Reinforcing the Role of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in Assisting Members of the Economic Commission for Africa in Strengthening Development Planning and Improving Their Capacity to Formulate and Manage Effective Public Sector Policies for Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development

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A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 15 Regional cooperation, published in 2023.

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Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 8	Economic development and planning	6

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Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 8	Economic development and planning	6	—

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Development Planning Policy Making Public Sector Sustainable Development

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Endorses resolution 2023/10 of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, annexed to the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to increase the support provided to the Economic Commission for Africa, in order to reinforce the role played by the Institute in assisting members of the Commission in strengthening development planning and improving their capacity to formulate and manage effective public sector policies for structural transformation and sustainable development.

Resolution 2023/10

African Institute for Economic Development and Planning

The Conference of Ministers,

Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 2013/2 of 5 July 2013, in which the Council endorsed the updated statute of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, on the recommendation of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, as set out in its resolution 908 (XLVI) of 26 March 2013,¹

¹See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 18 (E/2013/38-E/ECA/CM/46/7).

Recalling also its recommendation, set out in resolution 942 (XLIX) of 5 April 2016,² that the Governing Council of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning should further consider the revised statute of the Institute, based on amendments approved by the Council at its fifty-fourth meeting, held in Addis Ababa in February 2016,

²See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2016, Supplement No. 18 (E/2016/38-E/ECA/CM/49/10).

Recalling further article IV, paragraphs 3 and 5, of the updated statute of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning,³ by which the Conference of Ministers is to appoint the 10 members of the Governing Council of the Institute who will serve as representatives of African Governments on the Council for a three-year term, with a possibility of reappointment for one additional term only,

³Economic and Social Council resolution 2013/2, annex.

Recalling its resolution 956 (LI), adopted at the fifty-first session of the Economic Commission for Africa, held in Addis Ababa in May 2018,⁴ in which it requested the Commission, in collaboration with the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, to take all steps necessary to request the General Assembly to increase the regular grant in support of the Institute’s programme, and noting with regret that no progress has been made in this area,

⁴See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2018, Supplement No. 18 (E/2018/38-E/ECA/CM/51/5).

Recognizing with appreciation the support provided to African countries in the form of capacity-building with a view to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development⁵ and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, of the African Union,

⁵General Assembly resolution 70/1.

Acknowledging the efforts of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning to collect assessed annual contributions from members of the Economic Commission for Africa that are in arrears,

Recognizing with appreciation the efforts made by some members of the Economic Commission for Africa to settle their contributions to the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning with full or partial payments of amounts in arrears,

Requests the Secretary-General to increase the support provided to the Economic Commission for Africa, in order to reinforce the role played by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in assisting members of the Commission in strengthening development planning and improving their capacity to formulate and manage effective public sector policies for structural transformation and sustainable development;

Calls upon all members of the Economic Commission for Africa to ensure the regular payment of assessed annual contributions and the settlement of arrears to the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning;

Decides to transmit to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session in 2023 a draft resolution on this issue for consideration for adoption.

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