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Africa 2.0: harnessing natural resource wealth for economic transformation
(2013-09)
The forum will discuss the need to create opportunities for sustainable employment and wealth creation and the need for Africa to make the most of its natural resources. In this regard, concentrating on the sectors that ...
Kick start African Green Fund with existing climate change resources, Janneh tells Cancun conference
(2010-12)
UN Under Secretary -General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh today strongly suggested that at least 60 percent of the $30 billion fast-track fund agreed in Copenhagen ...
Lawmakers benefit from training in natural resource policy and contract negotiations
(2016-12)
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) recently jointly organized a course on “Natural Resource ...
Adding value to natural resources: a multilevel challenge
(2014-05)
This article was written and Published by Mr. Antonio M.A. Pedro, Director of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa at the United Nations Economic Commission on Africa (UNECA) and Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable ...
Framework of hope launched to equip women in transparent use of DRC resources
(2014-01)
At the Official Launch of the Women’s Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes, dubbed, the ‘framework of hope’, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the Economic ...
CWD urges new mechanisms, improved resources and stronger structures as 2women can no longer wait
(2011-05)
The 7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) convened under the theme, “Closing Gaps, Maximizing Opportunities: Beyond Beijing + 15” ended on Friday with a call to focus on actions that will deliver ...
Stakeholders adopt consensus statement on sustainable exploitation of Africa's natural resources
(2012-10)
Over 800 participants attending the Eighth African Development Forum (ADF-VIII) on the theme, “Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development”, concluded three days of intense deliberations with key ...
Global geospatial data resources critical to planning in Africa geoinformation experts
(2011-05)
A workshop aimed at demonstrating how global data sets can be used in Africa was held on the margins of the ongoing Second Session of the Committee on Information, Science and Technology (CODIS). Themed, “Global geospatial ...
Harmonizing policies for the management of mining resources in West Africa
(2015-09)
The meeting for the High-Level Dialogue on Harmonized Policies for Natural Resource Management in West Africa, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through its Sub-Regional Office for West ...
Janneh calls for innovative financing to harness internal resources for climate change
(2011-12)
The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic r for Africa, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, today discarded assertions that Africa might not be able to absorb all the resources it needs for ...