African Leaders and stakeholders are resolute that development cooperation on the continent should be rooted in regional and national development priorities.

Global Ministers of Finance and Heads of Institutions will meet in Mexico, on 14th and 15th April 2014. They will agree on how to take forward the Development Cooperation Agenda. It about the utilisation of global resources in a manner that benefits developing countries effectively, specifically how these resources are utilised and managed. 

It is now clear that this Agenda is beyond just Aid. For this reason, vehicles such as Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM), South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Private Sector will dominate discussions at the meeting in Mexico. 

Building on Africa’s experience at the Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Busan, South Korea in 2011, the continent has once again effectively consulted, broadly engaging with the majority of African countries

It was also agreed that the endorsed Action Plan which highlights supporting the informal and the private sector to ensure that all citizens are part of sustainable development. opportune platform to finalise and endorse the Africa Action Plan under the distinguished leadership of Mr Daniel Kablan Ducan, Prime Minister of Ivory Coast. 

In Mexico, they plan to speak with one voice. Among the messages will be that Africa’s development partners should align their support to the continent’s priorities and ensure that aid complements domestic financing and other alternative sources for effective development in line with national and regional goals.

It was also agreed that the endorsed Action Plan which highlights supporting the informal and the private sector to ensure that all citizens are part of sustainable development. 

The Plan will be presented to the 2014 Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development (CAMEF) in Abuja by its current chair (Ivory Coast).

There was consensus on the principle that Africa’s representation be guided by the priorities espoused in the African Union’s Agenda 2063, as well as the continent’s common positions on development effectiveness and the Post-2015 Agenda.

Mrs Lyn Chiwandamira, from the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) said, “We welcome NEPAD’s initiative to include the PAP on the Mexico process. Members of Parliament at national, regional and continental level should be involved in the formulation, implementation and oversight of the African position for the conference in Mexico. This is because there will be need for policy shift and adjustment after the conference in Mexico,”