Diplomatist Magazine Africa Day Special 2018 | Page 22

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Africa as a Strong, Resilient and
Infl uential Global Player and Partner.
What makes Agenda 2063 different from
past continental initiatives?
• Bottom-up approach: There were
extensive consultations involving the African
Citizenry. This enhances ownership of both
the processes and outcomes of the initiative
for developing a continental agenda for socio-
economic transformation. It is not the work
of bureaucrats but, rather an Agenda driven
by the voices of the African people indicating
the Africa They Want.
• Result Orientation: Goals, targets,
and strategies have been set under each
aspirational area to be achieved under the
national, regional and continental levels by
different stakeholders. These targets will
form the basis for holding stakeholders
accountable for their performance.
• Monitoring and Evaluation/
Accountability: There is a monitoring
and evaluation component to ensure that
planned activities, outputs, and outcomes
are on track for attainment, with the midterm
reviews providing the basis for programme
re-alignment. Accountability roles will be
assigned, and the outcomes of the monitoring
and evaluation process will be used to
manage the accountability relationship.
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• Policy Coherence/Space: For the fi rst
time, all continental and regional initiatives
have been brought under one umbrella.
This integration of initiatives is expected
to enhance consistency, eliminate policy
overlaps and redundancies, and create
space for the management of diversity and
uniqueness within the AU.
• Financing/Partnership: A Resource
Mobilisation Strategy which was developed
has identifi ed key areas of intervention and
their associated funding options. Next, steps
will be taken to operationalise the fi nancing
strategies/instruments identifi ed. Strategies
for expanding/maximising partnerships for
the successful implementation of Agenda
2063 have been developed and are in the
process of being implemented.
• Communications Strategy: While
past frameworks were made known only to
bureaucrats, Agenda 2063 is to be driven
and owned by the people of the continent. A
communications strategy has been developed
in order to ensure the same.
• Capacity: A key factor towards the
successful implementation of Agenda 2063
is the capacity of individuals having the right
instructions to play their roles appropriately in
the domestication of the Agenda. A Capacity
Assessment Study is being undertaken to
address the capacity needs of continental
and regional institutions; this will later be
extended to member states.
The Key Agenda 2063 Documents
• Agenda 2063 Framework Document
(Adopted by the AU)
• The Agenda 2063 Popular Version
(Adopted by the AU)
• The Draft First Ten-Year Implementation
Plan
What is the Purpose of the First-Ten
Year Implementation Plan?
The ten-year implementation plan was
developed in order to:
• Identify priority areas, set specific
targets, define strategies and policy
measures required to implement the fi rst