Agenda 2063 needs to be credible, realistic and technically sound to succeed

Abstract

As consultations on Agenda 2063 - Africa's vision and blueprint for economic, human and social development - are reaching a crucial point, the year 2015 will prove key as continental actors are expected to define how to implement the vision. Consultations won't be over, but dealt with, and we will need to move into the concrete with the publishing of the vision and the definition of the first phase of its implementation: the 10-year economic plan, said Carlos Lopes, the Economic Commission for Africa's (ECA) Executive Secretary in his opening remarks at the African Union (AU)-Regional Economic Communities-United Nations Commission for Africa-African Development Bank Coordination Meeting .