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Rectas: blazing the trail in capacity building for geoinformation production and management for sustainable management of land ,environment and natural resources in Africa
(2001-09)
The need for a Regional Cartographic Centre was first mooted at the 1st United Nations (UN) Cartographic Conference held in 1963 in Nairobi, Kenya. Consequently, the 8th Session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...
The future orientation of geoinformation activities in Africa : an extended summary
(2001-05)
This study is part of coordinated activities by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to "raise awareness of African governments and other sectors of society on the importance of geographic information ...
The cost of hunger in Africa social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda
(2014)
There is a growing consensus and understanding of the consequences of child undernutrition at the
individual and community levels, specifically the losses in individual physical and cognitive capacity.
Nevertheless, there ...
Rapport sur le suivi des grandes conférences mondiales et régionales relatives à la sécurité alimentaire et au développement durable
(2003-07)
Le présent rapport a été préparé conformément au mandat du Comité du développement durable, pour servir de cadre de promotion et d’évaluation des activités menées par les gouvernements africains à titre de suivi de la mise ...
Proceedings of the fifteenth Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa
(2009-06)
The sub regional office for Southern Africa, which is based in Lusaka, Zambia, derives its programmatic direction and guidance from its Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) constituted by Commission Resolution 826 ...
The architecture and capacity of the African Union
(2002-03)
This Issues Paper addresses four principal issues:The African Union reflects the ambitious impulse towards unity across Africa. As a a
result it has adopted the most ambitious unification model,namely one similar to the ...
Leadership baton changes hands at ECA as Janneh retires ECA
(2012-09)
The staff and management of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) await their new Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary following the retirement of Abdoulie Janneh at the end of August 2012 after ...
ECA to hold trade facilitation symposium in Bali
(2013-11)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is partnering with TRALAC (Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa) to organize a session at the Trade and Development Symposium, a parallel event organized by ICTSD (International ...
Document de travail:Projet de messages clef du Forum régional d’Afrique sur le développement durable à la Réunion 2015 du Forum politique intergouvernemental et universel de haut niveau sur le développement durable
(2015-06-16)
Les pays africains sont à la traîne, non seulement dans l’adaptation des technologies mais aussi dans le renforcement de capacités régionales de recherche-développement. L’Afrique n’a toujours pas la culture de l’innovation ...
Progress report on implementation of the first session of the Technical Committee on Natural Resources and Science and Technology
(2001-10)
This report aims at briefly providing information on the level of implementation of the decisions of the 1st meeting of the Committee on Natural Resources and, Science and Technology (CNRST-1). The report covers the period ...