May 04, 2017
Africa: Idep Organizes a High-Level Dialogue On Green Industry in Africa
IDEP) - As part of IDEP's policy dialogue series, a high-level roundtable on green industry, gathering Senegalese leaders, experts in industry, environment, energy, agriculture… Read more »
May 19, 2017
Africa: Regional Forum Ends With Reaffirmation of Africa's Desire to Stimulate Sustainable Growth
The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Addis Ababa Friday with participants adopting an outcome document to take to the 2017 High-Level… Read more »
May 22, 2017
Africa: Climate Change and Trade - Impact On Food Security in Africa
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) is jointly organized a session on "How taking into account climate change can help Africa to… Read more »
May 19, 2017
Africa: Regional Forum On Sustainable Development Ends On a High Note
The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) ended in Addis Ababa Friday with participants adopting an outcome document to take to the 2017 High-Level… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: Not Only Employment but a Decent Work for Our Youth
The issue of youth unemployment was at the heart of the discussions at the two-days meeting of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa. Read more »
May 18, 2017
Africa: Regional Forum On Sustainable Development Officially Kicks Off in Addis Ababa
The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) officially kicked-off in Addis Ababa today with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa,… Read more »
May 07, 2017
Africa: Panelists Share Experiences On the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the SDGs
As part of activities marking the two-day Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Addiss Ababa, high level representatives from some African countries on… Read more »
May 18, 2017
Africa: 20th Session of West African Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Opens On Planning and Development
The Government of Burkina Faso, through the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) opened the 20th Session of the… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Action Is Good for African Economies
Addis Ababa 17 May, 2017 (ECA) -At the eve of the 2017 Africa Regional Forum to be kicked off this Thursday, a meeting on Sustainable Development advocated for a green… Read more »
May 06, 2017
West Africa: Experts Seek to Accelerate Structural Transformation in West Africa
A two-day Ad hoc expert group meeting on "The impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET)on the structural transformation of… Read more »
May 07, 2017
Africa: The Vice President of Comoros Meets ECA Officials Amid Preparations for a Forthcoming Regional Meeting
H.E. Djaffar Ahmed Said Hassani, the First Vice-President of the Comoros, in charge of the Ministry of Economy, Planning, Industry, Crafts, Tourism, Investments, Private Sector and… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Africa: As the Deadline for the Continental Free Trade Area Looms, Experts Consider Its Future
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) convened a two-day expert group meeting to review the Eighth Edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) report on the… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: Tackling Maritime-Related Issues in Africa
Stakeholders in Africa's maritime sector will converge in Abidjan, Côte d' Ivoire, from 21-23 June 2017, for a policy dialogue dubbed, "Governance of Maritime Resources and… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: ECA, UNDP, Web Foundation and the Open Data for Development Network Unveil Inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United Nations Development Programme, the World Wide Web Foundation and the Open Data for… Read more »
May 11, 2017
Africa: ECA Teams-Up With International Hydropower Association to Develop Special Hydropower Tool
(ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa is teaming-up with the International Hydropower Association (IHA) to develop a tool that can quantify the comprehensive benefits of… Read more »
Africa: 2017 World Hydropower Congress Closes With Commitments to Better Hydro
The 2017 World Hydropower Congress concluded here with a series of commitments to better hydro, delivered by a broad range of organisations and institutions that participated in… Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Hydropower Development Case Studies Unveiled At Hydropower Congress
The 2017 World Hydropower Congress ended in Addis Ababa Thursday with the launch of a new collection of case studies highlighting good practice in sustainable hydropower… Read more »
Africa: Marine Mineral Resources to Benefit All Including Landlocked States
Seabed mining experts from all over the world convened from 2 to 4 May 2017 in the capital of the landlocked state of Uganda to discuss opportunities and explore the potentials of… Read more »
Africa: Integrate Climate Change in Planning and Design of Power and Water Infrastructure Projects, Says ECA Expert
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC), a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together leaders and specialists with hydropower-related responsibilities from government, industry,… Read more »
May 10, 2017
Africa: Blog On SDG2 - ASD Forum Media Outreach
Frequent droughts, conflict and civil insecurity in parts of Africa have the potential to derail the quest to achieve the SDGs especially Goal 2 Read more »
Africa: President Duda of Poland Meets With ECA's Abdalla Hamdok
- Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday met with the Economic Commission for Africa's Acting Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok, to discuss a number of issues that include… Read more »
May 09, 2017
Africa: 2017 World Hydropower Congress Opens in Addis Ababa
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC) kicked-off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, today with Acting Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Abdalla Hamdok, calling on… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: IDEP Builds Capacity of 25 African Policymakers in the Design of International Trade Policies
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) recently trained 25 officials from different African countries on how to design and manage dynamic trade policies… Read more »
Africa: ECA Unveils Inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report
The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the Africa Data Revolution Report 2016, a biennial report highlighting developments in… Read more »
May 03, 2017
Africa: Addis Ababa to Host 6th World Hydropower Conference
The 6th World Hydropower Congress (WHC), a multi-stakeholder forum bringing together leaders and specialists with hydropower-related responsibilities from government, industry,… Read more »
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