Experts convene on gender and the African peer review mechanism

An Expert Group Meeting (EGM) which places focus on the gender dimensions of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) concluded today with an agreed consensus that there is a greater need now more than ever to increase the focus on gender related cross-cutting issues within the African Union (AU) and New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) agendas. Mr. Adeyemi Dipeolu, Director of the Capacity Development Division (CDD) of the ECA expressed his pleasure at being a part of this crucial meeting stating that the ECA uses Expert Group Meetings (EGM) to bring together a small group of intellectuals who work towards proposing viable and implementable solutions towards Africa’s development. He highlighted that this meeting offered an opportunity to validate a draft report “The African Peer Review Mechanism and Managing Diversity: The Gender Dimension”, which the staff of the Capacity Development Division have developed. He added that the report is directly aligned with the fact that the ECA is systematically studying all the cross cutting gender issues in the APRM.