ECA and UMA assess progress made in joint cooperation

Abstract

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) office for North Africa and the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) General Secretariat met on 20 May 2015 in Rabat (Morocco) for a mid-term review of the 2014-2015 multiyear programme (MYP). The meeting fell under the framework of the cooperation agreement ECA co-signed with the UMA General Secretariat in January 2008, to support development and regional integration in North Africa, and based on the UMA General Secretariat vision: “Speeding up the regional integration process, making the most of youths’ potential and responding more efficiently to their needs, strengthening inter-state cooperation to sustainably stem issues born from the relation between employment, migratory flows and border security”.