Twenty-third meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: Opening Statement by K.Y. Amoako Executive Secretary
Opening Statement by K.Y. Amoako Executive Secretary of UNECA at the Twenty-third meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, ECA has embarked on a number of initiatives aimed at increasing support to African countries on trade issues. For example, a new Trade and Regional Integration Division was created in 2003 to increase our capacity to respond to requests from member States; and an Interregional Advisory Services Office was established in Geneva in the same year to provide on-demand technical assistance to the WTO Geneva African Group. We have further enhanced technical support to member States by recently establishing the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), with the financial support of the Canadian government. Together with OECD/DAC, we have developed path-breaking tools for mutually monitoring development effectiveness, drawing on the conceptual framework already prepared by the two institutions and submitted to the NEPAD Steering Committee. An important aspect of placing our member States in our programming process involves feedback, monitoring and evaluation.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2004-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47344 |
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| Summary: | Opening Statement by K.Y. Amoako Executive Secretary of UNECA at the Twenty-third meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, ECA has embarked on a number of initiatives aimed at increasing support to African countries on trade issues. For example, a new Trade and Regional Integration Division was created in 2003 to increase our capacity to respond to requests from member States; and an Interregional Advisory Services Office was established in Geneva in the same year to provide on-demand technical assistance to the WTO Geneva African Group. We have further enhanced technical support to member States by recently establishing the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), with the financial support of the Canadian government. Together with OECD/DAC, we have developed path-breaking tools for mutually monitoring development effectiveness, drawing on the conceptual framework already prepared by the two institutions and submitted to the NEPAD Steering Committee. An important aspect of placing our member States in our programming process involves feedback, monitoring and evaluation. |
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