fully operational and functional APSA pillars Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics African cultural renaissance is pre- eminent • Values and ideals of Pan Africanism • Cultural values and African Renaissance • Cultural heritage, creative arts and businesses An Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential offered by African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children Full gender equality in all spheres of life • Women and girls empowerment • Violence and discrimination against women and girls Engaged and empowered youth and children • Youth empowerment and children’s rights An Africa as a strong, united and influential global player and partner Africa as a major partner in global affairs and peaceful co-existence • Africa’s place in global affairs • Partnerships Africa takes full responsibility for financing her development • African capital markets • Fiscal systems and public sector revenue • Development assistance The transformation framework recognizes the diversity of the continent. Each country while being inspired by the same set of goals and targets will develop policies and strategies adapted to its circumstances. Agenda 2063 also emphasizes the need to build on existing frameworks and of integrating the Flagship programs in the First 10-Year Implementation Plan, namely: i) The Integrated High speed Train Network; ii) African Virtual and e-university; iii) African Commodity Strategy; iv) Annual African Forum; v) Continental Free Trade Area; vi) A Single African Airspace; vii) African Passport and Free Movement of People; viii) Continental Financial Institutions; ix) The Grand Inga Dam Project; x) The Pan African e-Network; xi) Silencing the Guns; xii) Outer Space.
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CHAPTER 5-ACRONYMS
CHAPTER 5: Critical Factors for Success, Potential Risks, Threats and Mitigation Strategies Chapter 5 identifies the critical factors for success, as well as the risks, threats and mitigation strategies for attaining the vision for 2063. • Critical success factors identified include: mobilizing African resources to finance and accelerate its transformation and integration; putting in place transformational leadership at all levels and in all fields; ensuring capable developmental states with the appropriate institutions, policies, human resources, systems and processes; changing attitudes and mind-sets to strengthen Pan African values of self-reliance, solidarity, hard work and collective prosperity and building on African successes, experiences and best practices; taking charge of Africa’s narrative and brand, to ensure that it reflects continental realities, aspirations and priorities and Africa’s position in the world; integrating Agenda 2063 into all national and regional development plans; strengthening and transforming national, regional and continental institutions and the manner of doing business, so as to effectively lead and drive the agenda for transformation and integration; and learning from the diverse, unique and shared experiences of various countries and regions as a basis of forging an African approach to transformation. • Risk factors identified include: conflict, instability and insecurity; social and economic inequalities; organized crime, drugs trade and illicit financial flows; poor management of diversities; religious extremism; failure to harness the demographic dividend; escalation of Africa’s disease burden; climate risks and natural disasters; and external shocks. • Mitigation strategies include: drawing on the resilience found in African societies and communities; economic diversification, climate resilience and disaster preparedness and prevention; and the priority that Agenda 2063 accords to well-educated citizens underpinned by skills revolution, science, technology and innovation. The Chapter also analyses mega and global trends likely to impact Africa’s growth and transformation such as: democratization, the rise and empowerment of the individual; climate change and the low carbon economy; natural resource depletion and demand shifts; demographics and urbanization; new technologies and innovation; changes in the global financial architecture; and global political and economic power shifts. CHAPTER 6: “Making It Happen” – Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation, Financing, Capacities for Implimentation and Communication This chapter makes proposals on implementation; monitoring and evaluation; financing; partnerships; capacities for implementation; and communication and outreach: • Implementation arrangements and M&E is based on the need for the identification of all key stakeholders in the results chain from continental, regional and national levels. It also spells out the various roles and responsibilities in implementation and monitoring and evaluation. The First 10-Year Implementation Plan provides greater detail on these aspects. • Financing and domestic resource mobilization and intermediation strategy: detailed strategies for the financing of Agenda 2063 are presented and related to the attaining of each of the seven aspirations of Agenda 2063. In contrast to mobilizing external resources (through FDI, aid, trade, and debt relief), domestic resource mobilization (DRM) offers the advantages of greater domestic policy ownership and greater coherence with domestic needs, and higher development impact. For these reasons, Agenda 2063 requires Member States to place greater emphasis on domestic resources in the financing of Agenda 2063. It is anticipated that DRM has the potential to contribute, up to 70per cent to 80per cent, of the financing needs of the Agenda 2063. Agenda 2063 financing strategy is articulated around three dimensions: (i) domestic resource mobilization; (ii) intermediation of resource into investment and (ii) access to finance facilitation, including through project development fund, viability gap funding, capitalization fund, and bankability and investment- readiness support for projects, firms/SMEs, entrepreneurs and other parties. Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy involves different areas of policy and reform including: (a) public/fiscal revenue maximization; (b) enhanced savings mobilization; (c) curbing of illicit financial flows and fighting corruption; (d) regional bond market, regional stock exchange and African-owned private equity funds promotion; (e) Diaspora financial resources leveraging; (f) leveraging institutional financial resources of pension fund, sovereign wealth fund, insurance funds, governments’ foreign reserves and wealthy African citizen; and (g) promoting intra-African investment. A number of intermediation instruments and intervention areas are proposed: policy, knowledge and capacity building (enabling environment front); fund mobilization and intermediation (supply-side front); and access to finance facilitation (demand-side front). A more detailed elaboration can be found in “Agenda 2063 Financing and Domestic Resource Mobilization Strategy”. • Partnerships: the need to re-orient Africa’s partnerships in line with the continent’s ambitious agenda for economic, political, social transformation has been articulated based on the assessment of partnerships in place. • Capacities for implementation: building upon the NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework (CDSF), this section looks at capacity needs at individual, organizational levels, and those related to the policy and enabling environment in line with Africa’s transformation agenda. • Communication and outreach: outlines the strategies and activities to galvanize and mobilize the continent’s population on a sustained basis to achieve Agenda 2063. LIST OF ACRONYMS 3ADI Africa Agro-Industry and Agro-Business Initiative AIDA Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa AfDB African Development Bank ACCNNR African Convention on Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ACGF Africa Credit Guarantee Fund ACHR African Charter on Human Rights AGI African Governance Initiative AIB African Investment Bank AIDF Africa Infrastructure Development Facility AIF African Investment Fund AIMS Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy AMU Arab Maghreb Union AMV Africa Mining Vision APCI Africa Productive Capacity Initiative APRM Africa Peer Review Mechanism APSA African Peace and Security Architecture AQIM AL Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ASACOF Africa-South America Cooperation Forum ASCI African Scientific and Innovation Council AU African Union AUC African Union Commission BDEAC Banque de Développement des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale BIAT Boosting Intra African Trade BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa CAADP Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program CADF China-Africa Development Fund CAPST Consolidated Action Plan for Science and Technology CENSAD Community of Sahel Saharan States CFTA Continental Free Trade Area CDSF Capacity Development Strategic Framework (NEPAD) COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CoSSE Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges CSI Corporate Social Investment CSO Civil Society Organization CSR Corporate Social Responsibility DAC Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD) DFI Development finance institution DREA Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture DRM Domestic Resource Mobilization DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EAC East African Community EBID ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EIB: European Development Bank ERA Economic Report of Africa EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FDI Foreign Direct Investment FfD: Financing for Development FOCAC Forum on China-Africa Cooperation GCC Gulf Cooperation Council GHA Greater Horn of Africa GDP Gross Domestic Product GNI Gross National Income GNP Gross National Product HDI: Human Development Index HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Country HLPASF High Level Panel on Alternative Sources of Funding HPS Health Plan and Strategy HSGOC NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee IAIGC Inter Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation ICIEC Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit ICT Information Communication Technology IFF Illicit Financial Flows IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development IPPF NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility IPSAS International Public Sector Accounting Standards ITF Infrastructure Trust Fund ITN Insecticide Treated Nets IEA International Energy Agency IFC International Finance Corporation IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development IMF International Monetary Fund IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change JAES Joint Africa-EU Strategy LAC Latin American Countries LPA Lagos Plan of Action LRA Lord’s Resistance Army M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MDGs Millennium Development Goals MFI Microfinance Institution MIGA World Bank Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIN Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey MIP Minimum Integration Program MN Multinational Corporation MoU Memorandum of Understanding MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGOS Non-Governmental Organizations NPCA NEPAD Coordinating Agency OAU Organization of African Unity ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAF Pan African Fisheries Development PDF Project Development Fund PIDA Programme for Infrastructural Development in Africa PIPO Pan African Intellectual Property Organization PPP Public-Private Partnership PRC Permanent Representative Committee PSO Private Sector Organization PTA Bank Preferential Trade Area Bank RADS Resource-based African Development Strategy RECS Regional Economic Communities SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative SACU Southern African Customs Union SADC Southern African Development Community SAP Structural Adjustment Program SMEs Small and Medium Scale Enterprises SPF Social Policy Framework SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary System ST&I Science Technology and Innovation STAP Short Term Action Plan on Infrastructure STISA Science Technology and innovation Strategy for Africa TICAD Tokyo International Cooperation on Africa’s Development TVET Technical Vocational Education and Training UMA Union of Maghreb Arab UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity UNCCD United Nations Convention on Combatting Desertification UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNEP United Nations Environmental Program UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization US United States USD United States Dollars VGF Viability Gap Funding WHO World Health Organization WB World Bank WBG World Bank Group
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CHAPTER 1 (PROPER)
1.1 Background Fifty years after the first thirty-three (33) independent African states gathered in Addis Ababa to form the Organization of African Union, now the African Union, the continent is looking ahead towards the next fifty years. Thus, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the OAU, Africa’s political leadership acknowledged past achievements and challenges and rededicated itself to the Pan African vision of “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena.” The Summit tasked the African Union Commission (AUC), supported by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), to prepare a continental 50-year agenda through a people-driven process – hence Agenda 2063. The 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration incorporates a pledge to make progress in eight priority areas (see text box). These priorities define the continental agenda, which will be integrated into regional and national development plans. Agenda 2063, the continent’s shared strategic framework for inclusive growth and sustainable development, takes account of past achievements, challenges and opportunities at the national, continental and global levels to provide the basis and context in which the continent’s transformation is being designed and implemented, including: • The durability of the Pan African vision and project, which guided struggles of African people and their descendants against slavery, and the disruptiveness of colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination; and the commitment of the founders of the OAU to self- determination, integration, solidarity and unity. This today forms the backdrop for Africa’s renaissance, transformation and integration. • Lessons from global developmental experiences, such as: the significant advances by major countries of the Global South to lift huge segments of their populations out of poverty, improve incomes and catalyse economic and social transformation, and the global drive through the United Nations to find multi-lateral approaches to humanity’s most pressing concerns including human security and peace; the eradication of poverty, hunger and disease; and reduction in vulnerability to climate change risks. • An African turning point, with the end of the Cold War and the destruction of apartheid in Namibia and South Africa, reigniting Africa’s determination to end wars and conflicts, to build shared prosperity, to integrate, to build responsive and pluralist democratic governance and to end the continent’s marginalization and return to Africa’s priorities through the adoption of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the transformation of the OAU into the African Union. Thus over the last decade Africa has experienced sustained levels of growth, much greater peace and stability and positive movements on several human development indicators. Africa must sustain and consolidate this positive turnaround, using it as a springboard to ensure its transformation and renaissance. • The continuities and changes in the African development paradigm and dynamics, reflected in post-independence state - and nation-building, industrialization and modernization efforts, the fight against disease, and poverty; the focus on deepening Africa’s appreciation of its many, diverse assets and the push for integration, as captured in the OAU Charter, the Monrovia Declaration, the Lagos Plan of Action and NEPAD; the sectoral policy frameworks, strategies and architectures including agriculture, peace and security, infrastructure, science and technology, governance, industrialization, education, social policy, culture, sports and health and in normative frameworks around human and people’s, children’s and women’s rights. • The need for people-centred development and gender equality, which places the African People at the centre of all continental efforts, to ensure broad-based participation in the transformation of the continent, and the building of caring and inclusive societies and communities. It recognizes that empowering and removing all obstacles to women’s full participation in all areas and levels of human endeavour, is pivotal for any society reaching its full potential. Further, an enabling environment for its children and young people to flourish and reach their full potential is a pre-requisite to sustained innovation. • The ebbs and flows of the global context, and in our times the modern information technology revolution of real time communication across vast distances, globalization and changes in production, changes and advances in technology, production, trade expansion, development of new knowledge and labour markets; the opportunities presented by global demographic trends and the increasing global middle and working classes in emerging and developing countries and regions; the move towards multi-polarity with strong elements of uni-polarism remaining, global security alliances and the undisputable evidence of the impact of climate change. Humanity today has the capacities, technology and know-how to ensure human security and a decent standard of living for all inhabitants of our earth, yet children continue to die of preventable diseases, while hunger and malnutrition remain part of the human experience, and inequality between regions and countries and within countries persist. Over the last fifty years, African states have developed a number of responses to the exigencies of the times. Two major transitions stand out in this regard: The first transition came in the 1960s and 1970s - a decade after the majority of African countries gained independence. To continue advancing the agenda for economic emancipation and drawing lessons from the global energy crisis of the 1970s, Africa took the strategic decision to pursue continental integration as a strategy for economic development. The various liberation and economic development strategies of the seventies and eighties including the Lagos Plan of Action have their genesis in that transition. This period was also marked by the Bretton Woods agenda on Structural Adjustments, which saw the contraction of African economies with far reaching consequences on critical social sectors. The second transition occurred in the decade of the 1990s after the end of cold war and the adoption by the OAU of the Declaration of the Fundamental Changes in the World and Africa’s Response. The Declaration encapsulated Africa’s determination to tackle the peace and security challenges of the continent, including those within nations, to foster democracy and good governance as well as economic development through deepening integration of the continent. After two dead decades of development (80’s and 90’s) in Africa and the potential for increased marginalization, the continent turned the corner, with a better organized African Union and Regional Economic Communities (RECs). Since then the continent has witnessed impressive and sustained growth, the consolidation of democracy and good governance such as the introduction of the African Peer Review Mechanism, and improved gender equality, and through the promotion of human rights and the rule of law. As Africa celebrates half-century of independence, it is opportune to embark on a critical process of stock taking and mapping out a new long-term vision for the continent. “Agenda 2063: The Future We Want for Africa” is, therefore, an endogenous, shared strategic framework for inclusive growth and sustainable development for Africa’s transformation, and a continuation of the Pan African drive, for self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity, in order to: • Galvanize and unite in action all Africans and the Diaspora around the common vision of a peaceful, integrated and prosperous Africa, driven by its citizens and taking its rightful place in the world; • Harness Africa’s continental endowments embodied in its people, history, cultures and natural resources, and geo-political position to effect equitable and people-centred growth and development; eradicate poverty; develop Africa’s human capital; build social assets, infrastructure and public goods; consolidate enduring peace and security; put in place effective and strong developmental states, participatory and accountable institutions; and empower women and youth to bring about the African renaissance; • Build on and accelerate the implementation of continental frameworks including, most notably, the Lagos Plan of Action, Abuja Treaty, NEPAD, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme–CAADP, the 2014 Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods (3AGTs), the Plan of Action for Accelerated Industrial Development in Africa (AIDA), the Minimum Integration Programme, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), the AU/NEPAD Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action, and Africa’s Agro-industry and Agribusiness Development Initiative (3ADI) ; • Provide internal coherence, alignment and coordination to continental, regional and national frameworks and plans adopted by the AU, RECs and Members states; • Offer policy space/platform for individual, sectoral and collective actions to realize the continental vision; • Develop an implementation mechanism that is underpinned by a strong knowledge management system which enhances the quality of delivery through cutting edge research, innovation and codification of ground breaking experiences, promote sharing of experiences and learning from each other, and establish communities of practices; and • Delineate the respective roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder such as RECs, Member States, Civil Society and private sector in the formulation and implementation of Agenda 2063. This new effort to envision Africa’s long-term development trajectory is timely for several reasons. Globalization and the information technology revolution have provided unprecedented opportunities for countries and regions, including Africa, with the right policies to make significant advances and lift huge sections of populations out of poverty improve incomes and catalyse economic and social transformations. Africa is also now in a better position to build on the past and present successes such as the NEPAD experience. National, regional and continental efforts made to implement NEPAD, unseen during the LPA and the Abuja Treaty, have enabled AU to build institutions (e.g., APRM, etc.), demonstrate strong commitment to implement agreed agenda, generate valuable lessons that present a strong foundation for Agenda 2063, and which can be considered a logical continuation of NEPAD and other initiatives. The continent is more united, a global power to reckon with, capable of rallying support around a common agenda and speaking with one voice with capacity to negotiate and withstand the influence of forces that would like to see it divided. Furthermore, Africa’s regional institutions have been rationalized and the eight officially AU recognized Regional Economic Communities (CEN- SAD, COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC and UMA) are today stronger development and political institutions that citizens’ can count on and Agenda 2063 can stand on. Finally, a confluence of factors presents a great opportunity for consolidation and rapid progress of the continent. These include: significant positive and sustained growth trajectory of many African countries; notable reduction in violent conflict, increased peace and stability, coupled with advances in democratic governance; prospects for a rising middle class, coupled with the youth bulge, which can act as catalyst for further growth, particularly in the consumer sectors and services; and the change in the international finance architecture, with the rise of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and improved flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The above-mentioned factors constitute a unique opportunity for Africa to capitalize upon. However, success depends upon acting in unity, transparency, willingness and capability to assess performance and correct mistakes and build on successes, placing citizens’ first, and sound governance and values. Long - term planning as per Agenda 2063 is not new. A number of African countries have developed long term plans and national visions (e.g., Uganda (2040), South Africa and Egypt (2050), Sierra Leone, Senegal and Cameroon (2035); while Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Lesotho, Cote D’Ivoire are preparing to replace their respective visions that end in 2020, which would take them to beyond 2050. Agenda 2063 fits within this tradition and seeks to build upon and consolidate these efforts. 1.2 Agenda 2063 Preparatory Process Agenda 2063 was developed through an extensive consultative process of various African stakeholders, including Youth, Women, Civil Society Organizations’, the Diaspora, African Think Tanks and Research Institutions, Government Planners, Private Sector, the Media, inter-faith leaders, the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government, African Island States and others2. In addition, ideas captured from continent wide sector ministerial meetings and meetings with the Regional Economic Communities are included. Outcomes of these consultations form the basis for Aspirations of the African People, the driver of Agenda 2063. Preparation of agenda 2063 also included an extensive review of the African development experience, analysis of challenges and opportunities of today as well as a review of national plans, regional and continental frameworks and technical studies. The plans and frameworks provided insights for the development priorities that form a plank for Agenda 2063, in particular in the First 10 Year Implementation Plan. Furthermore, a Resource Mobilization Strategy for Agenda 2063 has been developed looking at strategies for Africa to finance her own development. Lastly, a specific Agenda 2063 Communication Strategy has been designed and it is being implemented with the goal of engaging Africans from all works of life, and the Diaspora to galvanize action in support of Agenda 2063. 2 Written contributions/Inputs were also received from diverse stakeholders such as African governance forum, Association of Public Administration, African Trade Unions, RUFORUM, Wildlife Foundation, Cultural Heritage Foundation, African Airlines Association and many others Agenda 2063 is presented in three key documents listed below: • Agenda 2063 Framework Document that contains the vision for 2063, a comprehensive situational analysis of key issues, the goals, priorities, targets and indicative strategies, as well as proposals on “Making it happen” dealing with implementation, monitoring and evaluation; • Agenda 2063 Popular Version presenting the Agenda in simple terms to facilitate ownership by the African citizenry; and • First 10-year Implementation Plan (2013-2023) which lays out the immediate priorities and is designed to kick-start the journey towards 2063. 1.3 Overview of Agenda 2063 Framework Document The Framework document is organized in three parts and presented in six chapters as follows: (i) The Vision (context, challenges and opportunities for achieving it) - Chapters 1-3; (ii) The Transformation Framework outlining the goals, priority areas, targets and indicative strategies (Chapter 4) as well as the critical success factors - Chapter 5; and (iii) “Making it Happen”: implementation, monitoring, evaluation and associated accompanying measures – Chapter 6. The Vision for 2063 Chapter 1: Introduction Situates Agenda 2063 in the historical context of Pan Africanism, African Renaissance and the struggle for self- determination and economic independence; outlines the preparatory process; and presents the Agenda 2063 document. Chapter 2: The Vision and African Aspirations for 2063 Paints a detailed picture of where Africa would be in 2063 when the continent will be celebrating the centenary of the founding of the OAU. Chapter 3: Comprehensive Situational Analysis Examines the trends, challenges and opportunities in the political, economic, social, cultural fields and highlights key issues to address. The Transformation Framework Chapter 4: Agenda 2063 Goals, Priority Areas, Targets and Indicative Strategies Outlines Agenda 2063 goals, priority areas, targets and indicative strategies. Chapter 5: Critical Success Factors Risks and Mitigation measures Presents critical success factors, risks and mitigating strategies, as well as global megatrends likely to impact Africa’s future. Making it Happen Chapter 6: Making it Happen Presents implementation, monitoring and evaluation arrangements, financing, communication strategy and capacity for implementation. Annexes Annexes Annex 1; Highlights African initiatives for economic growth and transformation in the 1980s and 1990s Annex 2 Synthesizes the main areas of concern Agenda 2063 should address based on the comprehensive situational analysis in Chapter 3. Annexes 3 and 4 present the national and regional/continental results matrices, respectively
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6.1         INTRODUCTION

Since the creation of the OAU, several continental frameworks and initiatives have been launched: the Lagos Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos, African Economic Communities (Abuja Treaty), the African Alternative Framework to the Structural Adjustment Programme (AAFSAP), NEPAD as well as several sector frameworks covering almost all areas of development -economic, social and cultural. Implementation outcomes of these initiatives have in general been below expectation. The lessons from this exercise have been summarized in Chapter 3.

Regional Economic Communities and Agenda 2063

•     Supporting Members States in the alignment of their visions /plans to Agenda 2063

•     Coordinating of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063 by Member States

•     Leading in the execution of regional programs under Agenda 2063

•     Providing implementation progress and monitoring and evaluation reports to Agenda 2063 Steering Committee

•     Representing the Region on the Agenda 2063 Structures

 

Key lessons learnt from past experiences together with review of national and regional plans, existing continental frameworks and consultations with continental stakeholder groups indicate that the following are prerequisites for the successful implementation of Agenda 2063:

  • Ensuring a robust implementation, monitoring /evaluation arrangement as part of Agenda 2063 underpinned by clear coordination mechanisms at continental, regional and national levels.
  • Fostering effective   participation   and

inclusiveness by involving all stakeholders, and clarifying their roles and responsibilities at national, regional and continental levels in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation arrangements for the Agenda.

  • Putting in place a resource mobilization strategy that is Africa – driven and owned to ensure funding for the implementation of the
  • Involving the African Diaspora in the solicitation of views, sharing of ideas, reporting on the progress through an Agenda 2063 communications
  • Making proper use of existing institutions / structures as RECs, the Assembly, Executive Council, the STC, AUC, other AU Organs rather than creating new ones in the implementation

/ monitoring and evaluation.

 

  • Making the regional level, spearheaded by the RECs as the hub for Making It

 

  • Ensuring continuity by making national plans, regional and continental frameworks as the foundation for the Agenda to attain buy-in by member states and the RECs and also to avoid overlaps.
  • Revitalizing, strengthening and building upon existing national / regional planning systems and processes as the mechanism for aligning national/regional plans to Agenda 2063, including sustained political commitment for
  • Ensuring that there is a focal point for operations at the continental level where all the stakeholders have a representation.

 

Building upon these experiences and lessons, this chapter presents the following aspects of “Making it Happen”:

  • Implementation, monitoring and evaluation arrangements;

 

  • Stakeholder relationships;

 

  • Financing Agenda 2063;

 

  • Partnerships;

 

  • Capacity development; and

 

  • Communication strategy for Agenda

6.2         IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS

  • Objectives and principles

The objectives of implementation, monitoring and evaluation arrangements are to:

 

  • Identify all key stakeholders and assign tasks to be performed by each;

 

  • Ensure that each stakeholder performs the task assigned on a timely basis; and

 

  • Provide the platform for collective execution / attainment of the goals of Agenda

 

The underlying principles derived from consultations, review of national/regional plans and continental frameworks, in addition to the issues raised in 6.1, include: subsidiarity; accountability and transparency; participation/inclusion; integration; diversity; leveraging existing institutions and systems; and harmonization of policies and systems.

Subsidiarity

 

There are three layers for the implementation of Agenda 2063 and each layer should be assigned the task it is most efficient and effective in doing. Against that background:

  • The national level led by Government will be responsible for the implementation of key activities under Agenda 2063;
  • The regional level – the RECs will serve as the fulcrum for the implementation at the regional They will adapt the Agenda 2063 results framework to regional realities and facilitate

/ coordinate implementation by member states and develop/implement monitoring and evaluation framework at the regional level.

  • The continental level, AU Organs, especially the AUC, will be responsible for setting the broad results framework and monitoring and evaluation based on inputs from the

Accountability and transparency

 

In order to ensure that all stakeholders play their roles, the implementation framework should be:

 

  • Results driven: realistic / measurable targets should be set for each stakeholder and a monitoring and evaluation framework put in place to reinforce compliance; and
  • Evidence driven: all decisions relating to prioritization/ focus areas, allocation of resources amongst others should be based on objectively defined criteria to ensure convergence / acceptance by all stakeholders and the building of the African knowledge base and the collection of data and statistics, to underpin implementation and monitoring of

 

Participation/inclusiveness and integration

 

The implementation of any plan or programme starts with the involvement of key actors in the formulation process. Participation and inclusion of all key stakeholders led and coordinated by the Government is a critical success factor, which will enhance awareness, ownership and knowledge of Agenda 2063 objectives and purpose and strengthen collective commitments.

Ensuring effective participation and inclusiveness by involving all stakeholders through:

 

  • National level: Government in the lead and with support from (as laid out in the national planning system), CSOs, business and service associations, women and youth groups, community groups.
  • Regional level: RECs, business/service and professional associations; and

 

  • Continental level: the AU Assembly, Executive Council, the Permanent Representative Committee, AUC/AU Organs and Agencies, STCs, business / service/ professional associations and the Diaspora in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation arrangements for the Agenda

Diversity

 

While providing a general framework and a common set of goals and targets, Agenda 2063 also takes account of Africa’s diversity and defines trajectories and addresses issues related to that diversity.

Leveraging of existing institutions and systems

 

Agenda 2063 builds upon existing national / regional planning systems and processes as the mechanism for aligning national/regional plans to Agenda 2063. The mandates and strengths of existing institutions such as RECs, NEPAD, the PAP amongst others, would be built on, if need be, and used appropriately for the implementation monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063. In addition, Agenda 2063 builds upon existing infrastructure and systems as well as on the successes and failures of various political and socioeconomic initiatives launched by the continent.

Harmonization of policies, systems and processes

 

While Africa’s diversities should be taken cognizance of, there is the need to ensure universality in certain areas if the integrity of process is to be maintained. Some of the areas of focus where harmonization will be required include indicators and targets for the results framework.

6.2.2   Stakeholder relationships for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063

The key stakeholders for Making It Happen are at three levels. The levels are continental, regional and national. These stakeholders have specific roles with respect to implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063.

The key stakeholders in order of relative hierarchy are the following:

 

The continental level

It comprises the AU Organs and continental level coordination mechanisms. These are:

 

The Assembly

Key responsibilities include approval of Agenda 2063 and the subsequent ten year plans, provision of broad policy guidelines on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063.

 

The Executive Council

Key responsibilities include the provision of strategic coordination through the work of the Agenda 2063 Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063; making recommendations to the Assembly on the results framework and approving monitoring and evaluation reports.

The Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063

A committee of the Executive Council with co-opted members such as: The Chairperson of the AUC, the Chief Executives of NPCA, the RECs, the African Development Bank, The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and other AU Organs as appropriate.

Key responsibilities cover providing operational level oversight in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Agenda 2063 and directly supervising the AUC as the technical coordinating unit for Agenda 2063.

The AUC/Technical Unit for Agenda 2063

Under the direction of the Chairperson of the AUC, the unit will undertake the following tasks:

 

  • Coordinate and facilitate technical issues related to the development / review of the Agenda 2063results framework, in particular the 10-year implementation plans;
  • Develop continental frameworks to support Agenda 2063 implementation;

 

  • Review monitoring and evaluation reports from the RECs;

 

  • Develop/implement resource mobilization and communication strategies; and

 

  • Prepare progress / annual reports amongst

 

The Unit will in general act as the secretariat to the Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063.

 

Regional level

The Regional Economic Communities

Their key responsibilities will include:

 

  • Provision of leadership at inception in the regional / national consultative process with respect to the implementation of Agenda 2063;
  • Participation in continental level operational oversight in Agenda 2063 implementation;

 

  • Adaption / alignment of continental long /medium term Agenda 2063 10 Year Plans;

 

  • Issuing plan guidelines to Member States;

 

  • Coordination of preparation / implementation of regional programs;

 

  • Integration of regional monitoring and evaluation reports and provision of leadership in resource mobilization for Agenda 2063.

National level

Members States

Member States have different planning systems law / processes but in general, there are national and sub-national (region, province, state and local) levels involved in thematic area groupings for policy formulation, plan preparation, plan execution, monitoring and evaluation and resource mobilization.

 

Key responsibilities

 

Led by Government, national and sub-national level stakeholders have functions to perform within the thematic areas / cluster. At the national level, government, private sector, national level associations etc through the national planning framework will:

  • Align national visions / plans to Agenda 2063/10 year plan perspectives;

 

  • Lead / coordinate the resource mobilization process and allocation efforts; and

 

  • Lead/coordinate the execution of Agenda 2063 driven national medium term plans. They will also participate in the setting of goals / targets and monitoring and

At the sub-national level, led by sub-national government, and assisted by Civil Society Groups (for profit and not for profit groups), cross-sectoral groups participates in:

  • The alignment of national vision to Agenda 2063;

 

  • The preparation of medium term plans based on Agenda 2063; and

 

  • The setting of goals and targets and monitoring and evaluation at the grassroots

6.3         FINANCING AGENDA 2063

Agenda 2063 financing needs

Financing is required for all seven Aspirations of the Agenda 2063. However, considerable financial resources are required to finance the socio-economic transformational agenda in the following areas: regional integration; infrastructure; science, technology and innovation-based industrialization and processing of local-resources; agriculture, food security and environmental sustainability; intra- African trade; health and nutrition; education attainment and science, technology, engineering and mathematics-based education, research and centres of excellence; inclusive and sustainable growth, including support to women and youth entrepreneurship. Additional areas requiring financing include: peace, security, human rights and regional stability; cultural identity; support to low income; capacity building to AU and its organs, RECs and member states.

The typology of Agenda 2063 financing needs could range from grants to commercial finance from both public and private/commercial sources, including: grants, technical assistance resources, social impact resources, concessional loans, market price-based commercial loans, equity and other market-like instruments, FDI and portfolio investment by the private sector (debt, bonds, equity and other securities).

Strategy for financing Agenda 2063

The challenge of Agenda 2063 financing is:

 

  • First and foremost about mobilizing a stable and predictable base of financial resources that can be achieved largely only through domestic financial
  • Secondly, within a regional context characterized by many levels of market failure, Agenda 2063 financing, is not only about mobilizing domestically-generated financial resources, but is also about leveraging and intermediating those resources for productive investments and program implementation within the framework of the Agenda 2063. In other words, Africa needs not only funds, but also a more effective and inclusive means of channelling these funds (including financial institutions and markets, financial instruments and financial services) to where they can be most effective and where there is market failure in the allocation of the needed

 

  • Thirdly, because the availability of financial resources does not guarantee their access by individuals, communities, MSME, infrastructure and industrial projects and players in priority sector such as agriculture due to market failures, a proactive access to finance support for these parties will be considered as part of the Agenda 2063 financing

Hence, Agenda 2063 financing strategy will be articulated around three dimensions: (i) domestic resource mobilization; (ii) intermediation of resource into investment; and (iii) access to finance.

Financing and Domestic resource mobilization and intermediation strategy

The types of financial resources needed to finance Agenda 2063 and the strategy to mobilize them are articulated below:

 

Agenda 2063 Financing Strategy National

Potential Sources of Finance

How to Mobilize the Additional Resource Needed

How to Make it Happen

Government investment budget

Budget reallocation and/or increased taxes, customs, excise revenues

Agenda 2063 compact signing

Government expenditures budget

Budget reallocation and/or increased taxes, customs, excise revenues

Agenda 2063 compact signing

Crowd funding

Crowd funding campaign towards the relevant target group

Marketing, channel effectiveness

Illicit capital flows

Regulation, surveillance and enforcement

Efficient national service

 

International cooperation

Carbon credits

Claims from international “Clean Development Mechanism” market maker

Completed emission reduction project

FDI

Targeted investment promotion and/or regional investment promotion

Agenda 2063 compact

Private investment (small PPP)

Project development, structuring and marketing and financial close under PPP

Strong PPP framework conditions

Private investment (PPP)

Project development, structuring and marketing and financial close under PPP

Strong PPP framework conditions

Diaspora fund

Intermediated via bonds, mutual funds or direct participation into project or business

Credible lead financial institution

Sensitization/marketing campaign

Microfinance

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of MFIs to be combined with the capacitation of MFIs in governance, management and operations areas

Attract investor into MFI capital

Technical assistance, line of credit

DFI facilities

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of DFIs to be combined with the capacitation

Agenda 2063 compact with DFIs

 

Commercial bank finance

Capacitation through training or advisory services and/or up-scaling through capitalization of banks

Agenda 2063 compact with banks

Attract investor into bank capital

Line of credit, technical assistance

Trade finance

(1) Capacitation through training/advisory services and/or up-scaling through capitalization of banks or other trade finance companies; (2) Capitalization of Afreximbank;(3) AfDB to extend line of credit

Idem as above

Credit/Investment insurance

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of regional insurance/reinsurance (Africa Re

+ insurance companies), to be combined with the capacitation in managing new risks (OGM, Aviation, Climate Change)

Attract investors into companies

Political risk Insurance (PRI) service

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of (Africa Re + ATI + ICIEC + IAIGC +

insurance companies), to be combined with the capacitation in managing new risks (OGM, Aviation, Climate Change, etc.)

Attract investors into companies

ACGA guarantee services

African institutional investors (banks, central banks, pensions, insurance, etc.), African governments

Feasibility + Investment memo + Roadshow + credible sponsors

African Investment Bank services

African institutional investors (banks, central banks, pensions, insurance, etc.), African governments

Feasibility + Investment memo + Roadshow + credible sponsors

Africa 50 Fund

African institutional investors (banks, central banks, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, insurance, private equity funds, etc.), African governments

Feasibility + Investment memo + Roadshow

 

Agenda 2063 Financing Strategy REGIONAL / CONTINENTAL

Potential Sources of Finance

How to Mobilize the Additional Resource Needed

How to Make it Happen

AUC operational/ program budget

Levies on African private sector firms as suggested by the report of the Obasanjo- led High-Level Panel on Alternative Sources of Funding of the AU (HLPASF) or equivalent member states contribution

Executive Council enforcement of proposal

RECs operation/ program budget

REC budget reallocation and/or member states additional contributions

Executive Committee decision

Private resource (from PPP)

Project development, structuring and marketing and financial close under PPP

Strong PPP framework conditions

 

Spin-off revenue or patent revenue

Successful commercialization of patent

Successful research

Fee revenue

Sold services

Quality service

 

 

 

Diaspora bond finance

Bond subscription from Diaspora

Bond structuring, successful marketing and distribution; credible market-maker

Regional bond finance

Regional bond subscription

Bond structuring, successful marketing of project and distribution; credible market-maker; regional enabling framework (legal, policy)

Regional stock exchange finance

Share subscription from a regional stock or right issues

successful marketing of project or company, and roadshow; credible market-maker; regional enabling framework (legal, policy)

DFI facilities

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of DFIs to be combined with the capacitation

Agenda 2063 compact with DFIs

Commercial bank finance

Capacitation through training or advisory services and/or up-scaling through capitalization of banks

Agenda 2063 compact with banks

Attract investor into bank capital

Line of credit, technical assistance

Trade finance

(1) Capacitation through training or advisory services and/or up-scaling through capitalization of banks or other trade finance companies; (2) Capitalization of Afreximbank;(3) AfDB to extend line of credit

Idem as above

Credit/Investment insurance

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of regional insurance/reinsurance ( Africa Re

+ insurance companies), to be combined with the capacitation in managing new risks (OGM, Aviation, Climate Change)

Attract investors into companies

Political risk Insurance (PRI) service

Up-scaling (i.e. enhanced capitalization) of (Africa Re + ATI + ICIEC + IAIGC +

insurance companies), to be combined with the capacitation in managing new risks (OGM, Aviation, Climate Change, etc.)

Attract investors into companies

 

Access to finance

The availability of financial resources and financial intermediation vehicles does not guarantee de facto access to finance. The following access to finance facilitation measures should be considered among others:

  1. Developing “framework conditions” (policy, legal, regulatory and institutional) and industry- specific development (PPP/infrastructure, SME finance/banking and microfinance);
  2. Setting-up relevant project development funds (PDF), viability gap funds (VGF), capitalization fund, blending facilities to address demand-side readiness –bankability, investment readiness of firms and projects;
  3. Establishing information infrastructure (informational finance infrastructure- country rating, analysts, corporate governance standards, accounting standards, credit bureau and collateral registries, etc.);
  4. Developing expertise and technical capacity in financial advisory, financial structuring and financial negotiations for large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects; addressing market failure on SME finance (SME life cycle funding, Industry-specific funding); and
  5. Putting in place risk sharing/enhancement facilities/enhancement.

Implementation of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy

The implementation of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy will involve the following schedule of activities:

  • Definition of institutional responsibility among AU-level and external stakeholders in the implementation of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy;
  • Promotion campaign and domestication of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy;

 

  • Definition of the resources requirements for the implementation of the DRM strategy;

 

  • Articulation of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM M&E and result framework;

 

  • Start of implementation of the DRM Task Force around three inter-related fronts: (i) policy, knowledge and capacity building front (enabling environment front); (ii) funds mobilization and intermediation front (supply-side front) and (iii) access to finance facilitation front (demand-side front).

The implementation of Agenda 2063 financing and DRM strategy will involve a division of labour between key stakeholders such as the AUC, NPCA, AfDB and UN-ECA, RECs on the one hand, and Member States, Private Sector Organizations (financial sector players, PSOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) on the other hand.

6.4         PARTNERSHIPS FOR AGENDA 2063

As noted earlier, the AU is engaged in a number of strategic partnerships with both traditional and emerging partners. However, different levels of shortcomings have characterized the management of these partnerships.

Most of the shortcomings in the management of high-potential strategic partnerships were as a result of AUC-level challenges, which were due to lack of an AU partnership policy and strategy, as well as AU-level deficits in terms of, financial, technical and coordination capacity.

 

Going forward the following three levels of actions should be considered in order to take maximum advantage of AU’s strategic partnerships:

a.  Preparing a comprehensive AU policy framework and articulating a partnership strategy for all high-potential partners around two to three core areas of interventions

The potential of AU strategic partners can be assessed based on three sets of criteria: (i) alignment to Agenda 2063 and its 10-year implementation plan; (ii) the size/scope of the financial offer, the potential transformational impact embedded in the outcome document or action plan in terms of

– technical assistance, trade and investment, industrialization and technology transfer, agriculture support program and social investment; and (iii) the “smart” nature of the deliverables.

b.  Maximizing Africa’s potential to exploit in full its partnership

Africa needs to exploit the full potential of all five major strategic partnerships through:

 

  • Articulation of a strategic partnership policy;

 

  • Establishment of a strategic partnership fund with contributions from AU member states;

 

  • Enhancement of strategic, governance, technical, logistical and financial support to the partnership management function of the AUC;
  • Clarity by the AU with regards to the implementation model of Africa’s various continental programs (PIDA, CAADP/3ADI, AIDA/APCII/RADS/AMV, BIAT) to facilitate result-oriented cooperation with its strategic partners and the EU in particular; and
  • Improved involvement and coordination of/among Africa’s various stakeholders of the partnership process: AUC, NPC, AfDB, RECs, Member States, PSO, CSO and other AU

c.  Deepening transformational benefits of the partnerships

 

There is need to deepen transformational benefits of all major strategic partnership through their alignment with Agenda 2063 priorities, namely, industrialization and technology transfer, intra- African trade and export development, PSD and SMME development, FDI and JV, and financial resource mobilization.

This can be achieved by rigorous prioritization and identifying areas where traction is (i.e. economic transformation through industrialization; infrastructure, manufacturing, agro- industry, oil, gas and mining services through genuine technology transfer namely, private sector development reforms and integrated business forum including for FDI/JV through, intra-African- trade and export development and SME development support; inclusive and sustainable growth; transparency in natural resources management, local content development and beneficiation of mineral resources).

This would ensure that the partnerships are focused on Agenda 2063-driven priorities and sustain needed progress and relevance of these partnerships.

6.5         CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGENDA 2063

Huge efforts have been made in the post-independence period to build Africa’s human and institutional capacities. These efforts have yielded significant results and today the continent, can boast of a significant stock of skills, institutions and policies at all levels to power its development.

However, when judged against the ambitious goals and targets of Agenda 2063 and in the context of the desired transformation of the continent, the lack of adequate and requisite capacities remains

 

a critical constraint. A key impediment is lack of a holistic approach to capacity creation, utilization and retention in relation to achieving the continent’s strategic long-term goals of assuming its rightful place in global economic, political, scientific and technological fields.

6.5.1   The Need for holistic and effective capacities

The AU/NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework (CDSF) provides a holistic African approach to capacity development based on (see chart on the right) the following key elements: transformative leadership; citizen transformation; evidence – based knowledge and innovation; using African potential skills and resources; capacity of the capacity developer; and integrated planning and implementation for results. These elements converge with the critical success factors identified in chapter 5.

6.5.2   Types of capacity and needs of Agenda 2063

Agenda 2063 involves multiple actors at the continental, regional, national, sectoral, sub-national and local levels. The full realization of Agenda 2063 requires the development of capabilities and capacities across sectors and at various levels in three critical areas:

  1. Individual (human capacity): generally includes capabilities in terms of skills, training, performance, values, attitudes, motivation, professional integrity, relationships, and communication skills. Building these skills will strengthen the ability to conceptualize, design, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the required and result oriented programs/ projects, policies and strategies to make Agenda 2063 happen. The success of Agenda 2063 in fostering socio-economic transformation and accelerated regional integration will be based on a critical mass of African countries adopting and adapting the agenda to national contexts. The human capacity should also foster the collective commitment to implementing Agenda 2063 through communication, consultation and

Agenda 2063 calls for Africa to be competitive, transform its economy from commodity dependence to one that is driven by manufacturing/industry, value addition, effective participation in the global value chain as well as science and technology. Critical in this effort is the capacity to negotiate in all areas of Africa’s interest, most notably in trade, climate change, economic partnerships and related areas. In addition, Agenda 2063 requires capacity in the

new frontiers of science, such as biotechnology, genetic engineering, space exploration and deep sea mining. A critical mass of trained engineers, doctors, technicians in a wide range of skill areas is required to build Africa’s infrastructure, man her factories, health centres and hospitals and power the continent’s development in all fields.

At the policy and planning levels, Agenda 2063 requires a new planning

 

culture and mindset that embraces visioning, results oriented thinking, participation in formulation and implementation, ensuring ownership of plans and commitment to achieving goals set. Along with the building of a planning culture is the issue of regularly monitoring and reporting on work done and building an evaluative culture. A robust M&E framework is one of the factors that distinguish Agenda 2063 from earlier continental frameworks (i.e., the Lagos Plan of Action, Abuja Treaty and NEPAD). Such an M&E framework requires, among other things, building an evaluative culture where all stakeholders are empowered and encouraged to undertake self-evaluation of work done both in process and result terms and where the youth, women, civil society, media and private sector participate in monitoring not only their respective activities; but also collaborate in monitoring government programs.

  1. Institutional/ organizational capacity: The implementation of Agenda 2063, given the different levels of development among Africa countries, demand that the institutions tasked with delivering rapid structural transformation and growth be able to act both effectively and in a coordinated manner. This will require an iterative approach of learning, relearning and flexibility, coupled with institutional capacities that are of relevance to the tasks

As integral part of the capacity that resides in each institution is the importance of establishing horizontal and vertical linkages and feedback loops at each stage of Agenda 2063 implementation process. Continental and regional initiatives and programs need to be linked to and informed by national level actions and vice versa. System-wide institutional reforms might be needed to ensure sustainable inter-linkages between continental and regional governance and development institutions and also with national level institutions to ensure mainstreaming of agenda 2063 priorities at all levels.

Governance and public sector management reforms as part of state-building are key to effective implementation of Agenda 2063, with emphasis on the capacity of key public sector institutions, as well as private sector and civil society organizations.

  1. Enabling policy, legal and regulatory environment. The implementation of Agenda 2063 requires not only developing policies and putting in place the requisite legislations and regulations, but also the capacity to enforce The African development experience of the past 50 years suggests that while there has been quick response to identified challenges through developing continental and regional action plans and frameworks, creation of institutions with clearly articulated mandates, the capacity to implement them and the enforcement mechanisms for policies and legislations have, often, been lacking and ineffective.

6.5.3   Key stakeholders of Agenda 2063 and capacity needs

At continental and regional levels, Agenda 2063 envisages developing effective capacities, as a matter of priority, of the African Union (AU) Organs and the eight officially recognized RECs (COMESA, SADC, ECOWAS, EAC, IGAD, ECCAS, CEN-SAD, and AMU).

Member States have the ultimate responsibility of making Agenda 2063 happen through integrating it into their short, medium and long term plans, policies and strategies. Member states should therefore build the necessary human, institutional and legislative capacity to implement Agenda 2063.

Given the important role CSOs and private sector play in the implementation of Agenda 2063, strengthening their capacities should be accorded priority.

 

6.6         COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR AGENDA 2063

  • Among the major shortcomings experienced in the execution of previous continental strategies and frameworks was the lack of effective use of communication tools. A robust framework such as Agenda 2063 needs to be backed by a robust communication strategy in order to galvanize all segments of African society and the diaspora into
  • Consequently, an Agenda 2063 Communication Strategy has been developed linked to the overall Communications Strategy of the
  • The communication strategy will:

 

  • Generate sustained public awareness, involvement, support and ownership by the African population of the Agenda and its execution;
  • Ensure extensive outreach with up-to-date and accurate information. It will target AU Member States, staff, organs and agencies; RECs; African citizens both within the continent and in the diaspora and their institutions, including private sector, civil society etc.; as well as AU’s partners.
  • Be executed by the AU Organs and Agencies (including NEPAD and APRM), RECs, Member States, close collaborators (AfDB and UNECA) and partners;
  • Include activities such as consultation meetings, promotion of debates, discussions, workshops, community forums, songs, poems, plays, teaching in school, certification of being Agenda 2063 compliant, AU clubs, volunteers, and
  • Incorporate radio and television programmes, Internet and social groups, memorabilia and paraphernalia, and sport events; and
  • Include the publication of newsletters; and preparation of promotional items such as CDs, DVDs, caps, pens, t-shirts, key holders, bags, bracelets, diaries, gold plated pins, scarf, ties; as well as branding, billboard banners, leaflets, flyers, awareness meetings and workshops and other promotional

The table below highlights key elements of the Agenda 2063 Communication Strategy.

 

Rational

•    Support the strategic goals and objectives of Agenda 2063.

Overall Objective

•    Generate sustained public awareness, support and ownership by Africans of Agenda 2063

Specific Objectives

•    Maintain an up-to-date largest public awareness and media presence at the events and activities related to Agenda 2063;

•    Reach-out extensively to specific target and mass audience with quality information on activities of Agenda 2063;

•    Ensure consistent communication, key messages and information in ALL AU languages (Arabic, English, French & Portuguese as well as Kiswahili and Spanish);

•    Promote debates, discussions, dialogue and inspire action on Agenda 2063, including into the school curriculum;

•    Motivate participation and feedback of and from various Stakeholders;

•    Impart successfully the Vision of Agenda 2063 among all stakeholders;

•    Inspire and motivate the African citizenry and Diaspora to rally behind Agenda 2063 (infuse passion about Agenda 2063 and Pan Africanism); and

•    Develop communication strategies for promoting the implementation, monitoring and dissemination of information on the goals and targets of Agenda 2063.

 

Target Au- dience

•    INTERNAL: AU Member States, Staff, Organs and Agencies; APRM; and RECs.

•    EXTERNAL: African citizens; African Diaspora; African Institutions; Private Sector; Civil society; Media; Academics and Intellectuals; African Professionals; Bilateral and Multilateral Partners; Social Networks and Movements (Rotary club…); Strategic Development Partners; Arts and Culture Activists (Renaissance); Sports and Recreation Personalities and other Prominent People and Opinion Leaders

Branding and Visual Identity

•    Branding and Visual Identity, including logo, to be developed according to the AU Branding Rules

Key Mes– sages

•    Agenda 2063 slogan: “Unity, Shared Prosperity & Peace”

•    Key messages:

ü  An integrated and prosperous Africa at peace with itself

ü  A united and prosperous Africa at peace with itself

ü  A people centred strategy to realize the AU Vision.

ü  An agenda to undertake massive and bold industrialization of Africa

ü  For a prosperous socio-economic transformation and integration of the continent;

ü  For an accelerated development and technological progress

ü  An inclusive contribution of all for the wellbeing of each African etc.

Timeline

•    Five years to be reviewed annually.

Commu– nication Channels

•    Workshops, relevant events and activities, community forums, songs, poems, plays, teaching in school, certification of being Agenda 2063 compliant, AU clubs, volunteers, advertisements, radios and television programmes, newspapers, internet and social groups, memorabilia and paraphernalia, sport events, etc.

Implemen– tation of Strategy

•    Member States: Preparation and publication of newsletter; promotional items

– CDs, DVDs, caps, pens, t-shirts, key holders, bags, bracelets, diaries, gold plated pins, scarf, ties, etc.

•    AUC: Development of communication strategies for the promotion of the implementation of goals and targets of Agenda 2063; preparation of branding, billboard banners, leaflets, flyers, awareness meetings and workshops, PowerPoint presentations for meetings etc.

•    AU Organs, Agencies and Institutions: Preparation of consultation meetings; promotional items, use the Agenda 2063 logo where appropriate.

•    External Citizens and Institutions: Preparation of radio and television Ads, talk shows and debates; news conferences; open and moderate media social media channels; billboards, banners, leaflets, discussions in different thematic areas (agriculture, industrialization etc),

•    Main Actors: AU Commission (Bureau of the Chairperson, SPPMERM, DIC); NEPAD, AU Organs (including Executive Council and PRC), RECs; Member States, AfDB and UNECA.

 

ANNEXES

Annexes 1. Highlights     of    African                      Initiatives        for                      Economic                      Growth                      and Transformation

 

 

The Monrovia Declaration (1979): The Monrovia Declaration of 1979 provided a vision for the continent’s development in the following terms: Africa “to have a high degree of self- sufficiency, a democratic national development which will translate the fruits of our efforts equitably; will have a strong African solidarity and that Africa will carry more weight in world affairs” (OAU, 1979 – What Kind of Africa in 2002?).t

The Lagos Plan of Action (1980): The LPA based its strategies on key principles for an alternative path of development to take Africa out of the crisis of the 1980s. These included: self-reliance as the basis for development; equity in wealth distribution; expansion of the public sector; and inter-African economic cooperation and integration. The LPA emphasized agricultural development, industrialization, mining development, human resources and science and technology, and was an inspiration for many of the subsequent continental initiatives.

The Final Act of Lagos (1980) and the Abuja Treaty (1991): The Special Act of Lagos was aimed at achieving an African Common Market by 2000. African leaders attached great importance to economic integration as without it, the small African economies would not achieve meaningful development or overcome the crisis prevailing. Thus within 10 years the Final Act was transformed to the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community in 1991.The Abuja Treaty laid down a detailed process of achieving the Economic Community in successive stages over 34 years. It was clearly built upon the Monrovia Declaration (1979), the Lagos Plan of Action (1980) and the Final Act of Lagos (1980).

OAU: Africa’s Priority Programme for Economic Recovery (1986-1990): The OAU Assembly of Heads of State passed the Economic Recovery programme in July 1985. It was a 5-year programme seen as a means of accelerating implementation of the LPA and the Final Act of Lagos, overcoming Africa’s debt burden and improving the continent’s food situation. The programme was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1986 and renamed “United Nations Programme of Action of African Economic Recovery and Development (UNPAAERD) – 1986-1890.

The African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programme for Socio- economic Transformation (AAF-SAP) – 1989: The AAF-SAP was forged in the context of the continuing economic crisis that affected African countries, and the introduction of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAP) by the Bretton Woods Institutions. It was founded on the view that SAPs were perpetuating the crisis by linking weak African economies to a global system, which was to their disadvantage. A lot effort was made to popularize the AAF-SAP but despite the strong support it received, it was marginalized and suffered the fate of earlier initiatives.

The African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation (Arusha, 1990): The basic thrust of the Charter was democratization of the development process to make it more people-centred, as opposed to the SAPs, which were viewed as undemocratic and foisted on African countries without consultation. In effect, the Charter represented a renewed effort to counter the SAPs.

 

The OAU Declaration on the Political and Socio-economic Situation in Africa and the Fundamental Changes Taking Place in the World (1990): The Declaration was motivated by the concern of the persistent crisis and deteriorating economic situation, the increasing number of conflicts and Africa’s relations with the rest of the world. The Declaration marked a departure from the old ways of doing business in the sense that, it sought to address two issues: (i) a commitment to democracy as the preferred political system; and (ii) the recognition of the need to deal with political conflicts and democracy as preconditions for economic development – thus paving the way for the establishment of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution.

The OAU Re-launching of Africa’s Economic and Social Development: The Cairo Agenda for Action (1995): As with earlier initiatives, the Cairo Agenda for Action was shaped largely by the continuing economic crisis in Africa. There was also concern regarding the lack of implementation of previous frameworks by African countries. While re-affirming the LPA, the Cairo Agenda for Action stressed: achievement of democracy, governance, peace and security; food security; human resource development and capacity development; structural transformation; resource mobilization and efficient utilization; and economic cooperation and integration.

NEPAD – New Partnership for Africa’s Development: NEPAD was a merger of the Millennium Partnership for Africa’s Recovery (MPA) and Omega Plan and was approved in Lusaka July 2001. NEPAD’s is a socio-economic flagship programme of the AU with primary objectives to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable growth and development, integrate Africa in the world economy and accelerate the empowerment of women. Equally, some AU Member States voluntarily initiated APRM in 2003, as a self-monitoring mechanism intended to promote political stability, economic growth, sustained development and regional integration through experience sharing. Both NEPAD and APRM are now in the process of being integrated into the AU system, as part of a wider transformation scheme to assist Member States achieves socio-economic development.

 

 

Annexes 2. Summary of Broad Issues and Action Areas for Agenda 2063

 

ASPIRATION

SUMMARY OF BROAD ISSUES AND ACTION AREAS FOR AGENDA 2063

A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and

sustainable development

Improve standard of living of Africans by ensuring that the benefits of growth are widely shared:

🗸 Reduce and eliminate poverty, increase incomes, create jobs and reduce inequalities

🗸 Provide livable habitats and expand access to basic necessities of life;

🗸 Provide social protection and security Build Africa’s human and social capital:

🗸   Invest in a skills revolution based on science, technol- ogy and innovation,

🗸 Strengthen the continents health care system and fi- nancing, and strengthening social protection and safety nets;

 

ASPIRATION

SUMMARY OF BROAD ISSUES AND ACTION AREAS FOR AGENDA 2063

 

Transform African economies:

🗸   Revitalize manufacturing, industrialization, value addi- tion and putting in place commodity strategy to maxi- mize beneficiation from the continent’s vast resource endowments,

🗸 Develop the private sector;

Radically transform African agriculture, through capitalizing on the enormous endowment of Africa with 60per cent of the world’s arable land must be to rid the continent of food insecurity and endemic hunger:

🗸   Enhance production and productivity, and

🗸 Sustainably develop the vast potential of its Blue/ocean economy; and Sustainably manage Africa’s natural re- sources:

🗸 Put in place sustainable management of the continent’s land, forest, fresh water and marine resources

🗸 Conserve biodiversity including forests, species, wildlife, wild and wetlands, genetic resources, and ecosystems (terrestrial and marine) through expanding and effective management of national parks and protected areas as well as integration of biodiversity in all its dimensions into the development process

🗸   Tackle the impacts of climate change through adapta- tion and appropriate mitigation measures.

An integrated continent, po- litically united based

on the ideals of Pan African- ism and the

vision of Africa’s Renaissance

Accelerate progress towards continental political unity:

🗸   Agree on the form of continental political union

🗸 Develop the legal instruments required

🗸   Fast track adoption of instruments

Accelerate progress towards economic integration-at re- gional and continental level should be accelerated to meet the needs for sustained growth, trade and exchanges of services, capital and free movement of people.

🗸 Fast track realization of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)

🗸 Improve connectivity in Africa through acceleration of implementation of PIDA (road, rail network) and develop the African air transport, as well as shipping and mari- time transport;

🗸 Accelerate development of Africa’s regional and conti- nental power pools

🗸 Expand access of ICT

 

ASPIRATION

SUMMARY OF BROAD ISSUES AND ACTION AREAS FOR AGENDA 2063

An Africa of good gover- nance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law

Consolidate and strengthen the democratic gains that have been attained to deliver the democracy dividend in terms of deepening the culture of respect for human rights, justice

🗸 Strengthen and deepen the quality of democratic pro- cesses

🗸   Strengthen deepen respect for Human rights and rule of law

🗸 Fully implement continental instruments and norms governing governance, human rights, rule of law and democratic processes

Build strong developmental states:

🗸 Reform public sector institutions to ensure vibrant na- tional, regional and local institutions that are account- able and deliver public

🗸 Services

🗸 Improve public financial management

Facilitate the emergence of visionary and accountable lead- ership in all sectors and at all levels

A peaceful and secure Africa

Ensure peace and security at national level:

🗸 Put in place structures for mediation and conflict resolu- tion

🗸 Mechanisms for management of diversity

🗸 Strengthen governance, democratic principles and re- spect for rule of law

🗸    Relative stability prevails on the continent but greater and more concerted efforts are needed to secure Peace and Security that remains elusive in parts of Africa.

At continental level:

🗸 Fully operationalize APSA

🗸 Secure domestic financing of Africa’s peace and Secu- rity instruments

🗸 Build assets needed for Africa to secure its interests

🗸 Develop strategies to address root causes of conflict as well as emerging security threats

An Africa with a strong cul- tural identity,

common heritage, values and ethics

Fast track realization of the African Renaissance:

🗸 Inculcate appreciation of Pan Africanism and African culture among young people

🗸 Build Africa’s creative industry such that it contributes significantly to Africa’s growth and transformation

🗸 Secure and preserve Africa’s cultural, linguistic and oth- er heritage assets

 

ASPIRATION

SUMMARY OF BROAD ISSUES AND ACTION AREAS FOR AGENDA 2063

An Africa whose develop- ment is

people-driven, relying on the

potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children.

Africa’s women

🗸 Enhance, deepen and consolidate gains in political rep- resentation

🗸 Move towards full gender parity

🗸 Strengthen economic empowerment Africa’s youth

🗸   Create opportunities for growth and self-realisation

🗸 Address youth concerns related to access to education, health and training opportunities

🗸 Develop strategies for youth empowerment, job creation and support start ups

Africa’s children

🗸 Ensure their safety and security

🗸 Provide for early development needs including educa- tion, health and nutrition

🗸   Effectively implement the African Charter on the Rights of the Child

Africa as a strong and influen– tial global player

and partner

Africa’s place in global governance

🗸 Reform of the UNSC

🗸 Reform of governance of global financial institutions, especially the Bretton woods Institutions

🗸 Strengthen Africa’s collective representation to WTO and Trade Negotiations

🗸 Strengthen the AU to adequately represent the Conti- nent

Africa’s partnerships

🗸 Review and reform partnership to make them a more strategic tool to help in achieving Agenda 2063 vision

Africa’s development financing

🗸 Develop strategy for domestic resource mobilization to phase out ODA

🗸 Secure resources for sustained financing of African in- stitutions and programmes at

🗸 regional and domestic levels.

 

Annexes 3.     Agenda 2063 Results Matrix National Level: Goals, Priority Areas, Targets and Indicative Strategies Aspiration 1:A prosperous Africa, based on inclusive growth and sustainable development

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

1.1 A high

standard of living, quality of life and well-be- ing for all citizens

1.1.1 Incomes, jobs and decent work

a.    Per capita income is at least 10 times the 2013 level to average values of USD 17-20,000

b.    Unemployment level kept below 6per cent

c.    Reduce by 75 per cent the number of working adults holding vulnerable jobs

d.    Reduce youth unemployment to 6per cent or less

e.    Rural unemployment rate is reduced by 50per cent by 2030 and eliminat- ed by 2050

f.    20per cent of informal sector ven- tures graduate into small / medium enterprise annually from 2025

•    Develop / implement prudent macro-economic and sectoral policies for a competitive private sector led growth

•    Expand productive capacities of the economy in particular the SMMEs

•    Fully implement Ouagadougou+10 (Revised Action Plan on Employment and Poverty Alleviation)

•    Develop/implement policies to enhance the entrepreneurial / business growth capacities of the informal sector including productivity improve- ments

•    Develop and use of vulnerability index that promotes the ability of Island States to maintain their standard of living

•    Provide / promote policies for employment creating transitions between small, medium and large scale enterprises

•    Promote labour-intensive diversification of African economies

•    Prepare rural migrants for entry into urban job market through education and health

•    Promote policies to absorb rural labour in productive off-farm activities

•    Improve worker productivity in the informal sector

•    Increased access to financing, inputs and markets of the informal sec– tor as well as small and medium scale enterprises through adoption of gender responsive modalities

•    Facilitate women’s entry into high productivity jobs and provide equal employment opportunities and to social protection

•    Recognising, valuing, reducing and redistributing unpaid care work and domestic work, including through family-friendly policies for affordable child care, support for care of the elderly, ill and people living with HIV or disabilities and maternity and paternity leave policies

•    Provide youth with skills that respond to the job market through voca- tional training, on-the-job training and apprenticeship

•    Increase access to financing, inputs and markets by the informal sector, small and medium scale enterprises

•    Provide skills /output based sustainable youth employment programmes

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.1.2 Poverty, in-

equality and hunger

a.    End all forms of poverty by 2035

b.     Reduce income disparities by 50per cent between: (i) urban and rural ar- eas; (ii) men and women; and (iii) top and bottom 20per cent of the popu- lation

c.    End hunger by 2035

•    Fully implement CAADP

•    Fully implement Ouagadougou+10 (Revised Action Plan on Employ- ment and Poverty Alleviation)

•    Provide policies and programmes for equal access (opportunity) to re- sources for self-advancement, food and better nutrition

•    Promote inclusive and self-advancement rural development policies

•    Promote policies that will ensure access to affordable and quality food by all

•    Put in place women’s economic empowerment strategies

•    Develop/implement nutrition programmes, especially for the poor, wom- en, children and the marginalized

•    Provide training/programmes for self-advancement to the poor and the marginalized

1.1.3 Social secu-

rity and protec- tion including persons with disabilities

a.    All citizens have access to social se- curity at affordable cost

b.    All socially disadvantaged and the vulnerable (including those with dis- abilities) are socially protected by 2030

c.    All citizens are free from fear and want

d.    All public facilities and services have provisions for people with disabilities

•    Implement UN Social Protection Floor Initiative and the ILO Social Pro- tection Norms

•    Implement the Social Policy Framework for Africa

•    Implement Action Plan on Continental Plan on Persons with Disabilities

•    Implement the AU Plan of Action on The Family

•    Implement the Addis Ababa Declaration on the Strengthening the Afri- can Family for Inclusiveness

•    Implement UN Conventions on Persons with Disabilities

•    Develop / implement sustainable national social security and protection policy especially for the vulnerable, marginalized, women and youth

•    Develop institutional and human capacity for implementing social secu- rity and protection policies

•    Develop and implement policies for the protection and care of the elderly

•    Promote social entrepreneurship in all levels of the society

•    Ensure sustainable funding for the social protection programmes

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.1.4 Modern and

liveable habi- tats and quality basic services

a.    All cities and in the case of small Is- land States all settlements are certi- fied sustainable by 2035

b.    All cities 2 million and above have mass rapid transit system in place by 2035/ preparatory work complet- ed by 2023

c.    All settlements in Small Island States are linked by frequent, efficient and effective, (where appropriate) land, air and sea rapid transit systems by 2020

d.    Eradicate city slums by 2045

e.    At least 75per cent of all households have access to housing by 2035 and all households have access by 2063

f.    Reduce 2013 level of proportion of the population without safe drinking water by 95per cent

g.    Reduce 2013 level of proportion of the people without access to im- proved sanitation facilities by 95per cent

h.    Access to electricity is increased by at least 50per cent of 2013 levels

i.    All citizens have affordable access to mass transit by 2063

j.    Communications improved in rural areas through linking of all towns/vil- lages within local governance areas by tarred roads by 2035

k.  All citizens have access to a high speed internet connectivity and voice communication facilities by 2025

l.    100 per cent of urban waste is re- cycled by 2063

•    Develop / improve the regulatory framework, expand infrastructure, build the capacity of the citizenry for enhanced affordable access to the ba- sic necessities of life: water, sanitation, electricity, transport, phone and internet services

•    Implement the Africa Water Vision

•    Establish tariffs systems for water, electricity and public transport that addresses cross-subsidy and the needs of the poor

•    Develop capacity for managing transition from rural to urban poles of growth (urban design, urban retrofitting)

•    Develop policies / programmes to facilitate the provision of affordable housing including financing and the elimination of slums

•    Develop national policy on human settlements of the 21st century and beyond

•    Develop policies / regulations and partnerships for the creation of sus- tainable smart cities

•    Develop / implement policies and programmes for private, public-private partnerships in investment of transport systems in small Island States.

•    Facilitate the creation of urban mass transit systems through public pri- vate and other financing mechanisms

•    Develop / implement slum eradication programmes including financing availability for individual

•    Provide access to financing for the reconstruction of rural homes

•    Build human capacity for the human settlement development

•    Develop national housing policy

•    Facilitate the development of housing mortgage institutions

•    Facilitate the creation of real estate development companies

•    Promote the use of the real estate market for housing delivery

•    Expand and improve access to water and sanitary facilities

•    Provide affordable and sustainable access to energy / electricity by all households

•    Facilitate affordable access to urban and rural transport

•    Promote policies to ensure access to internet connectivity by all

•    Develop/implement policies for the growth of urban waste recycling in- dustries

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

1.2 Well

educated citizens and skills revolution under pinned by science, technol- ogy and innova- tion

1.2.1 Education

and science, technology and innovation- driven skills revolution

a.    100per cent literacy rate by 2025

b.    Zero gender disparity at all levels of education by 2030

c.    Enrolment rate for childhood educa- tion is 100 per centper cent by 2035

d.    At least 70 per cent of the population receive quality education at all levels

e.   Increase number of qualified teach- ers by at least 30per cent per cent with focus on STEM by 2023

f.    Universal secondary school educa- tion with 100per cent enrolment rate by 2020

g.    Universal high school education with 100per cent enrolment rate by 2025

h.    At least 70per cent of high school graduates go on to tertiary educa- tion

i.    10per cent of degrees awarded by universities/polytechniques are in computer science and information technology by 2040

j.    30per cent of all degrees awarded by universities/polytechniques are in the engineering sciences by 2040

k.  10per cent of degrees awarded by universities / polytechniques are in the bio / health sciences and bio- technology by 2040.

l.    10 per cent of degrees awarded by universities are in the basic sciences.

m. All secondary school students with- out access to tertiary education have free access to TVET education by 2030

•    Expand educational facilities in primary and secondary schools with special focus on Science, Technology and Mathematics.

•    Expand access to good quality early childhood education with emphasis on rural areas and vulnerable children

•    Increase the supply of qualified teachers at all levels by improving train- ing capacity and teacher incentives to ensure that they possess the rel- evant knowledge, skills and attitudes and motivation to teach effectively

•    Strengthening the learning infrastructure for STEM that ensures increased incentives, access and quality learning for women and girls

•    Reviewing the curriculum and learning environment of TVET institutions to make them gender responsive and relevant to Agenda 2063

•    Develop / adopt curricula at all levels of the educational ladder that promote self-reliant, creativity, entrepreneurship and global citizenship

•    Expand access to science, technology and innovation inclined quality and affordable education including early childhood education, especially for girls at all levels of the educational ladder

•    Enhance Science, Mathematics and Technology Education as a major input for industrialization and economic prosperity

•    Accelerate ratification and implementation of the continental and re- gional conventions for mutual recognition of academic qualifications

•    Work out alternative mechanisms to mobilize more financial resources for education to support government funding

•    Establish Continental Accreditation Agency that monitors high quality standards across Africa

•    Establish a pool of high quality TVET centres across Africa and promote national TVET systems that are aligned with labour market considering global economic trends.

•    Build research capacity of African Universities and develop high quality post-graduate programmes to promote research and original knowledge production.

•    Promote Pan Africa University with exemplifying excellence as model of African University and establish a continent wide network of centres of excellence.

•    Build world class research laboratories for computer, engineering and bio sciences, technology and innovations

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

 

n. At least 70per cent of the public indi- cate improvements educational qual- ity by 2023

•    Build human capacity for science, technology and innovation pro- grammes at the tertiary levels of education

•    Develop/implement programmes to govern tertiary institutions to ensure quality education

•    Put in place policies to nurture research and innovation culture

•    Increase financial support to research and development programmes in educational institutions

•    Develop/implement ICT policies for educational institutions.

•    Develop/implement systems for the monitoring of scientific and techno– logical developments.

•    Introduce relevant innovation concepts in public sector policy instru- ments

•    Develop and implement strategies to enhance technical and professional competencies

•    Promote innovation entrepreneurship programmes in order to underpin the skills revolution

1.3 Healthy

and well- nourished citizens

1.3.1 Health and

nutrition

a.    Universal access to quality health care and services by 2063

b.    Eliminate all communicable diseases by 2030

c.    Reduce to zero deaths from HIV/ AIDS, Malaria, TB by 2030

d.    Reduce the number of malaria deaths of children under 5 years by 80per cent by 2023

e.    Access to ARV drugs is 100per cent

f.    Reduce to zero deaths from dengue fever and chikungunya by 2030 (Afri- can Island States)

g.    End maternal and under five child mortality by 2030

h.    End all Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2030

•    Implement the proposed African Health Strategy

•    Implement the proposed African Nutrition Strategy

•    Strengthen health systems with the goal of enhancing affordable access to quality care and services.

•    Introduce ICT support in health service delivery

•    Build/expand the capacity of Health care systems to address new and emerging health emergencies such as Ebola

•    Develop / implement programmes to combat communicable and non- communicable diseases

•    Develop human capacity for the health sector

•    Promote policies for sustainable financing of the health sector

•    Promote policies that will enhance access to balanced diets

•    Promotion of nutrition surveillance and intervention programmes

•    Develop/implement programmes for the promotion of healthy lifestyles to minimize the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, dia- betes, etc

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

 

i. Life expectancy at birth is 75 years

j. Eliminate all forms of malnutrition by 2030

•    Develop/impellent programmes for the elimination of dengue fever and chikungunya

•    Accelerate the training and deployment of health workers

•    Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health rights, in- cluding to reduce maternal mortality rates and end preventable maternal morbidities, and to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS

•    Develop/implement policies and programmes for expanding quality ba- sic health services including access to quality, efficacious and affordable medicines.

•    Build human and financial resource capacities for health care delivery

•    Expand and improve (including adoption) public health education poli- cies and programmes

•    Develop / implement programmes for the promotion of healthy lifestyles to minimize the incidence of cardio vascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes etc.

•    Introduce the use of ICT support in the delivery of health services

1.4 Trans-

formed econo- mies

1.4.1 Sustainable

and inclusive economic growth

a.    Annual GDP growth of not less than 7per cent over the period

b.    Contribution to GDP by the bottom quintile poor, marginalized and the vulnerable is at least 5 fold of the 2013 levels

c.    Share of local private sector contri- bution to the GDP is not less than 50per cent

•    Promote macroeconomic stability

•    Develop/implement policies to increase savings and investment

•    Put in place policies to increase savings and investment rates for accel- erated development: macro stability; efficient financial systems /institu- tions and markets; public sector savings including effective manage- ment and strategic use of resource rents; private sector profitability

•    Improve business environment, rationalize / minimize regulations and encourage entrepreneurship development and growth

•    Promote inter/intra-regional trade as conduit for growth

•    Develop infrastructure to support economic transformation

•    Develop human capacity and infrastructure for social and economic transformation based on inclusive growth and sustainable development

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.4.2 STI driven

manufacturing, industrialization and value ad- dition

a.    The 2013 value of manufacturing in GDP is increased by at least 5 fold and manufacturing absorbs at least 50per cent of new entrants into the labour market

b.    At least 90per cent of agricultural cash crops produced is processed locally (value addition)

c.    By 2035, the share of labour inten- sive manufacturing enterprises in total manufacturing output is in- creased 5-fold

d.    By 2063 the share of technology driven manufacturing firms in total manufacturing output is 50per cent

e.    Commodity exchanges in place for all major commodities produced by 2035

f.   All firms operating in the sector are listed on the local stock exchange

g.    At least 50per cent of the shares of each firm in the industry are held by locals

h.    Small scale and artisanal mining op- erators share of the sector output is at least 30per cent

i.    At least 80per cent value added (lo- cal content) is attained

j.    Gross domestic expenditures on R&D as percentage of GDP has reached 1per cent by 2023

•    Implement BIAT/make expansion in Intra-African trade as a conduit for growth in the manufacturing / industrial sector

•    Create enabling environment for the growth and development of the manufacturing sector

•    Build capacities for small and medium industries linked into regional/ continental/global value chains

•    Design/ implement programmes for reducing input (energy/electricity, water, transport) cost for competitive manufacturing

•    Invest In product / process Research & Development (R&D) for manu- facturing

•    Invest in Science, Technology and Innovation/Skills for manufacturing, extractive and services sectors

•    Stimulate the adoption of modern working methods to improve produc- tivity

•    Implement Boosting Inter African Trade (BIAT) policies

•    Improve the level / quality of country resource potential data

•    Introduce innovative tax regimes / licensing schemes that are responsive to economic circumstances and contribute to maximization of resource rents

•    Build national capacity for contract negotiation

•    Develop / implement laws and regulations for promoting up, down, and side stream / local content enterprises

•    Promote local listing of oil/gas/mining firms

•    Provide legislation / polices for promoting small scale / artisan mining companies in areas as infrastructure, technology, financing / working capital and markets

•    Expand / focus vocational and technical education to produce the hu- man capacity for the extractive industry

•    Promote policies to obtain and manage a greater share of rents from extractive industries

•    Develop and put in place a framework for a functioning stock exchanges

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.4.3 Economic

diversification and resilience

a.    Improvement in the diversification in- dex is at least 80per cent

b.     Increase 2013 tourisms contribution to GDP by at least 5 fold

c.     2013 contribution of the creative arts to GDP is increased by at least 10 fold

d.     Financial services contribute at least 20per cent of GDP by 2050

e.    New ICT platforms to support the growth of the productive sectors and social connectivity increase 10-fold

f.    25 per cent of new businesses ema- nate from research and innovation outputs

g.     Per capita expenditure on research, development and innovation diffu- sion at least equal to the global av- erage

•    Implement BIAT

•    Implement the African Tourism Strategy

•    Implement the African Action Plan on the Development of the Creative Arts

•    Implement the proposed African Commodity Strategy

•    Develop / implement national long term economic diversification plans (including, tourism, blue economy, knowledge driven products and ser- vices) within the context the structural transformation of the economy

•    Design / implement proactive early warning systems to economic shocks

•    Create capacity to take counter cyclical measures to mitigate economic fluctuations

•    Develop national research development policy / strategy including short/ medium term science, technology and innovation plans

•    Establish world class science, technology and innovation infrastructure for manufacturing, extractive processing knowledge driven products / services

•    Develop human capacity for science, technology and innovation

•    Provide an enabling environment for an entrepreneurship driven science, technology and innovation culture

•    Strengthen the intellectual property and regulation system

•    Provide incentives- taxes, regulatory environment to encourage private sector investment in science, technology and innovation for develop- ment

 

1.4.4 Tourism/Hospi- tality

a.    Contribution of tourism to GDP in real terms is increased by at least five fold

b.    Eco-friendly coastal tourism in- creased five fold with at least 20% of public revenues from it going to finance local development pro- grammes of communities

c.    The level of intra-African tourism in- creases ten-fold.

•    Fully implement the African Tourism Strategy;

•    Create/nurture an African Tourism Organization

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

1.5 Modern

agricul- ture for increased produc- tivity and produc- tion

1.5.1 Agricultural

productivity and production

a.    Total factor productivity is at least 6 times the 2013 level

b.    At least establish 10 agricultural commodity value chains

c.    Increase and make local food crop production competitive enough to replace at least 70per cent of im- ports by 2040

d.    100per cent of agricultural GDP is contributed by commercial agricul- tural producers

e.    Research outputs increase produc- tivity by at least 5per cent per year from 2013.

•    Capacitate and fully implement the science agenda for agriculture and generate and disseminate the knowledge and technologies required to double agriculture total factor productivity by 2025

•    Improving the agricultural institutions in terms of their capacity to ef- fectively and efficiently implement agricultural plans and improving the quality of policies supported by evidence

•    Improving the quality of agricultural data to support sector planning and establishing mechanisms for tracking and reporting of agricultural sector performance

•    Develop / implement policies for accurate valuation of natural resources needed in agricultural production – land, labour, water and capital- to ensure their optimal usage / combination in the production process

•    Facilitate the creation of agricultural commodity exchange(s)

•    Facilitate funding availability for investment and working capital needs

 

 

•    Promote policies that provide necessary skills, knowledge and technolo- gies required for increased productivity

 

 

•    Develop/implement policies for the creations of agribusiness ventures/ entrepreneurs for the domestic, regional and global markets

 

 

•    Develop / implement policies for accurate valuation of natural resources needed in agricultural production – land, labour, water and capital- to ensure their optimal usage / combination in the production process

 

 

•    Promote policies that contribute to value addition in agriculture through investments in agro-processing and infrastructure (irrigations, access roads)

 

 

•    Promote policies that will ensure better functioning of agriculture and food markets including lower costs of market participation and increase access to regional / continental and global markets

 

 

•    Effectively leverage the emergence and flourishing of a vibrant sector of small, medium and large scale joint venture agro-processing and agri- businesses which attract a core of young and skilled African women and men entrepreneurs in those value chains

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

1.6 Blue/

ocean economy for ac- celerated economic growth

1.6.1 Marine resourc- es Energy

a.    Increase value addition in the fishery sector 5 times the 2013 level in real terms

b.     At least quadruple in real terms the contribution of eco-tourism to GDP

c.     Coastal tourism increased by 20per cent by 2020 with at least 10per cent of the public revenues from it going to finance development programmes of the communities

d.     Build at least four giant aquaculture showpieces

e.    Marine bio-technology and seabed natural resources contribution to GDP is at least 4 times the 2013 lev- els in real terms

f.    At least 10per cent of renewable en- ergy sources is from wave energy.

•    For African Island States: Provide policies / incentives and positive regulatory environment for the creation new businesses with platforms based on: (i) deep ocean water applications (ii) marine hydrocarbon and mineral exploration and exploitation (iv) marine biotechnology and off

(vi) aqua-culture development

•    Develop/implement R&D policies in support of the growth of marine resources business

•    Develop skills and technological platforms for blue/ocean economy businesses

•    Develop/implement policies and programmes to increase research and development for the monitoring of the High Seas, particularly where ecosystem components straddle between areas of national jurisdiction and the High Seas.

•    Develop / implement policies for reduction pollution of the ocean envi- ronment from both land and sea-based sources

•    Conduct economic valuation of natural blue capital and potential for growth or value addition

•    Develop/ implement polices to support the application of marine spatial planning and integrated adaptive oceans policy/governance for EEZs

 

 

 

•    Develop / implement policies for marine spatial planning for sustainable development

 

 

 

•    Build valuation of blue / ocean capital into national accounting system

 

 

 

•    Implement the African Integrated Maritime Strategy

 

 

 

•    Develop / implement programmes for the growth of marine energy busi- nesses

 

 

 

•    Build capacities including technology platforms for marine businesses

 

 

 

•    Conduct research in support of the growth of marine businesses

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.6.2 Port operations and marine transport

a.    At least quadruple in real terms the contribution of shipping / port op- erations services to GDP

b.     At least locally owned or a REC coun- try owned shipping lines carry 40per cent of annual tonnage of cargo.

c.    Average duration of ship call time is reduced by at least 30per cent by 2020

d.     Average time for clearing of goods from ports is reduced by at least 50 per cent by 2020

•    Implement the African Integrated Maritime Strategy

•    Develop/implement policies for the growth of port operations and marine transport

•    Build capacities for the growth of the port operations and marine trans- port

•    Conduct research and development in support of the growth of marine transport businesses

1.7 Environ-

mentally sustain- able and climate resilient econo- mies and commu- nities

1.7.1 Sustainable

consumption patterns

a.    All companies are sustainability certificated and annually report to shareholders on sustainability prac- tices

b.    All households/ communities, gov- ernment entities are aware and lead- ing sustainable life styles with re- spect to the use of water, electricity, design/construction of houses

c.    National income accounts are re- formed to fully reflect changes in re- newable and non-renewable natural resource wealth

•    Develop / implement policies and standards including environmental laws and regulations, green procurement for sustainable production and consumption practices

•    Promote sustainable production patterns and consumption lifestyles through the creation of greater awareness and knowledge development

•    Establish grassroots mechanisms /create platforms for sharing of expe- riences and know how on environmental outreach and empowerment

•    Establish /enforce sustainability certification schemes

•    Build national capacity for environmental statistics and include new envi- ronmental courses / technologies in academic institutions

•    Build national capacity environmental statistics and new environmental courses / technologies in academic institutions

•    Develop / enforce sustainability regulatory frameworks

•    Domesticate Kyoto Protocol

•    Domesticate Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

•    Domesticate Montreal Protocol for Ozone Depletion substances

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.7.2 Biodiversity

conservation and sustainable natural resourc- es manage- ment

a.    Forest and vegetation cover restored to the 1963 level

b.    Halt and reverse land degradation and desert encroachment; and re- duce by at least 90per cent loss of biodiversity and natural habitats

c.    Expand and protect national parks and protected areas to meet the IUCN recommendation of at least 10per cent of the land area protect- ed and 17per cent of terrestrial and inland waterways conserved, with additional conservation areas such as community lands, conservancies and corridors created

•    Complete the ratification of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in those countries that have not done so far and develop mechanisms for implementation as integral elements of national development policies, strategies and plans

•    Enact strict and punitive legislation for wildlife crimes including poach- ing and trafficking and enforce such legislation without any kind of bias (political, economic, social and ethnic)

•    Reduce dependence of the population on threatened species and eco- systems; thereby eliminate all forms of trade (domestic and internation- al) in endangered species.

•    Integrate the economic, social, cultural, educational and ecological val- ues of Africa’s unique biodiversity including wildlife and wild lands into the development decision making processes and indicators of econom- ic growth including national accounting systems

•    Build effective capacities for the conservation of bio-diversity including management of national parks and protected areas

•    Build strong natural resources governance systems at the community, national levels, including revitalizing commons management

•    Domesticate the Framework Guideline on Land Policy in Africa as well as the Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa to ensure sustainable land management practices, sound prop- erty rights and security of tenure, enforcement of corporate social and environmental (local and foreign investors)

•    For Small Island States

ü   Expand marine protected areas for the conservation of Africa’s unique aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems

ü   Promote the sustainable use and management coastal zones and ma- rine resources to build climate resilient and sustainable communities

ü   Establish bank of genetic marine resources to restore threatened spe- cies and degraded eco-systems.

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

1.7.3 Water security

a.    Increase 2013 level of water demand satisfaction by 100per cent

b.     Increase 2013 levels of water pro- ductivity from rain fed agriculture and irrigation by 60per cent by 2030

c.    At least 90per cent of waste water is recycled for agricultural and indus- trial use

•    Develop/promote national frameworks within the context of IWRM for effective water harvesting, distribution and use

•    Promote and support development and implementation of frameworks for regional watershed management

•    Adopt new technologies to enhance water use efficiency / exploitation of new sources of water

 

1.7.4 Climate re-

silience and natural disas- ters

a.    At least 90per cent of farmers, pasto- ralist and fisherfolks practice climate resilient production systems by 2035

b.     Reduce by 90per cent 2013 levels of emissions arising from agriculture, bio-diversity loss, land use, and de- forestation by 2035

c.    Reduce deaths and property loss from natural and man-made disas- ters and climate extreme events by at least 60per cent by 2035

d.     All African cities meet WHO’s Ambi- ent Air Quality Standards (AAQS) by 2025.

•    Develop and implement policies/regulations for low carbon production systems

•    Mainstream/integrate climate resilience in planning, budgeting and moni- toring in development outcomes and processes

•    Conduct climate change research including detection and attribution

•    Promote/support climate-smart agriculture including those under CADDP

•    Promote climate resilience practices in integrated coastal and marine ecosystem management systems

•    Promote development of energy efficient, low carbon mass transit sys- tems

•    Strengthen national, regional and continental capacities to collect, anal- yse and evaluate climate related data and meteo-information

•    Strengthen intercontinental cooperation to deal with slow onset events related to climate change such as sea level rise and desertification

•    Promote/support disaster risk reduction, emergency response and cli- mate resilient policies and programmes

•    Domesticate United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

 

1.7.5 Renewable energy

a.    Raise the share of renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, bio and geother- mal) in total energy production to 50 per cent by 2063

b.    All urban buildings are certified as energy smart

c.    All urban mass transport operate on renewable and low emissions fuel by 2063

•    Develop and implement policies, strategies and regulations to promote the sustainable growth of the energy sector

•    Promote the development and dissemination of energy efficient tech- nologies and use of clean energy sources

•    Ensure financing for education, adoption and use of renewable energy technologies

 

 

 

Aspiration 2: An integrated continent politically united and based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

2.1 A United Africa (Federal or Con- federate)

2.1.1 Frameworks

and institutions for a United Africa

a.    All protocols and treaties leading to the establishment of a United Africa domesticated by 2050

b.     Intra- African trade is raised from 10.1per cent in 2012 to 60per cent by 2063

c.    Trade with African Island States is at least 5 per cent of intra-African trade

d.     All protocols leading to free move- ment of persons, goods and service in each REC domesticated by 2023

•    Ratify/adopt treaties and protocols related to the creation of regional

/ continental Free Trade Areas, Customs Union, Common Market and Monetary Union

•    Review national constitution / laws against the background of adopted protocols / treaties

•    Undertake the legal / administrative processes required for domestication

•    Develop / implement communication strategy for the domestication pro- cess

•    Domesticate all protocols leading to free movement of persons within the REC

•    Fully implement BIAT

•    Develop/implement policies to increase trade with African Island States

2.2 Continen-

tal mon- etary and financial institu- tions es- tablished

2.2.1 Financial and

monetary insti- tutions

a. All Financial and Monetary Institu- tions established by 2060

•    Promotion of national ratification of all treaties, protocols and instru- ments

2.3 World

class infra- structure criss- crosses Africa

2.3.1 Communication and infrastruc- ture connectiv- ity

a.    Harmonize, ratify and domesticate treaties / protocols related to region- al integration of all modes of com- munications by 2020

b.     Complete all infrastructure for con- nectivity by road by 2030 (African Highway), air, marine, electronic by 2025 and by rail 2040

c.    In country connectivity to the African High Speed Train Network is com- pleted by 2063

•    Implement /execute all legal, financial and operational requirements for in-country connectivity to the African High Speed Train Network (AH- STN)

•    Build the necessary skills, R&D and financing for the establishment of the AHSTN

•    Fully implement PIDA

•    Develop / implement Smart Corridors Strategy

•    Ratification and adoption of all treaties and protocols related to the lib- eralization of air transport and full implementation of the Yamoussoukro Declaration on Open skies

•    Implement high capacity oil refinery and oil and gas pipeline strategy

•    Develop / implement renewable energy generation policy

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

 

d.    “Open Skies” fully operational by 2020

e.    Quadruple access to internet ser- vices by 2030

f.    Triple the contribution of ICT to GDP by 2040

g.    By 2025 achieve 50per cent broad- band access

h.    100per cent mobile penetration by 2020

•    Prepare/ implement geothermal projects

•    Implement Summit Decision on Africa Bio Energy Policy Framework and Guidelines

•    Enhancing the enabling environment & Governance (spectrum, domain names and numbers)- requires strong continental cooperation whose out- come will make Africa Strong, United and Global Player and Partner: Na- tional Level (i) develop/ implement comprehensive e-strategies (ii) develop/ implement policies for the development of digital economy (iii) Promote pol- icies for the harmonization / coordination of key ICT Institutions (iv) support the development of a digital economy (v) support youth and women entre- preneurship in the digital sector (v) develop / implement programs for the production of contents in national (indigenous) language and new modes of digital expression Continental (i) Promote the implementation of Legisla- tion to ensure security and reliability of networks across the continent.

•    Development of Post & ICT Infrastructure: National (i) Build broad band infrastructures (ii) establish postal ICT networks (iii) promote access to ICT infrastructure in rural and underserved areas (v) Develop/implement strat- egies to exploit digital dividend Continental: Promote the development of regional and continental digital broadcasting network

•    e-Applications and Services: National (i) Promote mobile value-added ser- vices and applications industry (ii) Strengthen consumer associations and user groups Continental (i) include post offices in the African Institute of Remittances (AIR)

•    Capacity Development: National (i) Promote digital literacy (ii) increase R&D capacity in Post and ICT Sectors (iii) Harness Skills and expertise of the African Diaspora on ICT development

•    Resource Mobilization: Continental (i) Establish and operationalize the Afri- can ICT Development Fund

•    Industrialization: National (i) Promote ICT assembling and manufacturing plants (ii) promote development and production of software (iii) promote the development of business process outsourcing (iv) facilitate the creation of technological parks and incubators (v) provide micro-works across all sec- tors Continental (i) Promote the creation of large regional markets to attract investment.

•    R&D: Continental (i) establish regional or common research centres, pro- grams and networks

 

 

 

Aspiration 3: An Africa of good governance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

3.1 Demo-

cratic values, practices, universal principles of human rights, justice and the rule of law en- trenched

3.1.1 Democracy and good gover- nance

a.    Democratic institutions are indepen- dent and deliver their functions with- out fear or favour by 2030

b.    Elections at all levels are free, fair and transparent by 2020

c.    All citizens are empowered to hold the leaders accountable and are free from fear of their government by 2030

d.    Freedom of expression and associa- tion and a vibrant and responsible press that informs the public of their rights and obligations and holds ac- countable their government by 2025

e.    Zero tolerance for undemocratic / un

– constitutional changes of govern- ment is the norm

•    Review / adapt national laws / constitution to reflect continental norms as contained in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Gov- ernance (ACDEG) and other regional / continental instruments regarding elimination of impunity, nepotism, corruption

•    Subscribe to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)

•    Develop/implement socialization programmes including adaptation of school curricula for the reinforcement of democratic values and prac- tices

•    Develop capacity of national governance institutions

•    Promulgate laws that will regulate political financing which ensures level playing field for all political parties

•    Implement recommendations of electoral observation groups

•    Rationalize constitution / laws to guarantee freedom of association and the right to participate in the decision making in the national develop- ment process by relevant stakeholders

•    Develop/implement communication strategy to reinforce the freedom to associate and right to participate in the development process

•    Put in place mechanisms for sanctioning / rectifying infractions to free- dom of association / expression in the development process

3.1.2 Human rights,

justice and rule of law

a.    Independent courts / judiciary that dispense / deliver justice without fear or favour in place by 2030

b.     Corruption and impunity eliminated

c.    Affordable, impartial and timely ac- cess to justice all by 2030

d.     Adherence to the rule of law and due process is the norm by 2040

•    Review /adapt national laws / constitution to reflect continental norms as contained in African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and others related instruments

•    Develop/implement socialization programmes on respect for human rights and the rule of law

•    Develop / implement communication strategy on adherence to demo- cratic values / practices

•    Put in place systems for sanctioning violations in human rights and due process without fear or favour

•    Put in place systems respecting ethnic diversity, promoting religious tolerance and sanctions racial discrimination

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

3.2 Capable

institu- tions and transfor- mative leader- ship in place at all levels

3.2.1 Institutions and leadership

a.    All levels of national government (lo- cal, regional/ state and national) have capacity to prioritize, design / imple- ment development programmes by 2030

b.     A competent, professional and neu- tral bureaucracy is in place and ca- pable state institutions to deliver ef- fective and efficient services to the citizenry by 2030

•    Build capacities of national institutions in development management including monitoring and evaluation

•    Promote policies and programmes for efficient and effective service de- livery of public institutions

•    Fully implement the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Pub- lic Administration

3.2.2 Participatory

development and local gov- ernance

a.    Entrenched participatory and inclu- sive systems in decision making pro- cesses within the context of a social contract based on long term national vision by 2030

b.    Full capacity for management of risks related to natural disasters

c.    Reduce local conflicts to zero by 2020

d.    All local governments have full ad- ministrative and institutional capaci- ties and appropriate fiscal powers by 2025

e.    Local communities have a fair share of the exploitation of natural resourc- es and are using it for the benefit of all by 2025

f.    Culture, values and norms of local communities are respected and pro- tected

•    Promote policies for stakeholder participation in local governance

•    Put in place measures to ensure full decentralization and rationalization of fiscal and administrative functions and build the associated capaci- ties for municipalities and local government bodies

•    Develop / implement policies for disaster prevention and management

•    Develop / implement policies for conflict prevention and management

•    Develop / implement policies for decentralization and empowerment of local governments

 

 

 

Aspiration 4: A peaceful and secure Africa

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

4.1 Peace,

secu- rity and

stability is preserved

4.1.1 Maintenance

and preserva- tion of peace and security

a.    Ratify/adopt African instruments on peace and security

b.     Effective mechanisms to address the root/structural causes of violent conflict are in place by 2025

c.    Local and national mechanisms for prevention and resolution of con- flicts in place before 2025

d.     Entrench a culture of peace

•    Fully implement the APSA that deals with the maintenance and restora- tion of peace and security

•    Develop/implement mechanisms for the prevention and resolution of conflicts at the local and national levels

•    Mainstream peace education in school curricula at all levels

4.2 A Stable and peaceful Africa

4.2.1 Institutional

structure for AU instruments on peace and security

a.    Silence all guns by 2020

b.     Capable, professional and dedi- cated security services in place by 2030

c.    Complete civilian control of security services within democratic prac- tices, rule of law and due processes by 2025

•    Sign, ratify and domesticate normative frameworks on peace and security

•    Provide African CSOs with capacities at local, national and continental levels to address conflict prevention and peace building

4.2.2 Defence secu-

rity and peace

a. Security services fully trained in peace building and keeping by 2025

•    Domesticate Common African Defence and Security Policy

4.3 A Fully

functional and op- erational APSA

4.3.1 Fully Opera-

tional and func- tional APSA pillars

a.    Full compliance to funding Africa’s peace and security institutions obligations

b.     Well-equipped, competent national security structures/mechanisms to participate in continental assign- ments

c.    Self – sufficient defence industry is established

•    Fully implement APSA

 

Aspiration 5: Africa with a strong cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

5.1 African

cultural Renais- sance is pre- eminent

5.1.1 Values and

ideals of Pan Africanism

a.    At least 80per cent of content in edu- cational curriculum is on indigenous African culture, values and language targeting primary and secondary schools by 2030

b.     An Agency for Diaspora Affairs/Rela- tions including harnessing their con- tribution to economic development is in place by 2020

c.    2. Diaspora integrated into national democratic processes by 2030

d.     Dual citizenship for the Diaspora by 2020

•    Implement the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance

•    Implement the Algiers Declaration on the Harmonization and coordina- tion of cultural policies and programmes

•    Pass law on dual citizen to the Diaspora

•    Implement the Declaration of the Global African Diaspora Summit – Jo- hannesburg South Africa

•    Set up national level agency for Diaspora relations

•    Pass laws for dual citizenship to the Diaspora

•    Pass laws to integrate the Diaspora in national electoral/governance systems

 

5.1.2 Cultural values and African Renaissance

a.    At least 90per cent of the citizenry appreciate / the creative arts

b.     At least 75per cent of tertiary insti- tutions offer language and literature of at least 3 local languages as pro- grammes

c.    National languages used as part of the administrative processes of the country 2025

d.     Culture for work ethics and reward based on merit is entrenched

e.    Traditional family values (family, community, social cohesion) are re- spected and entrenched

•    Fully implement the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance

•    Build the capacity of Pan African cultural institutions

•    Implement the Language Plan of Action for Africa

•    Develop / implement cultural preservation and promotion strategy in- cluding integration of culture into school education

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

 

 

f. All high school students have at least two years exposure of a major Afri- can language other than their own by 2035

g. African history is a compulsory / core subject from the secondary to the tertiary level leading to the de- velopment of the Pan African spirit by 2035

 

 

5.1.3 Cultural heri-

tage, creative arts and busi- nesses

a.    At least 60per cent increase in lo- cal content in all print and electronic production and media

b.    All technical and vocational train- ing and education institutions have programmes on the creation / gen- eration of cultural artefacts, skills development for the preservation of cultural assets and management of micro-cultural enterprises by 2035

c.    Creative arts, folklore, national lan- guages/literatures flourish and con- tribute to the growth and preserva- tion of national culture

d.    Identification and preservation of national oral history is completed by 2035

e.    Mechanisms In place for intergen- erational cultural dialogue by 2020

f.    All national cultural treasures / patri- mony that are identified are retrieved, protected, archived and valued

•    Fully implement the African Plan of Action on Culture and the Creative Industries

•    Ratify all appropriate international conventions which focus on the pro- tection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions

•    Develop / implement policies including the protection of the creator’s rights to support the growth of creative industries

•    Promote the creation of cultural driven businesses

•    Build the capacities of cultural practitioners

•    Develop cultural goods inventory to enable their preservation

•    Establish intergenerational dialogue forum on culture

•    Adopt and ratify regional and continental treaties and protocols related to the promotion of cultural exchanges

•    Create a national fora / framework for managing cultural adaption / change

•    Ratify all appropriate international conventions which focus on the pro- tection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions

•    Put in place measures to fight against trade in cultural possessions, in- cluding by enhancing regional cooperation, exchange of information and pursuit of culprits for their submission to the legal institutions, including from countries of their destination

•    Foster African solutions to African problems by promoting self-reliance

 

Aspiration 6: An Africa whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

6.1 Full gen- der equal- ity in all spheres of life

6.1.1 Women’s em-

powerment

a. Equal economic rights for women, including the rights to own and in- herit property, sign a contract, regis- ter and manage a business and own and operate a bank account by 2025

•    Fully implement the convention on the Elimination of All forms of Dis- crimination Against Women

•    Fully implement the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa as con- tained in the African Charter of Human and Peoples Right and the AU Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality

 

b. Ensure 90per cent of rural women have access to productive assets, including land, credit, inputs and fi- nancial services by 2025

c. 50per cent of all elected officials at local, regional and national levels are women by 2030, as well as in judi- cial organs

•    Develop / promote polices that will enhance access to productive assets (including financing) by women and the youth

•    Develop / implement mechanisms for tracking progress towards parity by women with respect to access to productive assets/skills, participa- tion in all levels of governance and advancement in positions within the public and private sectors

 

d. At least 50per cent of management positions in government and private sector are held by women by 2030

 

 

6.1.2 Violence and

discrimination against women and girls

a. Reduce to zero all acts of violence against women and girls in all set- tings (private, public as well as in conflict situations)

•    Implement the convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimina- tion Against Women (CEDAW). Develop / implement national strategy for the promotion of the rights of women, youth, children, the vulnerable, the marginalized, the physically challenged

 

b. End all harmful social norms and customary practices against women and girls and those that promote violence and discrimination against women and girls by 2025

c. Eliminate all barriers to quality edu- cation, health and social services for women and girls by 2020

•    Eradicate all forms of gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls, especially child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation

•    Ensure that education systems provide the young generation with qual- ity education that imparts key generic competencies, skills and attitudes that lead to a culture of lifelong learning and entrepreneurship.

•    Promote skills acquisition through competency-based training for em- ployment, sustainable livelihoods and responsible citizenship.

 

d. End all forms of political, social, eco- nomic, legal or administrative dis- crimination against women and girls by 2030

•    Eliminate gender disparities and ensure gender equality, girls and wom- en’s empowerment throughout the education system.

 

 

 

 

 

Goal

Priority areas for 2063

Targets for 2063

Indicative strategies

6.2 Engaged

and em- powered youth and children

6.2.1 Youth empow-

erment and children’s rights

a.  Reduce youth unemployment by 25per cent in 2020; by 50per cent in 2025 and by 90per cent in 2050, in- cluding in particular female youth

b.    Youth business Startups, including female youth in all business Startups is: 15per cent by 2020; 25per cent in 2030 and 35per cent in 2063

c.    Eliminate all forms of illegal migra- tions of youth by 2025

d.    All youth (male and females) have access to educational and training opportunities, heath services and recreational and cultural activities by 2030

e.    At least double proportion of Youth representation (male and female) in political office at all levels – local, re- gional and national levels by 2035

f.    At least 50per cent of youth and chil- dren are engaged in an aspect of sports

g.  End all forms of violence against chil- dren by 2020

h.  End all forms of exploitative child la- bour by 2020

i.    End the phenomena of recruitment of child soldiers 2020

j.    End all forms of discrimination against children especially those that act as constraints to the enjoyment of their basic human rights.

•    Create youth skills development and employment programmes

•    Promote the growth of youth businesses / start ups

•    Fully implement the African Youth Charter and the 2002 Alexander Youth Employment Summit Recommendations

•    Establish close links between educational institutions and the labour market through apprentice schemes and industrial placements / encour- age and promote work related skills training

•    Promotion of youth volunteerism

•    Fully implement the provisions of the African Charter on the Rights of the Child

•    Encourage and support career counselling services so that skilled expe- rience of young people match the demands of the labour market

•    Implement the Framework for Sustainable Development of Sports in Africa

•    Implement the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

•    Implement Accelerated Action on the Implementation of the Plan of Ac- tion Towards Africa Fit for Children

•    Implement Algerian Common Position and Plan of Action on Strategies to support orphans, vulnerable children and children, including those infected with HIV/AIDS
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