Report of the panel discussion on a framework agenda for building and utilizing critical capacities in Africa held at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole

Abstract

The theme of the Twenty-ninth Session of the Commission, Twentieth Meeting of the Conference of Ministers in 1994 was Building Critical Capacities in Africa for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development. The Conference undertook an in-depth examination of issues of capacity building and utilization in eight areas of priority in Africa's development. The issues discussed were: Critical capacities in support of good governance, human rights, political stability, peace and security in Africa; Critical capacities for effective socioeconomic policy analysis and management; Building, strengthening and effectively utilizing human capacities for sustained development in Africa; Developing entrepreneurial capacities for public and private sector enterprise.