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Ayodele post 2015 national consultations in africa(4)final
1. Ayodele Odusola, PhD
MDG Adviser,
UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa
African wide consultation on post 2015 development
agenda, 11-12 March, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia
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2. Focus of the presentation
1. Where are we in Africa on National Consultations?
2. What are the emerging issues?
3. Any lessons from the process so far?
4. What are the next steps?
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3. Background
Thirty four of about 70 countries for NC globally are
from Africa.
African participation is not only limited to NCs: many
other channels for the continent voices to be heard:
Regional consultations: e.g. AU, AfDB, ECA &UNDP
initiative, UN initiative, CSOs
11 Global thematic consultations
Global consultations - up till 2015 (HLP, OWG)
CSOs consultations, among others.
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4. Where are we in Africa on National
Consultations?
Kick-starting the broad-based national consultative
processes was slow initially – similar to situation in
other regions – but has picked up in recent times
Opportunities: LDV, unfinished MDG business/MAF
and synergy with Rio + 20
Progress is in three categories: Fast, moderate and
slow
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5. Where are we in Africa on National Consultations?
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7. What are the emerging issues?
Cross cutting issues
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8. What are the emerging issues?
Specific issues
Strengthening economic governance, fighting corruption
Preventing and managing conflicts and fragility
Promoting access to quality and affordable education and health
services including infant and maternal issues, and water and
sanitation
Accelerating rapid reduction in poverty and inequality
Addressing the issues of youth development, decent job and
employment
Deepening women empowerment, gender equality and human rights
Investing in infrastructure, agricultural transformation and economic
diversification
Promoting sustainable livelihood and social protection for the
vulnerable
Ensuring sustainable development and adequate response to climate
change
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9. Any lessons from the process so
far?
Capacity: Varying level of national technical capacity
to support the process
Leadership: Limited clarity on the leadership process
Approval process: At the initial stage the process is
slow; but far better now
Timing: Last quarter of 2012 was very busy for several
countries (elections, security issues, etc.); things are
picking up now
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10. Any lessons from the process so
far?
National stakeholders’ relationship: CSOs have
advanced than others in many countries. Need to
move beyond traditional allies to cross sectoral –
government, private sector, CSOs and academia - for
consensus building.
Broad-based, bottom up and multiple approaches
(including social media) facilitate ownership:
Ethiopia, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria & Senegal
Strong public awareness and knowledge sharing
contribute to success.
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11. Next Steps
Final national reports expected by end March 2013
Ensuring outcomes of national consultations feed
into regional and global reports (April – May)
UNDG synthesis reports: 1st Report by mid March; 2nd
end June – based on draft and final reports from NCs
Continuous support to countries to effectively
participate in the build up to the final outcomes by
2015
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