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Talking land governance and partnerships
(2014-04)
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) co-sponsored and participated in the 2014 annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, held in Washington D.C., between 24 and 28 March 2014, under the theme “Integrating Land Governance ...
The Statistical Commission for Africa to take charge of statistics development in Africa
(2008-01)
The first meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa (Stat-Com-Africa) closed Wednesday 23 January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a resolution designating Stat-Com-Africa “as the apex body in charge of statistics and ...
South Africa to host the International Statistics Institute 2009
(2008-08)
The Republic of South Africa is hosting the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) 2009, from 16 – 22 August in Durban, South Africa. This is the first time in the history of ISI - which stretches ...
Africa can take the lead on climate and development agenda
(2013-10)
The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has called on Africa to go beyond global negotiations on climate change in their current format and seek ...
ECA, AU Launch Third Joint Report on Regional Integration in Africa
(2008-11)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) jointly launched the Third Report of “Assessing Regional Integration in Africa” (ARIA III), under the theme: “Towards Monetary ...
ATPC Conducting a Workshop on Non-tariff Barriers to Trade
(2010-04)
The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is holding a workshop on non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs) in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 – 16 April. The workshop is being ...
ECA book on national information and communication infrastructure highlights best practices in national ICT policies
(2008-03)
The ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) proceeded on 6 March 2008, at the Addis Ababa United Nations Conference Center with the official launch of the National Information ...
Project to support mainstreaming land governance in eastern Africa to be launched in Djibouti
(2015-02)
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will launch the project “Improve Land Governance in the IGAD Region,” on 16 ...
Decisive action on adaptation needed to reverse impact of climate change on Africa, says ECA's Ben-Barka
(2008-03)
Without decisive action for sound adaptation, climate change will severely compromise agricultural production and exacerbate poverty and food insecurity in Africa, the Deputy Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for ...
ECA and UN-OHRLLS to Organize the African Regional Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action
(2008-06)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will host from 17 to 20 June 2008 in Addis Ababa, the African Regional Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action, which laid out specific measures to assist landlocked and ...