Study on measures to enhance the functioning of the regional consultation mechanism of UN agencies and organizations working in Africa towards accelerating the implementation of NEPAD and the UN-AU cooperation programme

Abstract

The Eighth Meeting of the RCM held in November 2007, emphasized the centrality of the effective functioning of the cluster system of the RCM to enhancing efficiency and coherence in the delivery of support to AU and its NEPAD programme. The Meeting inter alia, recommended that clusters should be refined and further aligned with AU programmes and with the UN Ten-year Capacity Building Programme for the AU. It was also agreed that cluster activities should take into consideration the strategic plans of the AU Commission, the NEPAD Secretariat and relevant decisions of AU and RECs. The meeting also called for the evaluation of existing arrangements at the subregional level, with a view to putting in place an institutional framework for collaboration in support of the AU and its NEPAD programme at that level. An important output of the study will be a well-informed and objective report, with specific, practical and action-oriented recommendations aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the RCM in the delivery of support to AU and its NEPAD programme.