United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Private Sector Development and Finance. Supports member States in their endeavor to achieve accelerated job creation, sustained economic growth and prosperity through leveraging the role and resources of the private sector, promoting innovative financing solutions and creating the environment in which private sector investments for agribusiness ...
Overview - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
From ideas to actions for a better Africa. Who we are: Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN's five regional commissions, ECA's mandate is to promote the economic and social development of its member States, foster intra-regional integration, and promote …
Events | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
View Event. 13th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2024) 20 November, 2024 > 22 November, 2024. UNCC - ECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. View Event. Africa regional review of thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) 30 October, 2024 > 2 November, 2024. Addis Ababa.
ECA's Gatete calls for urgent, ambitious climate action
1 day ago · Baku, 14 November 2024 (ECA) - As world leaders gathered at COP29, amid a flurry of ambitious pledges and somber warnings, one message stood out in a moment that captured the urgency felt by many: “The cost of inaction is far greater than the investment required to build a resilient and prosperous future for Africa.”This call to action by Claver Gatete, United Nations
Overview | Events | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Overview. The fifty-seventh session of the Economic Commission for Africa will consist of the preparatory meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, followed by the ministerial segment of the Conference. In addition to considering the statutory matters of the ...
Economic Report on Africa 2024
24 April, 2024. Download Full Publication. Amid the fragmented and conflict-prone world, Africa faces many economic, social, and environmental challenges. They are unprecedented in scale, complexity, and interconnectedness, and they impede Africa’s attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
African migration report | United Nations Economic Commission …
2 days ago · Climate change and migration in Africa. Release Date: 14 November, 2024. Download Full Publication. Climate change has significant implications for both development and migration in Africa. African countries are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, which can have far-reaching consequences in various contexts.
ECA Support to African Group of Climate Change Negotiators …
4 days ago · Baku Azerbaijan, 11 November 2024 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is once again, accompanying the African Group of Negotiators at the 29th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change - COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. "Finance will be the focus of COP29. Developing countries urgently need support to accelerate the
ECA at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA)
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the global effort to accelerate progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The highly anticipated Summit of the Future, held during UNGA, underscores the urgent need for enhanced international cooperation to address pressing challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality, while ...
Towards Africa's prosperity | United Nations Economic …
Sep 18, 2024 · Chapter 1 describes Africa’s economic and social conditions in 2022. Chapter 2 offers a comprehensive definition of the economic, political and social dimensions of a prosperity in which everyone on the continent can realize their full potential in an environment of peace and security. The 2030 deadline is seven years away.