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SUMMARY:Joint Session of the Intergovernmental Committees of Senior Officials and Experts for North and West Africa 2023 (On Invitation)
DESCRIPTION:The joint session of the Intergovernmental Committees of Senior Officials and Experts for North and West Africa will be jointly organized by the Subregional Office for North Africa and the Subregional Office for West Africa of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and will be held in Accra (Ghana) from 1 to 3 November 2023 on the theme “Investing in the energy transition\, food security and regional value chains for sustainable development in North and West Africa”. \nThe joint session will be preceded on 1 and 2 November 2023 by an expert group meeting (EGM). Participants in the EGM and the joint session will discuss food and energy insecurity\, which continues to affect both subregions\, and ways to improve food security\, accelerate the energy transition and develop regional value chains. Participants will also review statutory reports by the two subregional offices. The meetings will offer participants an opportunity to share experiences\, best practices and lessons learned and will help to strengthen cooperation among countries and between the two subregions. \nThe EGM and joint session will be attended by senior officials\, experts\, and representatives from members of ECA in North and West Africa\, regional economic communities\, intergovernmental organizations\, United Nations entities\, development partners and non-governmental organizations. \n \n\n \n\nICSOE 2023 Concept Note\n\n\n \n   ICSOE 2023 Concept Note – ArabicSize: 373 Kb \n \n\n   ICSOE 2023 Concept Note – FrenchSize: 269 Kb \n \n\n   ICSOE 2023 Concept Note – EnglishSize: 391 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nEGM 2023 Concept Note & Programme of Work\n\n\n \n   EGM Concept Note – ArabicSize: 296 Kb \n \n   EGM Concept Note – FrenchSize: 210 Kb \n \n   EGM Concept Note – EnglishSize: 281 Kb \n \n   EGM Provisional Programme of Work – FrenchSize: 190 Kb \n \n   EGM Provisional Programme of Work – EnglishSize: 168 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nICSOE 2023 Agenda\n\n\n \n   ICSOE 2023 Agenda – ArabicSize: 154 Kb \n \n   ICSOE 2023 Agenda – FrenchSize: 161 Kb \n \n   ICSOE 2023 Agenda – EnglishSize: 184 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nICSOE 2023 Programme of Work\n\n\n \n   ICSOE 2023 Programme of Work – ArabicSize: 210 Kb \n \n   ICSOE 2023 Programme of Work – FrenchSize: 228 Kb \n \n   ICSOE 2023 Programme of Work – EnglishSize: 206 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nRegional Profile 2023 – North Africa\n\n\n \n   Regional Profile 2023 – ArabicSize: 434 Kb \n \n   Regional Profile 2023 – FrenchSize: 392 Kb \n \n   Regional Profile 2023 – EnglishSize: 399 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nSDGs Report 2023 –  North Africa\n\n\n \n   SDGs Report 2023 – ArabicSize: 544 Kb \n \n   SDGs Report 2023 – FrenchSize: 499 Kb \n \n   SDGs Report 2023 – EnglishSize: 404 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nActivities Report 2023 – North Africa\n\n\n \n   Activities Report 2023 – ArabicSize: 457 Kb \n \n   Activities Report 2023 – FrenchSize: 399 Kb \n \n   Activities Report 2023 – EnglishSize: 408 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nSocioeconomic Profile 2023 – West Africa\n\n\n \n   Socioeconomic Profile 2023 – FrenchSize: 875 Kb \n \n   Socioeconomic Profile 2023 – EnglishSize: 821 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nSDGs Report 2023 – West Africa\n\n\n \n   SDGs Report 2023 – FrenchSize: 1 Mb \n \n   SDGs Report 2023 – EnglishSize: 1 Mb \n\n\n\n \n\nActivities Report 2023 – West Africa\n\n\n \n   Activities Report 2023 – FrenchSize: 2 Mb \n \n   Activities Report 2023 – EnglishSize: 2 Mb
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ORGANIZER;CN="Khaled Hussein (North Africa)":MAILTO:hussein44@un.org
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SUMMARY:Addressing Gaps and Challenges in Africa’s Middle-Income Countries
DESCRIPTION:ECA Sub-regional Office for North Africa will organize\, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Morocco)\, a webinar on “Addressing Gaps and Challenges in Africa’s Middle-Income Countries”. \nObjectives of the webinar \nLarge public debt burdens in Africa’s MICs need to be addressed for countries to have adequate funds for investment in human and physical capita and reach SDGs. The webinar will focus on two distinct but interconnected areas: (i) strengthening human capital and (ii) addressing the debt burdens. The webinar will be an opportunity for policymakers\, practitioners\, and academics to exchange experiences\, views and shed light on the following questions: \n\nOn the 1st topic\, strengthening human capital\, the discussion will center on: \n\nThe shortage of human capital is one of the main determinants of the middle-income trap. What enhancements to human capital African countries need to support developments of new sectors that are key for sustainable structural transformation?\nWhat job opportunities do African economies need to create to match the educational attainment of the labor force and prevent brain drain (and loss of human capital)?\nHow are countries’ educational systems adapting to 4th Industrial Revolution to ensure that the workforce has adequate skills to tap into the opportunities the 4IR brings? What are the best practices on the continent and in other regions?\nHow can the digital skills gap be measured and addressed?\n\nOn the 2nd topic\, addressing the debt burdens\, the discussion will center on: \n\nAmid enormous public debts globally\, how should limited concessional finance be allocated across the spectrum of developing countries\, including MICs? How should the debt burdens of African MICs be addressed\, and the looming debt crises avoided?\nAccording to the IMF forecasts\, for MICs the outlook for per income per capita growth has dimmed\, implying that growing out of debt will be increasingly challenging. How can policymakers support inclusive and sustainable growth?\nHow should the G20 Common Framework be restructured to become more common\, less political and more rule-based and encompass needs of MICs? What other debt relief initiatives are needed?\nHow can regional partnerships between African MICs and international partners help alleviate liquidity constraints and reduce public debt burdens?\n\nDate & Time: November 28\, 2023 at 2:00 pm (UTC+1)\nFormat: Online (Zoom)\nInterpretation: Arabic\, French and English\nThis webinar will be live streamed on:   \n \n\n \n\nConcept Note\n\n\n \n   ArabicSize: 287 Kb \n \n\n   FrenchSize: 254 Kb \n \n\n   EnglishSize: 269 Kb \n\n\n\n \n\nProvisional Programme\n\n\n \n   Provisional ProgrammeSize: 155 Kb \n\n\n \nSpeakers\n \n\n \nAntonio Pedro\, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme Support at the ECA. He has been a mineral exploration geologist with more than 40 years’ experience\, involved in the promotion of regional integration and cooperation on the continent since 1984. He was Managing Director of several companies in Mozambique and Deputy National Director of the country’s Geological Survey. Pedro was the Director of ECA’s Sub-regional Office for Central Africa \n\n \n\n \nZuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski\, is Director of the ECA Office for North Africa. Her previous experience includes VP & Senior Analyst covering Southern Africa sovereigns and several African MDBs at Moody’s Investors Service\, Lead Advisor to the Chief Economist & Vice President at the AfDB and IMF Resident Representative in Belarus and Lithuania. She was Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town and Fulbright Scholar at the Addis Ababa University. \n\n \n\n \nMartin Kessler\, Executive Director of the Finance for Development Lab FLD. He was previously an economist at the OECD Development Cooperation Directorate where he focused on development finance trends in developing countries\, and especially debt risks \n\n \n\n \nRabah Arezki\, Director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Center for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI) and lecturer at the FERDI Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was previously Chief Economist and Vice President of the AfDB and Chief Economist specializing in MENA region at World the Bank WBG \n\n \n\n \nMohamed El Moctar Mohamed El Hacene\, Head of the UN ESCWA Shared Economic Prosperity Cluster. El Hacene has high-level experience in economic development and institutional development\, capacity building\, regional cooperation and conflict resolution. A former Mauritania minister of Petroleum and Mines\, El Hacene has worked for the UN\, the World Bank and AfDB \n\n \n\n \nAnthony Simpasa\, is Manager\, Macroeconomic Policy\, Debt Sustainability and Forecasting Division in the Macroeconomic Policy\, Forecasting and Research Department of the African Development Bank. Until recently\, he was Lead Economist for Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town\, South Africa \n\n \n\n \nAudrey Verdier-Chouchane\, is Lead Economist for the North Africa region and Acting Division Manager for Central North and West Africa in the Country Economics Department of the AfDB. She gathers more than 20 years of experience in Development Economics\, first in academia as an Assistant Professor then as a Chief Research Economist in the Macroeconomic\, Forecasting and Research Department. Audrey Verdier-Chouchane holds a Ph.D. in Economics \n\n \n\n \nAdnan Mazarei\, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics PIIE where his work is mainly focused on major economies of the Middle East and Central Asia and the long-term financial and macroeconomic challenges they face. Former deputy director of IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department\, he contributed to the IMF’s policy work on international financial architecture and sovereign debt issues \n\n \n\n \nAmal Nagah Elbeshbishi\, is working as an Economist for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – Office for North Africa\, Morocco. She is also a tenured Professor of Economics at Faculty of Commerce- Mansoura University\, Egypt (on national assignment). \n\n \n\n \nAmandine Nakumuryango\, is working as an Economist for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – Office for North Africa\, Morocco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ahmed Challi":MAILTO:ahmed.challi@un.org
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