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AUDA-NEPAD
AFRICAN UNION DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Building
Symposium
Programme
28th January 2021NEPAD@20 Symposium
Building “The Africa We Want”
28th January 2021
10:00 - 16:00 (GMT+2)Building
1. Context
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) was established as a
1 Context 1 Context
socio-economic flagship programme of the African Union (AU), adopted by African leaders
at the 37th Summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) held in Lusaka, Zambia, in
The New Partnership
The Newfor Africa's Development
Partnership for Africa's(NEPAD) was established
Development (NEPAD) was as a establis
July 2001. NEPAD was designed to place Africa firmly on a progressive developmental
socio-economic flagship programme
socio-economic of the
flagship African Union
programme (AU),
of the adopted
African Unionby(AU),
African lea
adopte
trajectory leading to accelerated socio-economic development. The NEPAD programme had
at the 37th Summit of the
at the 37thOrganisation
Summit of the of African Unity (OAU)
Organisation heldUnity
of African in Lusaka,
(OAU)Zambia
held in
four primary objectives: to eradicate poverty; promote sustainable growth and development;
July 2001. NEPAD Julywas designed
2001. NEPAD to was
place Africa firmly
designed on aAfrica
to place progressive
firmly ondevelopmenta
a progressi
integrate Africa in the world economy; and accelerate the empowerment of women. The
trajectory leadingtrajectory
to accelerated
leadingsocio-economic
to accelerated development.
socio-economic The NEPAD programm
development. The N
implementation of NEPAD resulted in concrete positive development results in several
had four primaryhadobjectives: to eradicate
four primary poverty;
objectives: promotepoverty;
to eradicate sustainable growth
promote and
sustainable
socio-economic domains.
development; integrate Africa in
development; the world
integrate economy;
Africa and accelerate
in the world economy;the andempowermen
accelerate th
women. The implementation
women. The of NEPAD resulted
implementation in concrete
of NEPAD positive
resulted development
in concrete resu
positive d
At the turn of the first decade of the millennium, the narrative of “Africa rising” gained
several socio-economic
several domains.
socio-economic domains.
momentum. However, shortly after these gains, the global economy started to experience
slow growth, attributed to factors such as China’s slackened economic growth rate and the
At the turn of theAt
first
thedecade
turn of of
thethe millennium,
first decade ofthe thenarrative
millennium,of “Africa rising” of
the narrative gained
“Africa
plummeting of prices for primary commodities globally. The uncertainties in the global
momentum. However,momentum.shortlyHowever,
after these gains,after
shortly the these
globalgains,
economy startedeconomy
the global to experies
economic environment saw many developed economies looking inwards to strengthen their
slow growth, attributed to factors
slow growth, such as
attributed toChina’s slackened
factors such economic
as China’s growtheconomi
slackened rate and
respective financial systems. Subsequently, these occurrences lowered Africa’s growth
plummeting of prices for primary
plummeting commodities
of prices for primary globally. The uncertainties
commodities globally. The in the global
uncertaint
trends and forecasts, thereby challenging the narrative of the continent’s resurgence. These
economic environment
economic sawenvironment
many developed economies
saw many looking
developed inwards to
economies strengthen
looking inwa
development issues, amongst others, placed a demand on stakeholders to re-think their
respective financial systems.
respective Subsequently,
financial systems.these occurrences
Subsequently, lowered
these Africa’s lowere
occurrences growt
development priorities and strategies. In this context, Agenda 2063 was adopted by AU
trends and forecasts,
trendsthereby challenging
and forecasts, the narrative
thereby challengingof the
thecontinent’s
narrative ofresurgence.
the continen
Member States as Africa’s development blueprint over a 50-year period. The First Ten Year
These development These issues, amongst issues,
development others, amongst
placed a others,
demandplaced
on stakeholders
a demand on to re-th
sta
Implementation Plan, running from 2013 to 2023, draws heavily from the experiences in the
their development priorities
their and strategies.
development prioritiesInandthisstrategies.
context, Agenda 2063 was
In this context, adopted
Agenda 20
implementation of the NEPAD programme. In 2018, NEPAD transformed from the NEPAD
AU Member States AU as Africa’sStates
Member development
as Africa’s blueprint over a 50-year
development blueprintperiod.
over aThe Firstp
50-year
Planning and Coordinating Agency into the African Union Development
Year Implementation
Year Plan, running from
Implementation 2013
Plan, to 2023,
running fromdraws
2013heavily
to 2023, from the heavily
draws experie
Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) with the main aim to improve operational efficiency of the
in the implementation
in the of the NEPAD programme.
implementation of the NEPAD In 2018, NEPADIntransformed
programme. 2018, NEPAD fromtra
th
AU and move the continent closer to Africa’s new long-term vision – Agenda 2063.
NEPAD PlanningNEPAD and Coordinating
Planning and Agency into the African
Coordinating AgencyUnion
into the Development
African Union Dev
Agency-NEPAD Agency-NEPAD
(AUDA-NEPAD) (AUDA-NEPAD)
with the main aim to improve
with the mainoperational efficiency
aim to improve operato
The Report of President Paul Kagame on the institutional reforms of the AU presented to the
AU and move theAUcontinent
and movecloser to Africa’scloser
the continent new long-term
to Africa’svision – Agenda vision
new long-term 2063. – A
Summit, proposed a number of recommendations. The report clearly articulated major stra-
tegic issues that the AU needs to address to deliver the promises of the Founding Fathers.
The Report of President PaulofKagame
The Report onPaul
President the institutional
Kagame onreforms of the AU
the institutional presented
reforms to At
of the
Summit, proposed a number
Summit, of recommendations.
proposed The report clearly
a number of recommendations. articulated
The majorartic
report clearly stra
3 NEPAD@20 Symposium 28th January, 2021Building
Five mutually inclusive strategies were recommended by President Kagame’s report to
address
s that the AU needs these issues:
to address to deliver
issues that thethe
AUpromises
needs toofaddress
the Founding Fathers.
to deliver Five of the Founding Fathers. Five
the promises
ally inclusive strategies weremutually
recommended
inclusivebystrategies
Presidentwere
Kagame’s report to by
recommended address
President Kagame’s report to address
1. Focus on selected Continental Priorities;
issues:1) Focus on selected Continental
these issues:1)Priorities;
Focus on2.selected
Realign Continental
AU institutions to implement
Priorities; 2. Realign AU institutions to implement
2. Realign AU institutions to implement selected priorities;
sted priorities; 3. Manage AUselected
effectively and efficiently
priorities; at allAU
3. Manage levels; 4. Finance
effectively AU sustain-
and efficiently at all levels; 4. Finance AU sustain-
3. Manage AU effectively and efficiently at all levels;
hrough African states funding;
ablyand 5. Connect
through Africanwith Africans.
states funding; and 5. Connect with Africans.
4. Finance AU sustainably through African states funding; and
e 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly
At the of African
31st Ordinary Union of
Session Heads of State and
the Assembly of AfricanGovern-
Union Heads of State and Govern
5. Connect with Africans.
in Nouakchott, Mauritania, July-2018, a decisionMauritania,
ment in Nouakchott, was officially adopted a
July-2018, todecision
transform wastheofficially adopted to transform the
AD Planning and Coordination Agency
NEPAD (NPCA)and
Planning intoCoordination
the African Union
AgencyDevelopment
(NPCA) intoAgency
the African Union Development Agency
A-NEPAD). TheAt
establishment of AUDA-NEPAD
the 31st(AUDA-NEPAD).
Ordinary Session is
Theof part
the of the overall
establishment
Assembly of institutional
of AUDA-NEPAD
African Unionreforms
is part of theofoverall
Heads State institutional
and reforms
inAU to deliver against the development
Government of in AU to priorities
theNouakchott,
deliver
Mauritania, articulated
against the 2018,byathe
development
July Union. was officially
priorities
decision articulated by the
adopted to Union.
A-NEPAD is an African-owned
transform the and led continental
AUDA-NEPAD
NEPAD Planning agency,
and spearheading
is an African-owned and Agency
Coordination Agenda
led continental
(NPCA) 2063.
agency,
into thespearheading
African UnionAgenda 2063.
decision on the African UnionThe
Development Development
decision
Agency onAgency
(AUDA-NEPAD).is anUnion
the African affirmation
The by Member
Development
establishment States
Agency
of of affirmation
is an
AUDA-NEPAD is part by
of Member
the States of
commitment to own an instrument
overall thatreforms
institutional will champion
their commitment to
ofown development
thean
AUinstrumentsupport
willto
thatagainst
to deliver countries
champion and
development
the development support to countries and
priorities
nal bodies in advancing theirby
articulated priorities
regional
the Union.through
bodies the implementation
in advancing
AUDA-NEPAD their of Agenda
is anpriorities 2063.
through
African-owned the implementation
and led continental of Agenda 2063.
agency,
e spearheading Agenda 2063. The decision on the African Union Development Agency is an
Agency’s mandate is to:
affirmation TheMember
by Agency’s mandate
States is to:
of their commitment to own an instrument that will champion
. To coordinate and
eir execute priority
development 1. Toregional
support and and
coordinate
to countriescontinental
andexecute projects
priority
regional bodiesto in
promote
regional andregional
continental
advancing projects
their priorities to promote regional
through
ntegration towards
thethe accelerated realisation
integration
implementation of2063.
Agenda
towards
of Agenda 2063;
the accelerated realisation of Agenda 2063;
. To strengthen capacity of African Union
2. To Membercapacity
strengthen States and regional
of African bodies;
Union Member States and regional bodies;
The Agency’s mandate
. To advance knowledge-based advisory
3. issupport;
to: knowledge-based advisory support;
To advance
4. To undertake the full
1. Torange of resource
4. Toand
coordinate mobilisation,
undertake
executethe fulland
priorityrange of resource
regional mobilisation,
and continental and
projects to promote
n. To serve as the continent’s technical
regional interface
5. To serve
integration with
as the
towards allaccelerated
Africa’stechnical
continent’s
the development stakeholders
interface
realisation with all Africa’s
of Agenda 2063; development stakeholders
nd
s development partners. and development
2. To strengthen partners.
capacity of African Union Member States and regional bodies;
3. To advance knowledge-based advisory support;
st two decades on, there
4. To is need to two
Almost
undertake reflect
fullon
thedecades theon,
range successes,
of there achievements
is need
resource andthe successes, achievements and
to reflect and
mobilisation, on
enges
e in the implementation of NEPAD
challenges
5. To serve and
in theexamine
as the continent’s the relevance
implementation
technical and
of NEPAD
interface future
withand of the first
examine
all Africa’s the relevance and future of the first
development
stakholders
nental development agency. and development
It is against
continental development partners.
this background that ItAUDA-NEPAD
agency. is against thisisbackground
organising that AUDA-NEPAD is organising
h-level symposium and dialogue to assess
a high-level NEPAD implementation
symposium and dialogue toover the NEPAD
assess past 20 years
implementation over the past 20 years
he capacities needed to two
Almost support
and implementation
the
decadescapacities
on, there of
is the
needed first
to
need tocontinental
support ondevelopment
implementation
reflect of the first
the successes, continental development
achievements and
cy,
ic AUDA-NEPAD. agency,
challenges in AUDA-NEPAD.
the implementation of NEPAD and examine the relevance and future of the first
continental development agency. It is against this background that AUDA-NEPAD is
28th January, 2021 NEPAD@20 Symposium 4Building
organising a high-level symposium to assess NEPAD implementation over the past 20 years
and the capacities needed to support implementation of the first continental development
agency, AUDA-NEPAD.
2. Core Objec�ves
The objectives of the symposium are to:
● Examine the achievements and challenges of NEPAD since its inception in 2001;
● Serve as a platform for high-level policy debate and discourse among prominent
African scholars and thought leaders on the past two decades and provide
forward-looking guidance to the first continental development agency;
● Facilitate coalition building and leverage partnerships through a cross-section of
African stakeholders and strategic partners in support of AUDA-NEPAD’s new
mandate.
3. Anniversary Event Configura�on
The virtual event will comprise of a high-level Roundtable and panels to brainstorm on the
past of NEPAD and future of AUDA-NEPAD. Specifically, the Symposium will provide a
platform for frank exchange on NEPAD and the newly established African Union Develop-
ment Agency-NEPAD, with African Heads of States, scholars and eminent persons as lead
discussants. The Symposium will also feature cross-sectoral roundtables on
stakeholder groupings.
4. Proposed Date
The date of the event is 28 January 2021.
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5. Expected Par�cipants and A�endees
African Presidents and former Heads of State, Under-Secretaries of the UN, representatives
of NEPAD country offices, Representatives of all spheres of African society and the interna-
tional development community including African Stakeholders: AU Members States,
AUDA-NEPAD Steering Committee Members, African Vice-chancellors and scholars,
thought leaders, Members of African national and regional Parliaments; AUC and other AU
Organs, RECs, AUDA-NEPAD National Offices and Associations, ex-NEPAD CEOs/Deputy
CEOs; Inter-governmental bodies, CSOs, Private Sector Organizations, the African Diplo-
matic Corps; Women’s and Youth Organizations, Africans in the Diaspora and
Media.
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Thursday,
Thursday, 28 January 202128 January 2021
(GMT+2)
10h00 – 10h10 Welcome Address
H.E Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson
10h00 –10h10 Welcome Address
of the African Union
H.E President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and Chair of AU
10h10 – 10h30 Message
10h10 –H.E.
10h40
AbdelmadjidMessage
Tebboune, President of the People's Republic of Algeria
H.E.
H.E. Paul Kagame, Paul Kagame,
President of the President ofRwanda,
Republic of Rwanda,Chairperson
Chair of AUDA-NEPAD
of the HSGOC
H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, AUC Chair
NEPAD HSGOC
H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
10h40 – 11h40 Presiden al Roundtable - Invitees
10h30 – 12h10 *Moderator: Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO AUDA-NEPAD
High-Level Roundtable
Moderator: Dr. KY. Amoako, Founder and President of the African
Expected
Center for Economic par cipants: (ACET), former Execu�ve Secretary
Transforma�on
H.E President Macky Sall, President of Senegal, former Chair of NEPAD HSGOC
of UNECA
H.E Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria
- H.E Abdel
H.E Olusegun Obasanjo, Fa ahPresident
former el-Sisi, President of Egypt
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- H.E João Lourenço, President of Angola
H.E Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, former President of the Republic of Liberia and Nobel Prize
H.E Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria
Laureate
H.E Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia
- H.E. Hamdi Sanad Loza,
H.E Deputy
Thabo Foreign
Mbeki, former Minister for of
President African
SouthAffairs,
Africa Arab Republic of
Egypt H.E Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, former President of Liberia and Nobel Laureate
- Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
- Dr. Vera Songwe, United• Topics
Na�onsfor reflecSecretary-General
Under on: and Execu�ve Secretary,
Economic Commission for Africa
- A Period of Change: 2001-2021
- Ms. Cris�na Duarte, United Na�ons Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on
- NEPAD@20: Achievements, Successes and Challenges
Africa to the United Na�ons Secretary-General, OSAA
- Reflec ons on Africa’s Renaissance
- Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Execu�ve
- Towards the Africa Officer,
We Want.AUDA-NEPAD
Where are we now?
- Drivers for Inclusive Development
• Topics for reflec�on:
- Future relevance of AUDA-NEPAD in the Post-COVID-19 world
- A Period of Change: 2001-2021
• Interac ve discussion
- NEPAD@20: Achievements, withChallenges
Successes and the audience
- Reflections on Africa’s Renaissance
- Towards the Africa We Want. Where are we now?
11h40 – 12h00 Respondents
- Drivers for Inclusive Development
- Future relevance of AUDA-NEPAD
Ms Vera Songwe, Execu veinSecretary,
the Post-COVID-19
UNECA world
• Interac�ve
12h00 – 13h00 discussion
Where are we?with the audience
Where are we going? AUDA-NEPAD and Country
Offices Experience Sharing
Lessons learned from the reform and implementa on of AUDA-NEPAD –
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD
28th January, 2021 NEPAD@20 Symposium 7Building
12h10 - 13h15 Where are we? Where are we going? AUDA-NEPAD and Regional Experience Sharing
Moderator: Mrs. Gnounka Diouf, Minister in charge of Economic Affairs, Office of
H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal
Experience sharing from NEPAD Country Offices – NEPAD Kenya and NEPAD Nigeria
Lessons learned from the reform and implementation of AUDA-NEPAD – Dr Ibrahim
Launch of CEO’s EndCEO
Mayaki, of AUDA-NEPAD
of Tenure Report
Lessons learned from the implementa�on of APRM - Prof. Eddy Maloka, CEO, APRM
13h00 – 13h30 Experience
Cultural Interlude sharing
– Health from NEPAD Country Offices – Dr. Samori A. Okwiya, CEO,
Break
NEPAD/APRM Kenya Secretariat and Hon. Princess Gloria Akobundu, National
Cultural Performance
Coordinator/CEO, NEPAD Nigeria
13h30 – 15h00 What’s next? Resilience building in the Post-COVID-19 era
Experience sharing from the RECs - Dr. Mohamed Ali Guyo, IGAD Special Envoy for the
Africa in a post-Covid 19 world – TBC
Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Somalia - Mr. Pathe Gueye, ECOWAS Commissioner for
Infrastructure
Building back be er economies – Priori es for the next decade to come – H.E. Albert
Muchanga,Beneficiary of the AUDA-NEPAD
AUC Commissioner, Programmes - Mrs. Stella Dopgima, Project Coordinator,
Trade and Industry
FOCWED Cameroon
Realising the African Con
Milestones nental
of the last Free Trade
decade AreaBankole
- Amb. (AfCFTA) – H.E. former
Adeoye, Wamkele Mene, of the Federal
Ambassador
Secretary General of AfCFTA
Republic of Nigeria to the African Union
13h15 - 13h45 Musical
Defining Africa’s interlude
future - Health Break
by leapfrogging the 4th Industrial Revolu on and Emerging
Musical
Technologies – TBC performance by Yvonne Chaka Chaka, NEPAD Goodwill Ambassador for TB
and Nutri�on, The Princess of Africa
Agents of Change:
13h45 – 14h45 What’s Economic empowerment
next? Resilience building of
in Women and Youth–era
the Post-COVID-19 TBC
Moderator: Ms. Iman Rappetti, Award-Winning Broadcaster & Author
15h00 – 15h20 Closing Looking to the Future: Priori�es for the next decade to come – Dr. Jonathan Moyer,
Director, PARDEE Centre for International Futures
The role of pan-African ins�tu�ons in a Post COVID-19 World - Dr. John Nkengasong,
Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Friday, 29 January 2021 Building back better economies – Priorities for the next decade to come – H.E. Albert
Muchanga, AUC Commissioner, Trade and Industry
10h00 –13h00 Partnership Dialogue
Partnerships for thethe
Realising “Africa WeCon�nental
African Want” - Free Trade Area during and a�er the Pandemic – Prof.
Landry Signe, Senior Fellow,
Representa ves of AUDA-NEPAD implementa Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institutions
on partners
Defining Africa’s future by leapfrogging the 4th Industrial Revolution and Emerging
Technologies – Prof. Wim de Villiers, Vice-Chancellor, University of Stellenbosch
The Cri�cal Role of Women and Youth in Building a Resilient Post-COVID-19 Future
– Prof. Thuli Madonsela, Law Trust Chair in Social Justice and Law Professor at the
University of Stellenbosch
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14h45 - 15h45 Partnerships for impact in a Post-COVID-19 world
Ensuring Access to Safe, Quality and Affordable Medical Products and Technologies
in �mes of COVID-19 - Representative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Financing of Con�nental and Cross-Border Infrastructure during and a�er COVID-19
- Representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB)
Developing the Skills for the Africa We Want - Representative of GIZ
Providing African MSMEs with a triple service of training, access to finance and
marketplace facilita�on - Representative of Ecobank
Integra�ng smallholder farmers into the mainstream economy during and a�er
COVID-19 - Representative of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
(NORAD)
Innova�ng with African Homegrown Solu�ons - Representative of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)
15h45 - 16h00 Closing
Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO, AUDA-NEPAD
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