Dr. Frannie Léautier, Executive Secretary of the ACBF presents the Foundation's perspective on the issue of youth unemployment in Africa, during the themed debate on "Accelerating Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development".
The NEPAD/Spanish Fund for African women’s empowerment would like to inform all potential applicants that the Second call for proposals application deadline has been extended until Sunday, May 29th, 2011 at 12 midnight.
AUC Commissioner for Social Affairs Advocate Bience Gawanas has been honoured as one of the world’s top 100 most inspiring people delivering for women and girls, especially for her work in mobilizing Africa to support women’s health and equality.
Namibia will host the launch of the Second call of proposals for of the NEPAD/Spanish Fund for African Women’s Empowerment, on Saturday the 9th April 2011.
The AU formally launched the Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev). The APDev is the connecting mechanism on Aid Effectiveness and South-South Cooperation with Capacity Development as the core driver for development effectiveness.
The Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDEv) is a physical and virtual multi-stakeholder platform and organising mechanism for mobilizing African policy makers and practitioners toward achieving sustainable development results.
Despite the fact that most African governments have adopted international and regional instruments and resolutions that promote women’s rights, African women still face institutional, legal, political, environmental as well as socio-economic constraints
Africa must reduce aid-dependency and foster new alternative sources of development finance, the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, has said.
The meeting is co-organized by the NEPAD Agency and it will be attended by delegates from across Africa. It is designed to discuss issues concerning financing for development.
Evidence-based knowledge and innovation are critical for national development in Africa if the continent is to sustain the momentum of its transformation agenda. South- South Cooperation (SSC) is a mechanism that can contribute to this objective.