Annual report 2011:Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance

Abstract

This annual report, which is being submitted to the forty-fourth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, covers the period from April 2010 to March 2011. It reviews the progress made during the past year in the implementation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) work program, focusing on the main results. The activities carried out by the Commission since its last session took place in a context of modest economic recovery and adaptation by African economies to trends and events taking place in the world economy. The task of assisting member States to reinforce these trends continued to define the analytical, advocacy and policy advisory work of the Commission during the period under review. The report is divided into three main chapters. Chapter I provides an account of the major activities and accomplishments of the ECA secretariat under the ten substantive sub programs which make up the program structure approved in the Strategic Framework for the 2010-2011 biennium. Chapter II of the report covers the work of the Commission’s subsidiary bodies and highlights key issues and recommendations arising from the meetings of these bodies. Chapter III of the report highlights major progress in the area the most significant achievements of the year.