Follow-up to Rio 20 in Africa ECA Perspective

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Follow-up to Rio20 in AfricaECA Perspective

• Annual dialogue of Executive Secretaries with the
  Second Committee
• Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECA
• ECOSOC Chamber
• 6 November 2012

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Outline

• Africa Preparations for Rio-20
• Follow up to Rio20 in Africa
• Focus on Africa RIM
• Proposed Role of ECA
• The Regional Coordination Mechanism
• Next Steps

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Africas preparations for Rio20

• Africa regional preparations were spearheaded by
  ECA jointly with
• the AUC and AfDB, in partnership with RECs, UNEP,
  and UNDP
• Objectives
• Support African countries to collectively
  articulate their concerns and priorities at the
  Conference
• Ensure these priorities are adequately reflected
  in the Conference outcomes
• Strengthen regional consultative mechanism to
  support implementation of Conference outcomes
• Africa Consensus Statement / Common Position to
  Rio20 posted on
• Website http//www.uneca.org/rio20

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Follow up to Rio20 in Africa

• Africa-RIM for CSD-20 (19 to 21 November) will
  focus on follow up to Rio20 outcome
• Invited participants include stakeholders from
  all dimensions of SD, major groups, regional and
  sub-regional organizations
• Analysis by ECA of the implications of the Rio20
  outcomes for Africa will feed to the RIM
• The Report responds to Rio20 related mandates

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Focus of Africa-RIM

• The RIM will focus on issues tabled for CSD-20
• High Level Political Forum on Sustainable
  Development
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Means of implementation
• Third International Conference on SIDS
• A Programme on measures to complement Gross
  Domestic Product
• Green Economy (Inclusive Green Growth)
• Thematic areas and cross-sectoral issues
• Africa-RIM Outcome Document will feed into the
  CSD-20 and GA Processes on Rio20 ? And chart the
  way forward for the region

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Proposed role of ECA

• On the High Level Political Forum
• Lead regional consultative process, with AUC and
  AfDB
• Follow a principle of subsidiarity RCs and RIMs
• Promot a balanced integration of sustainable
  development dimensions
• On Sustainable Development Goals
• Build on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
  consultations in Africa, spearhead by ECA jointly
  with AUC, AfDB, and UNDP
• Promote the convergence of the two processes
  efficiency, effectiveness
• Sustainable Development Report on Africa as
  regional chapter of the proposed Global
  Sustainable Development Report

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Proposed role of ECA

• On Green Economy
• Adopt a step-wise approach inclusive green
  growth
• Case studies, good practices lessons learnt to
  inform policy choices
• Fifth Sustainable Development Report on Africa
  focuses on achieving sustainable development
  through inclusive green growth
• On Third Conference on SIDS
• ECA to support African SIDS to effectively
  prepare for the conference
• On Programme of work on measures to complement
  GDP
• Statistical Commission for Africa to provide
  platform to discuss and inform Africas position
  2014 next session
• ECA with regional partners to provide required
  support (effective engagement in global process)

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Proposed role of ECA

• On Means of Implementation
• Finance ECA, with AUC and AfDB, to carry out a
  comprehensive assessment of the financing
  requirements and provide a platform for
  broad-based consultations
• Technology ECA and partners to assess mechanisms
  for technology transfer to the region
• Capacity development ECA and partners to support
  the revision of the AU-NEPAD Capacity Development
  Strategic Framework, informed by regional
  priorities and Rio20
• On Voluntary commitments
• Serve as a broker between UNDESA, committing
  organisations, and African member States
• Advocate for inclusions of countries not yet
  targeted
• Promote platforms to share experiences and foster
  knowledge

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Proposed role of ECA

• On Thematic and Cross-sectoral Issues
• Implementing the Rio20 outcomes within the
  framework of existing regional, subregional and
  national frameworks
• Using AU initiatives and programmes such as NEPAD
  as key entry points
• Ensuring coordinated and effective support to
  Africa by RCM-Africa, in implementing the
  outcomes of Rio20

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The Africa Regional Coordination Mechanism

• RCM-Africa to provide platform to coordinate UN
  support for the implementation of Rio20 outcomes
  in Africa
• Inter-cluster meeting (Sept. 2012) recommended
  integration of Rio20 outcomes in the business
  plans of the RCM-Africa clusters
• 13th session of RCM-Africa 14-15 November 2012
  ? to discuss inter alia, Rio20 outcomes and
  integration modalities

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Next steps

• Outcomes of RIM Africas input to CSD-20 and
  relevant GA processes
• ECA wide consultation integrating outcomes of
  Rio20 into ECAs strategic framework and
  programme of work
• Decision on RIM outcomes at next AU Summit
  January 2013
• Further guidance from the Sixth Joint Meetings of
  the Joint AUC/ECA Conference of Ministers of
  Finance, Planning and Economic Development (March
  2013)

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• Thank You for Your Kind Attention