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APRM Support Unit

by Sylvie Kazenga Umuhoza — last modified 2009-01-21 11:45

Upcoming events:

News and Updates:

A workshop on the “Sensitization of the main national stakeholders on African Peers Review Mechanism – APRM” took place on 17 and 18 December 2008

APRM centre of excellence to be established in Ghana

Ghana is to host an African Peer Review Mechanism centre of excellence to enhance the concept of good governance in the sub-region.

A workshop on “Enhancing the Role and Effective Participation of Parliamentarians in the APRM Process”

A training Workshop on “Enhancing the Role and Effective Participation of Parliamentarians in the APRM Process” took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 12 to 14 November 2008 at the Oceanic Bay Hotel &Resort.

First Extraordinary Summit of the APR Forum in Cotonou, Benin in October 2008.

The APR Forum will hold its first Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in cotonou from 25 to 26 October 2008.This Summit will focus on the review of Nigeria and Burkina Faso .The Heads of State and Government will also discuss the salient overarching issues identified in the reviews to date, including: managing diversity, xenophobia, land management, elections in Africa and corruption. This Extraordinary Summit will also provide an opportunity to Rwanda, to present on the Gacaca Court system as a best practice.

About APRM

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the Member States of the African Union (AU) as an African self-monitoring mechanism.

The APRM is a bold, unique and innovative approach designed and implemented by Africans for Africa.

The Mechanism aims to put in motion a strategic re-orientation towards the validation of universal as well as African values and accelerate the process of intra-African cooperation and integration.

APR process entails periodic reviews of the policies and practices of participating countries to ascertain progress being made towards achieving the mutually agreed goals and compliance in the four focus areas, namely Democracy and Political Governance, Economic Governance and Management, Corporate Governance, and Socio-Economic Development. National ownership and leadership by the participating country are essential factors underpinning the effectiveness of the APRM.

Thematic Areas

The APRM process focuses on the following four Thematic Areas:

Democracy and Good Political Governance

Economic Governance & Management

Corporate Governance

Socio-economic Development

For more on Thematic areas click here.

As of the 29 June 2008, APRM counts 29 States members as follow:

Djibouti, Cameroon , Gabon, Republic of Congo , Rwanda , Sao Tome and Principe , Ethiopia, Kenya , Mauritius , Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda , Algeria , Egypt , Angola , Lesotho , Malawi , Mozambique ,South Africa , Zambia , Benin , Burkina Faso , Ghana, Mali , Mauritania, Nigeria , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Togo.

ECA in APRM

ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development.

It's the UNECA's responsibility to work out objective indicators that can be used to actually measure governments' adherence to standards and values of the APRM.Hence, ECA provides vital technical support to the APR process. Since 2004, experts from ECA's substantive divisions have been involved in:

Mission support and Technical support in key areas of the review process
The establishment of APR database and country profiles
Research on key aspects of APRM by the Civil Society Organizations

Expert Database

ECA has been providing technical and strategic support to the implementation process of the APRM. As one part of this responsibility, ECA is preparing a database of African experts specialized in the areas of good governance to assist with the identification of outstanding African experts for the APRM process. Therefore please participate in completing the attached questionnaire.

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