APRM Peer Learning Workshop: Lessons Learned and Best Practices: Opening statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, February 20, 2007

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Opening statement By Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa at the APRM Peer Learning Workshop: Lessons Learned and Best Practices. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, the Sixth African Governance Forum (AGF-VI) held in Kigali, Rwanda, in May 2006, focused on the Challenges and Opportunities of Implementing the APRM. Among the major recommendations from that meeting, was the need for peer learning and sharing of best practices as key to the successful implementation of the process. As a unique African initiative, it entails complex and lengthy processes; it involves all governance institutions including government agencies, civil society, private sector, trade unions, academia, the press, and all other relevant stakeholders. ECA will continue to remain actively involved in the peer review process and is committed to ensuring its success.