APRM applauded for contribution to Africa’s development
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has been praised for its contribution to sustainable growth and development in the continent and has been described as a homegrown governance mechanism that has consolidated Africa’s ownership of its development agenda.
In a press release issued June 23, 2013, Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said, “the APRM must indeed be seen as an integral part of the African development agenda which has been articulated overtime in various documents, including the Lagos Plan of Action, the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation and NEPAD.”
He noted that, “through the APRM process, governments receive direct feedback from citizenry on the impact of policies, thus promoting ‘voice’ and ‘inclusion’ instead of ‘exit’.”
This was during the APRM’s 10th anniversary on the theme, Better Governance for Sustainable Growth and Development in Africa in Addis Ababa.
By Dorcas Appiah