Launch of MDGs-Agenda 2063/SDGs Transition Report

3 October 2016
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners, African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Development Programme's Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP-RBA) launched the MDGs to Agenda 2630/SDGs Transition Report 2016 during a high level side event on "implementing Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 in an integrated and coherent manner "organized by the AUC in collaboration with NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), ECA, AfDB and UNDP on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

The event gathered participants from African Heads of State and Government and other high-raking officials, African Group in New York, heads of Pan African Organizations, heads of international organizations as well as development partners and stakeholders.

This report which is the last in a series of MDG reports, takes stock of Africa's performance on the MDGs to date and reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with the transition to the new global and continental development Agendas adopted in 2015: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063, Africa's roadmap for development.

A key message is that African countries have already started the hard work of implementing Agenda 2063 and 2030. However, success will require among others, strengthened capacities for integration of both agendas in national planning frameworks, effective institutional coordination and strong statistical systems to support evidenced based policymaking and follow-up.

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