UN-energy Africa meeting : welcoming address by Mr. Josué Dioné, director of the sustainable development division of the Economic Commission for Africa

Abstract

Welcoming Address by Mr. Josué Dioné, Director of the Sustainable Development Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (UN- ECA) at the UN-Energy Africa Meeting. Mr. Dioné,, on his remarks highlighted that, Africa is the only world region where poverty is on the increase rather than decreasing like in most other developing regions of the world. UN agencies can move away from individualistic programming and implementation to seek more effectiveness in their actions through collaboration and joint programming of activities; the energy sector, more than others, requires such collaboration because of its cross-cutting nature, and the implication of so many UN agencies that develop various aspects of energy at different levels. key problems such as energy access, rural energy, energy database, clean transport and energy production, institutional reform, capacity development, hydroelectricity development and productive capacity needs, also identified as priority in major international conferences such as the WSSD, are all considered.