The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) secretariat is holding Country Institutional Consultations (CIC) in Uganda for the development of the Africa Governance Report 2025 (AGR 2025) on Natural Resource Governance.
According to H.E Amb Aly Elhefny Mahmoud the Lead Panellist at the AGR 2025 Country Institutional Consultations (CIC) -Uganda held at Sheraton Kampala Hotel, Kampala , Country Institutional Consultations are part of the methodology used for the AGR-2025, in adaptation of APRM ordinary targeted review approach.
The consultations are targeting key national actors in relevant industry, financial service entities, government, regulatory authorities and others. The tools of reference for the consultation are the Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions.
‘’The Africa Governance Report is an AU Assembly Report produced every 2 years and it enacts from Decision (Assembly/AU/Dec.720 (XXXII)) of the African Union Head of States and Government. According to this Decision, the APRM in collaboration with members of the African Governance Architecture Platform (AGP) have to develop a report focusing on a governance theme that attends to the nexus between governance, peace and security, and development’’,said Amb Elhefny.
On 27 September 2024, the Republic of Uganda, through the Ministry of Finance and Planning and Economic Development; responded positively and enthusiastically to APRM’s call sent out to AU members state to contribute to the development of the AGR 2025. This mission underscores Uganda’s commitment to contribute to the advancement of Natural Resources Governance on the continental.
‘’The AGR 2025 Country Institutional Consultations will assess governance challenges and formulate sustainable solution for effective governance of Land resources. To achieve these objectives, we require the input of every single one of you present here today and others across the entire land governance ecosystem’’, added Amb Aly Elhefny.
In February 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government instructed the APRM to develop the Fourth African Governance Report and present the Report to the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly scheduled to take place in February 2025. In considering the extent of challenges in Natural Resource Governance faced by the continent and their impact on economic and social constructs; further to the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government; the Permanent Representative Committee (PRC) Sub-Committee on Human Rights, Democracy, and Governance recommended that the theme for the AGR 2025 be on Natural Resource Governance at its Extraordinary meeting held in Bujumbura, Burundi on 15th June 2024.
Successively the AGA-APSA Platform Technical and Political Platform meetings held on 16th and 17th July 2024 respectively, endorsed Natural Resource Governance in Africa as the theme of the Africa Governance Report 2025. The theme was finally adopted by the Executive council meeting held in July 2024 in Ghana.
The theme for the AGR 2025 on Natural Resources Governance compromises of three subthemes namely: Land Resources, Mineral Resources and Marine Resources otherwise referred as “Blue Economy”.
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