Nineteenth quarterly briefing meeting with African ambassadors: briefing by the executive secretary

Abstract

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is convening the nineteenth quarterly briefing with African Ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia on 27 February 2018 in Addis Ababa, to exchange views on the work of the secretariat of the Economic Commission for Africa. The report provides an overview of the substantive work carried out by the secretariat over the preceding three months (October – December 2017) in implementing its program of work for the biennium 2016–2017. The activities are grouped under topics relating to key events, knowledge generation and information sharing, and capacity development, which includes extending technical support to member States and consensus building. It also highlights the key events that will be taking place over the next three months. In addition, the report presents some of the collaboration of the secretariat with key partners.