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Addis Ababa, 15 April 2024 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) convened key stakeholders on credit ratings in Lusaka, Zambia from 26-28 March. The event brought together over a hundred participants from finance ministries and central banks, regulators, the private sector, civil society and financial

Addis Ababa, 26 April 2024 (ECA) - Young people should participate in the reform of the United Nations system to deepen global cooperation and protect their interests, the Assistant Secretary-General of Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier, has said.In a keynote address at the African Youth Consultative Forum on the UN Summit of the Future 2024 held in Addis Ababa, Mr.

Addis Ababa, 25 April 2024 – The 10th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) convened a session focusing on the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs), emphasizing the necessity of localized efforts in driving progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063.VNRs serve as a platform for countries to

Addis Ababa, 25 April 2024 (ECA) - African ministers and senior officials at the tenth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-10) are calling for timely reform of the global financial institutions and architecture for sustainable development and financing for development in Africa.This they say is the unified African message to the Summit of the

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 April, 2024 – serious and concerted efforts are needed to get back-on-track towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and data-driven reviews of progress and challenges that consult local stakeholders are an important tool in laying the groundwork for SDG progress. These messages were echoed by member States, stakeholders and regional

Addis Ababa, 26 April 2024 (ECA) - Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Claver Gatete, has challenged African youth to raise their voice in shaping the future development of the continent ahead of the Summit of the Future.Opening the African Youth Consultative Forum on the UN Summit for Future held in Addis Ababa, Mr.

Addis Ababa, 24 April 2024 (ECA) - African countries should effectively deploy development planning as a transformative tool to strengthen resilience and sustainable development in an era of unrelenting crises, according to panelists at a side event on development planning titled “Leveraging Digital Technologies for Integrated Planning to Advance the SDGs and Agenda 2063 in

Addis Ababa, 25 April 2024 (ECA) - To bolster national planning activities, policymakers have been urged to embrace digital tools to foster greater transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness. The call to action was made during the meeting on "Leveraging Digital Technologies for Integrated Planning to Advance the SDGs and Agenda 2063 in Times of Multiple Crises", which took

Addis Ababa, 24 April 2024 – African countries face many economic, social, and environmental challenges. These global challenges render “business as usual” strategies unsustainable, and a new transformative approach is needed for a Just and Sustainable Transition (JST) in Africa, according to the Economic Report on Africa 2024.The 2024 Economic Report on Africa themed

Addis Ababa, 25 April 2024 (ECA) - As Africa races against time to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and the Malabo Commitments to end hunger by 2025, the continent faces formidable challenges aggravated by climate change, inflation, and regional conflicts.