Pan-African Projects

With the establishment of the African Union in July 2002 the currently 54 Member States emphasised the fundamental importance of innovative African reforms to effectively deal with the challenges Africa is facing in the 21st century. The African reform agenda is based on the guiding principle of African Ownership and the will to accelerate the political and economic integration on the continent to strengthen Africa’s capabilities to implement home-grown long-term solutions to African problems. The German government supports the African reform agenda not only politically but also with concrete measures through a number of pan-African programmes which are partly based in South Africa. In South Africa, Germany provides technical advice and financial assistance to pan-African institutions and initiatives located in South Africa through the following GIZ projects:

Pan-African Parliament (PAP)

To ensure the full participation of African peoples in the development and political and economic integration of Africa the Pan-African Parliament was established in March 2004. It is one of the 11 organs of the AU and the first continental parliamentary assembly in African history. Currently, 235 Members of Parliament from 47 African countries represent the people of Africa. The aim of the Pan-African Parliament is to evolve into an institution with full legislative powers, whose members are elected by universal adult suffrage. Since 2006 Germany supports the PAP within the framework of a programme that is funded and commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. The PAP component of the programme specifically focusses on the thematic area “Good Governance” as well as on institutional strengthening and capacity development.

For more information please about PAP visit: http://www.pan-africanparliament.org

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

As the socio-economic programme of the African Union, NEPAD’s long-term aim is to end poverty, stop the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and set the continent on the path to sustainable development. NEPAD was introduced in 2001 and has recently undergone significant change – as an institution as well as a programme. It has now been integrated into the processes and structures of the African Union. The new NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) has resumed its new role as a technical body of the AU Commission and a “Think Tank” for African development, coordinating the implementation of continental policy programmes and initiatives in the areas of agriculture and food security, climate change and natural resource management, regional integration and infrastructure, human development, economic and corporate governance, gender and capacity development. Germany assists the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency in its institutional and organisational development process as well as through technical and policy advisory services in selected thematic areas.

For more information about NEPAD please visit: http://www.nepad.org

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)

As part of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), CAADP is the agricultural programme of the African Union. Its focus lies on the improvement of food security, nutrition, and incomes in Africa’s largely agrarian economies. It aims at bringing agriculture back to the African development agenda by achieving 6 percent agricultural growth and having each African state spend not less than 10 percent of its national budget for the promotion of agriculture. So far 28 countries have signed a CAADP compact, which is an agreement for partnerships, alliances and dialogue to design and implement the required policy interventions and investment programmes to achieve the CAADP targets. The German support comes through GIZ in the fields of institutional development, training, technical advisory services and other forms of capacity development.

For more information about CAADP please visit http://www.nepad-caadp.net

Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI)

CABRI is a professional network of senior budget officials in ministries of finance and / or planning from across Africa. Established in 2004, it promotes the efficient and effective management of public finances to foster economic growth and enhance service delivery for the improvement of living standards in Africa. CABRI provides senior budget officials with an important forum for peer-learning. It constitutes a platform for them to share experiences, discuss key topics and issues related to public finance management, disseminate good practices, make explicit successful reform practices and develop and promote common African positions on budgetary issues of relevance to Africa. More than 40 African countries participate regularly in CABRI events. Germany assists CABRI by providing technical and financial support to establish CABRI as a relevant and productive international organisation. The German support contributes to strengthening the work of the Secretariat to facilitate peer-learning and build a knowledge base in public finance management.

For more information about CABRI please visit http://www.cabri-sbo.org

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