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NEPAD is a merger of two plans for the economic regeneration of Africa: the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme ( MAP ), led by Former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa in conjunction with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria ; and the OMEGA Plan for Africa developed by President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal.
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NEPAD and is
He was the architect of NEPAD whose aim is to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa.
The New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ) is an economic development program of the African Union.
NEPAD is now a program of the African Union ( AU ) that has replaced the OAU in 2002, though it has its own secretariat based in South Africa to coordinate and implement its programmes.
The NEPAD Secretariat is based in Midrand, South Africa.
The NEPAD Secretariat is not responsible for the implementation of development programs itself, but works with the African Regional Economic Communities -- the building blocks of the African Union.
The role of the NEPAD Secretariat is one of coordination and resource mobilisation.
* NEPAD was involved with the Timbuktu Manuscripts Project although it is not entirely clear to what extent.
There is a great lack of information about the day-to-day activities of the NEPAD secretariat — the website is notably uninformative — that does not help its case.
The aim of promoting greater regional integration and trade among African states is welcomed by many, even as the fundamental macroeconomic principles NEPAD endorses remain contested.
* University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development What is NEPAD?
It is at odds with what it sees as " imperialism " embodied in the activities of the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the European Union, the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ), etc.
Midrand is also the location of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament and of the NEPAD secretariat.
It is also planned to set up health points to tie in with the NEPAD e-health program.
He is also Chairman of the Committee on NEPAD in the People's Assembly of Egypt.
It is one of two special programs of the African Union, the other being the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ).
NEPAD and two
He supported the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ), and in October 2002 he pledged more than two million dollars to promote security and good governance in francophone Africa.
NEPAD and plans
During the first few years of its existence, the main task of the NEPAD Secretariat and key supporters was the popularisation of NEPAD ’ s key principles, as well as the development of action plans for each of the sectoral priorities.
NEPAD and for
In Africa, the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ) has launched an " e-school program " to provide all 600, 000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years.
He headed the formation of both the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ) and the African Union ( AU ) and has played influential roles in brokering peace deals in Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
NEPAD aims to provide an overarching vision and policy framework for accelerating economic co-operation and integration among African countries.
NEPAD seeks to attract increased investment, capital flows and funding, providing an African-owned framework for development as the foundation for partnership at regional and international levels.
The HSGIC to which the NEPAD secretariat reports comprises three states for each region of the African Union, with former President Obasanjo ( Nigeria ) as elected chair, and Presidents Bouteflika ( Algeria ) and Wade ( Senegal ) as deputy chairmen.
Many individual African states have also established national NEPAD structures responsible for liaison with the continental initiatives on economic reform and development programs.
* The New Partnership for Africa ’ s Development ( NEPAD ): An Initial Commentary by Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University
The Water Initiative brings together different stakeholders like Alcan Inc., the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, USAID India, UNDP India, Confederation of Indian Industry ( CII ), Government of Rajasthan and the NEPAD Business Foundation to develop public-private partnerships on water management in South Africa and India.
* Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom — Minister for Economic Planning & NEPAD
* Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo — Minister for Foreign Affairs and NEPAD
* Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo — Minister for Foreign Affairs and NEPAD
He participated in the initial drafting of the Millennium Plan for Africa ( MAP ) which later became the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ).
NEPAD and economic
The eight priority areas of NEPAD are: political, economic and corporate governance ; agriculture ; infrastructure ; education ; health ; science and technology ; market access and tourism ; and environment.
NEPAD was initially met with a great deal of scepticism from much of civil society in Africa as playing into the ' Washington Consensus ' model of economic development.
Other areas have been economic cooperation and regional integration ; statistical development in Africa ; the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa ; the integration of the New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD ) in the structures and processes of the African Union ; and the development of Common African Positions related to economic, financial and developmet issues.
NEPAD and Africa
He sees African dependence on aid and foreign intervention as a major barrier to the continent's being taken seriously in the world of economics and politics, and sees structures like NEPAD and the AU as part of a process in which Africa solves its own problems without relying on outside assistance.
NEPAD ’ s four primary objectives are: to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable growth and development, integrate Africa in the world economy, and accelerate the empowerment of women.
Ever since it was set up there has been some tension over the place of NEPAD within the AU programs, given its origins outside the framework of the AU, and the continuing dominant role of South Africa — symbolised by the location of the secretariat in South Africa.
In April 2008, a review summit of five heads of state — Presidents Mbeki of South Africa, Wade of Senegal, Bouteflika of Algeria, Mubarak of Egypt and Yar ' Adua of Nigeria — met in Senegal with a mandate to consider the progress in implementing NEPAD and report to the next AU summit to be held in Egypt in July 2008.
* Compilation of news stories on NEPAD, the APRM and African Union by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project of the Open Society Institute
The New Partnership for Africa's Development E-School Programme run by NEPAD aims to provide computers and internet access to all schools in Africa within 10 years, and also to set up health points to tie in with Nepad's E-Health program.
NEPAD and African
In July 2002, members of some 40 African social movements, trade unions, youth and women's organizations, NGOs, religious organizations and others endorsed the African Civil Society Declaration on NEPAD rejecting NEPAD ; a similar hostile view was taken by African scholars and activist intellectuals in the 2002 Accra Declaration on Africa's Development Challenges.
* NEPAD African Western and Southern Networks of centre of Excellence in water sciences
* " The African Union, NEPAD, and Human Rights: The Missing Agenda " by Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Quarterly-Volume 26, Number 4, November 2004, pp. 983 – 1027
* South African Department of Foreign Affairs NEPAD page
* AllAfrica. com compilation of articles from the African media on NEPAD
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