Strategic partners want Africa to drive its own development agenda

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In less than two years the Strategic Partners’ Dialogue on Africa’s development has made significant strides in such key areas as results-based management and the establishment of joint financing arrangements between AUC and its partners in support of AUC priorities, but a lot remains to be done, the group said at the end of their Second Session held last week. A joint communiqué issued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the weekend states that members were unanimous in their support for Africa to continue taking the lead in driving its own development, which is reshaping the relationship with its development partners according to the Information and Communication Service of the ECA. “In this regard, assistance from development partners would need to be aligned and coherent with the priorities set by Africa at all levels in line with the new paradigm shift in development cooperation”, it adds. The Strategic Partners’ Dialogue on Africa’s development that was meeting for the second time since its launch in December 2009 is arguably one of the most influential meetings on the continent, observers say.