Assembly/AU/Dec.442(XIX)
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DECISION ON THE REPORT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
ORIENTATION COMMITTEE (HSGOC) ON NEPAD
Doc. Assembly/AU/7(XIX)
The Assembly,
1.
WELCOMES the report by the Vice-Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State
and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), H.E. President Macky Sall of
the Republic of Senegal;
2.
ENDORSES the conclusions of the Twenty-Seventh NEPAD HSGOC Meeting;
3.
REAFFIRMS NEPAD as a unique continental programme designed by Africans
for Africans and serving as a shared vision to advance regional political and
economic integration for the economic emancipation of African peoples;
4.
NOTES the outcomes of the High Level NEPAD Colloquium and Congress of
Stakeholders held in March 2012 in Addis Ababa to round up the commemoration
of the 10th Anniversary of NEPAD, which re-affirmed the imperative for Africa to
accelerate the implementation of NEPAD through effective mobilization and
utilization of domestic resources;
5.
FURTHER WELCOMES the continued harmonization efforts between the
Commission and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) towards
strengthening coordination and coherence in programme implementation in line
with the integration of NEPAD into the structures and processes of the African
Union;
6.
RECALLS the Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.413(XVIII) WHILE NOTING the NPCA
organizational structure proposed by the Executive Council through the
Permanent Representatives Committee, REITERATES the critical need for a
more suitable and practical structure that fully reflects the Continent-wide
mandate of the Agency to enable it function effectively and move on the path of
results-based delivery for the benefit of Member States;
7.
COMMENDS the conclusions of the Regional Dialogue for Enhanced
Coordination for NEPAD Structures and Focal Points at national and regional
levels and ENDORSES the Action Plan developed with UNECA to guide the
harmonization and coordination of NEPAD programmes and in this regard
CALLS FOR regular peer learning exchanges and knowledge sharing on NEPAD
implementation at sub-regional level;
8.
ENDORSES the report of the programmatic activities of NPCA for the period:
January to December 2012 PARTICULARLY NOTING the progress on
implementing key NEPAD regional and continental projects in collaboration with
the Regional Economic Communities;