Development of a regional cooperation framework between AUC And UN Agencies in Africa: United Nations support for Africa’s integration in the context of the African Union’s agenda 2063

Abstract

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) is the mechanism adopted by United Nations Agencies and Organizations working in Africa for enhancing UN system-wide coherence, coordination and cooperation at the regional and sub-regional levels to ‘deliver as one’ in support of the African Union (AU) and its NEPAD programme. The RCM also served as a means of improving cooperation and collaboration between United Nations agencies and African continental organizations such as the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). This report presents a Regional Development Cooperation Framework (RDCF), including resource mobilization strategies, for United Nations system support to the African Union and its NEPAD Programme as well as Regional Economic Communities.