Groundwork laid for Congo’s long-term development vision

Abstract

The Government of the Republic of Congo and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have laid the foundations for the formulation of Congo Vision 2047, the country’s long-term framework to build a prosperous and peaceful nation and a resilient, diversified and globally competitive economy well linked with regional and global value chains, all in synchrony with the ECA inspired Douala Consensus that calls for rapid economic diversification in Central Africa. The Head of ECA’s Office in Central Africa and his delegation were comforted by Congo’s positive inference from the Douala Consensus in its National Development Plan. The ECA team therefore zeroed in on the need for industrial policy formulation and implementation to be prioritized at the highest level of the State and be the spinning wheel of Congo’s Vision 2047. ECA’s support to developing and implementing Congo’s short and long-term development plans will include among other things: i) helping the country to domesticate agendas 2030 and 2063 in its National Development Plan, ii) accompanying the country to put premium of the diversification of its primary sectors such as agriculture and forest; iii) helping to calibrate its industrial policy formulation and execution.