June 17, 2015
Africa: Stakeholder Workshop On the Implementation of the Recommendations of the High Level Panel Report On Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) From Africa
The Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary and the Capacity Development Division of the ECA is holding a two day Stakeholder Workshop on the Implementation of the Recommendations… Read more »
June 14, 2015
Africa: ECA Chief Tells AU Summit to Align and Measure African Development Goals
"ECA is working to ensure that the issue of the African Development Goals (ADGs) does not fall off our collective radar but we must remember that existing programmes and frameworks… Read more »
June 12, 2015
Africa: Mega Trade Agreement a Step Forward for the Continent – Carlos Lopes
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Carlos Lopes has lauded the tripartite free trade area agreement reached by three Regional Economic… Read more »
June 11, 2015
Niger: African Land Use Planning Enhanced By New Experiences and Best Practices
The Director of the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Dimitri Sanga, presided over the official presentation ceremony to… Read more »
Africa: 'Seize your future', ECA Chief Says at Executive Council of the African Union Gathering
"If Africans do not occupy the policy space vacated in the recent past, thanks to the various crises that shook the pillars of the financial system and facilitated the emergence of… Read more »
June 09, 2015
Africa: 'Reality Must Match the Aspirations of Africans', ECA Chief Says in Cheick Anta Diop Lecture
If Africa fails to create a reality that complements the aspirations of its citizens, "the negative perceptions about Africa will catch up with wonderful intentions, once again,"… Read more »
June 08, 2015
North Africa: International Organizations Build Partnership for North Africa's Integration
From 3 to 4 June 2015, the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), ECA, ADB, FAO, IDB, UNESCO, ISESCO, WHO, IOM and ILO took part in the annual North Africa Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism… Read more »
Africa: ECA Leads in the Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted a two day Stakeholder Workshop on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the High Level Panel Report on Illicit Financial… Read more »
June 07, 2015
Africa: Excellent Opportunity for Planning Africa's Sustainable Development, ECA Partners Declare
Since Rio +20, Africa has been redefining, refining, implementing and reviewing sustainable development. As such, "the region will not be starting from scratch in reviewing… Read more »
Africa: The Year 2015 Decisive for Africa's Sustainable Development Plans
"This is a momentous opportunity that the Africa region must seize to pave the way for its meaningful participation in the global institutional architecture for sustainable… Read more »
Africa: ECA African Social Development Index Presented in Cairo
The Economic Commission for Africa will organize on 9-11 June in Cairo (Egypt) a capacity-building workshop on the theme "Reducing Human Exclusion for Structural Transformation:… Read more »
June 06, 2015
Africa: Less Chaos and Carnage On the Road - The Case for Improving Africa's Road Safety
At 24.1 deaths per 100.000 road users compared to Europe's 10.3, Africa has the world's highest fatality rates on its roads. African states will therefore meet in Addis Ababa on 9… Read more »
Africa: The Tricky Path Towards Sustainable Development in the Times of Climate Change
"To maintain Africa's growth trajectory and ensure the desired economic transformation will require access to appropriate technologies while taking into consideration the… Read more »
June 05, 2015
Africa: ECA Praised for Developing Unique Social Index
Following the rolling out exercise for Central and Francophone East Africa of the newly developed African Social Development Index (ASDI) experts of National Statistics Offices and… Read more »
June 04, 2015
Central Africa: Pushing for Inclusive Transformation in Central Africa
A new tool measuring the degree to which people are excluded from Africa's development, in a bid to help the continent achieve inclusive social transformation, will come under… Read more »
Senegal: Acceleration of the Implementation of the Emerging Senegal Plan (ESP)
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Hotel Terroubi in Dakar, the Coordinator of the General Directorate for Planning and Economic Policies of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and… Read more »
June 03, 2015
Africa: ECA's Sustainable Development Forum Talks Technology and Natural Resources
The Economic Commission for Africa's Committee on Sustainable Development will hold its ninth session to discuss the roles and potentials of innovations, technologies and the… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: ECA and Codesria Launch the "Journal of African Transformation"
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) reaffirmed a history of shared ideals and collaboration… Read more »
Africa: In Abidjan, Carlos Lopes Speaks On Ebola, Climate Change and Financing Africa's Transformation
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr Carlos Lopes participated, as Head of the ECA Delegation in the African Development Bank 2015 Annual Meetings from… Read more »
North Africa: UMA Partner Institutions Examine Support to North African Integration
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa, and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) will organize a North Africa Sub-Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting on 3-4… Read more »
May 26, 2015
Africa: Optimizing Remittance Impact to Finance Development in Morocco
ECA, 21st April 2015: The Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized on 19-20 May in Rabat (Morocco), with the collaboration of the Ministry in charge of the Ministry in… Read more »
May 22, 2015
Africa: ECA and UMA Assess Progress Made in Joint Cooperation
ECA, 22 May 2015: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) General Secretariat met on 20 May 2015 in Rabat (Morocco) for… Read more »
Africa: In Casablanca, ECA's 2015 Report to Feature in Panel Discussion
The Economic Commission for Africa will hold a panel discussion on the current edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2015, launched in March this year on the theme,… Read more »
May 18, 2015
Africa: ECA and Tony Elumelu Foundation Collaborate On a Data Revolution for Africa
Joint ECA and Tony Elumelu Foundation Press Release Read more »
May 15, 2015
Morocco: Expatriates a Catalyst for Economic Development
In partnership with the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs as well as the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), the… Read more »
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