Dear Media partners,
The Sub regional Offices for North and West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) invite you to attend their joint Expert Group Meeting as part of their Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts.
To build resilience in the face of a world marked by rising instability and unpredictability, with crises that can have long lasting effects, capacity building and resource mobilization are critical. On the one hand governments are confronted with more complex and challenging issues that they often cannot address alone. On the other hand, the cascade of crises has generated a strong pressure on state’s resources and its capacity to deploy effective policies. Against this new set of challenges, countries have been striving to design new development models with innovative approaches emphasizing on resilience and adaptability.
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) will take place on 1 - 2 November and focus on the broad theme of Crisis Resilience and Development Sustainability in North and West Africa. It will cover several inter-linked topics that the past crises revealed as key for resilience and sustainability. The main objective of the EGM is to provide policy recommendations and identify priority actions related to address the multiples crises that hamper sustainable development, particularly in North and West Africa. The specific objectives are to (i) Building resilient and sustainable food and energy systems in North and West Africa (ii) enhance the financing and performance of MSMEs taking into consideration women, youth and planet prospective (iii) Taking advantage of the AfCFTA implementation to building forward resilient and sustainable Economies; (iv) seize the opportunities of demographic dividend and (iv) encourage the issuance of green bonds in North and West Africa.
MEDIA INVITATION
WHAT: Expert Group Meeting for North and West Africa under the theme: “Crisis Resilience and Sustainable Development in North and West Africa”.
WHEN: 1-2 November 2022
WHERE: Marrakech, Morocco (Hybrid)
WHO: The Sub regional Offices for North and West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Language: English and French simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Please find below the registration link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZwsP-gURQgSxqp_lKabFvw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting:
Please also send your confirmation email to:
Houda Filali-Ansary
Communication Officer
ECA Office for North Africa
Email: filali-ansary@un.org
Tahirou Gouro
Communication Officer
ECA Office for West Africa
Email: gouro2@un.org
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