Transcript Proposed role of ECA… - The UN Regional Commissions

Follow-up to Rio+20 in Africa
ECA Perspective
Annual dialogue of Executive
Secretaries with the Second Committee
Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECA
ECOSOC Chamber
6 November 2012
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Outline
• Africa Preparations for Rio-20
• Follow up to Rio+20 in Africa
• Focus on Africa RIM
• Proposed Role of ECA
• The Regional Coordination Mechanism
• Next Steps
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Africa’s preparations for Rio+20
Africa regional preparations were spearheaded by ECA jointly with
the AUC and AfDB, in partnership with RECs, UNEP, and UNDP
Objectives:
 Support African countries to collectively articulate their concerns and
priorities at the Conference
 Ensure these priorities are adequately reflected in the Conference
outcomes
 Strengthen regional consultative mechanism to support
implementation of Conference outcomes
Africa Consensus Statement / Common Position to Rio+20 posted on
Website:
http://www.uneca.org/rio20
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Follow up to Rio+20 in Africa
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Africa-RIM for CSD-20 (19 to 21 November) will
focus on follow up to Rio+20 outcome
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Invited participants include stakeholders from all
dimensions of SD, major groups, regional and
sub-regional organizations
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Analysis by ECA of the implications of the Rio+20
outcomes for Africa will feed to the RIM
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The Report responds to Rio+20 related mandates
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Focus of Africa-RIM
The RIM will focus on issues tabled for CSD-20:
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High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Means of implementation
Third International Conference on SIDS
A Programme on measures to complement Gross Domestic
Product
• Green Economy (Inclusive Green Growth)
• Thematic areas and cross-sectoral issues
• Africa-RIM Outcome Document will feed into the
CSD-20 and GA Processes on Rio+20  And chart
the way forward for the region
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Proposed role of ECA…
On the High Level Political Forum:
• Lead regional consultative process, with AUC and AfDB
• Follow a principle of subsidiarity – RCs and RIMs
• Promot a balanced integration of sustainable development
dimensions
On Sustainable Development Goals
• Build on the Post-2015 Development Agenda consultations in
Africa, spearhead by ECA jointly with AUC, AfDB, and UNDP
• Promote the convergence of the two processes – efficiency,
effectiveness
• Sustainable Development Report on Africa as regional chapter
of the proposed Global Sustainable Development Report
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…Proposed role of ECA
On Green Economy
• Adopt a step-wise approach – inclusive green growth
• Case studies, good practices lessons learnt to inform policy
choices
• Fifth Sustainable Development Report on Africa focuses on
“achieving sustainable development through inclusive green
growth”
On Third Conference on SIDS
• ECA to support African SIDS to effectively prepare for the
conference
On Programme of work on measures to complement GDP
• Statistical Commission for Africa to provide platform to discuss
and inform Africa’s position – 2014 next session
• ECA with regional partners to provide required support
(effective engagement in global process)
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…Proposed role of ECA…
On Means of Implementation
• Finance: ECA, with AUC and AfDB, to carry out a
comprehensive assessment of the financing requirements and
provide a platform for broad-based consultations
• Technology: ECA and partners to assess mechanisms for
technology transfer to the region
• Capacity development: ECA and partners to support the
revision of the AU-NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic
Framework, informed by regional priorities and Rio+20
On Voluntary commitments
• Serve as a broker between UNDESA, committing organisations,
and African member States
• Advocate for inclusions of countries not yet targeted
• Promote platforms to share experiences and foster knowledge 8
…Proposed role of ECA
On Thematic and Cross-sectoral Issues
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Implementing the Rio+20 outcomes within the
framework of existing regional, subregional and
national frameworks
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Using AU initiatives and programmes such as NEPAD
as key entry points
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Ensuring coordinated and effective support to Africa by
RCM-Africa, in implementing the outcomes of Rio+20
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The Africa Regional Coordination Mechanism
RCM-Africa to provide platform to coordinate UN
support for the implementation of Rio+20
outcomes in Africa
Inter-cluster meeting (Sept. 2012) recommended
integration of Rio+20 outcomes in the business
plans of the RCM-Africa clusters
13th session of RCM-Africa – 14-15 November
2012  to discuss inter alia, Rio+20 outcomes
and integration modalities
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Next steps
Outcomes of RIM – Africa’s input to CSD-20 and relevant
GA processes
ECA wide consultation – integrating outcomes of Rio+20
into ECA’s strategic framework and programme of work
Decision on RIM outcomes at next AU Summit – January
2013
Further guidance from the Sixth Joint Meetings of the
Joint AUC/ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development (March 2013)
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Thank You for Your
Kind Attention
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