17th Meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole (TEPCOW): Opening address by K.Y. Amoako, executive secretary, ECA

Abstract

This Opening Address delivered by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA at the 17th Meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole (TEPCOW). Dr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that; The purpose of his remarks is to review with them the key agenda points. The renewal presented to the Conference for endorsement is historic. As we have planned ECA's renewal we have opted not only to have focus, but to have Strategic Focus so that the things we do help achieve credible and worthy goals. Once our renewal is endorsed there will be an organizational restructuring of the programme side, a series of major capacity building steps inside the house, a redeployment of staff based on need and skills assessments, and even more changes in how we conduct ECA's business. Partnership is basic to the process of ECA's renewal. The search for long-term partners connotes a shift in strategy in which ECA is less the self-contained producer of work and far more a networker.