A delegation of the Pan-African Parliament, headed by its President, Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, is expected in Nairobi, Kenya to take an active part in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5th MYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities, the Regional Mechanisms and the African Union Member States on the 16th July 2023.
The meeting will be convened under the AU theme of the year 2023 “Acceleration of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation”. The meeting will be preceded by the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, which will take place from the 13th to 14th of July 2023.
The Mid-Year Meeting is expected to consider the following among other issues:
* Presentation and discussion on the status of continental integration in Africa in accordance with the Abuja treaty
* Presentation and discussion on the status of regional integration
* Presentation and discussion on the draft report of the AU institutional reform
* Presentation on the division of labour among Member States, RECs/RMs and AU
* Presentation of the 10-year implementation plan of Agenda 2063.
As part of preparatory engagements leading up to the Mid-Year Summit in Nairobi, the President of the Pan-African Parliament will join other Heads of AU Organs for a strategic review workshop of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) on the 12th.
As the operationalisation of AGA passes the ten years mark, the workshop is an opportune time to look back, take stock of the achievements and challenges that have faced AGP and draw lessons to inform and influence the work of AGA over the next ten years. Thus, the first statutory Meeting of the African Governance Platform, which was held alongside the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly held from 13-14 February 2023 in the AU HQ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, decided to convene a Strategic Reflection for the Platform Members and stakeholders.
The AGA Strategic reflection is expected to galvanize the Platform and Secretariat towards consolidating the gains since its establishment and look forward to having a practical framework that works to improve the democratic governance, human right, peace and security landscape.
The African Governance Architecture (AGA) was established in 2012 vide Assembly Decision (AU/Dec.304 (XV) as a comprehensive, overarching, consolidated and coordinated framework for addressing governance and governance-related opportunities, challenges, and structural causes of political instability and crisis in Africa.
The President of the Pan-African Parliament is accompanied in these engagements by 1st Vice President, Hon. Prof. Massouda Mohamed Laghdaf (Mrs.); 2nd Vice President, Hon. Dr Ashebiri Gayo; 4th Vice President, Hon. François Ango Ndoutoume. Hon. Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Chairperson of the Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs is also part of the delegation as the Continental Parliament continues efforts to appeal for more resources to effectively achieve its mandate.
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