The new partnership between SADC and ICPs is set to expedite regional integration by improving resource mobilisation and strengthening the region's ability to implement programmes.
The Windhoek Declaration on a New SADC-ICP Partnership, adopted in April at the SADC Consultative Conference in Namibia, lays the foundation for a fresh start in SADC-ICP relations and is set to turn the dream of a unified market and Customs Union in southern Africa into a reality. The Declaration will have several implications for SADC and the ICPs. [read more]
ANGOLA HAVE the enviable task of carrying the hopes and aspirations of southern Africa at the FIFA World Cup in June and of being the only country from the region to be short-listed to host the 2010 continental football showcase.
The oil-rich southern African country is the remaining SADC candidate for the hosting of the 2010 African Cup of Nations following a draw conducted in Egypt on 14 May.
Angola was short-listed to host the African soccer showcase in four years time together with Libya, Nigeria and a joint Gabon-Equitorial Guinea bid. [read more]
THE WINDHOEK Declaration on a New SADC-ICP Partnership adopted by the SADC Consultative Conference in April opens new avenues for the implementation of SADC's programmes and projects, and underlines the region's intentions to widen participation in regional development efforts.
The partnership is a landmark framework that will ensure more effective development cooperation, based on principles of ownership, alignment, harmonisation and streamlining of operational procedures, rules and other practices pertaining to the delivery of development assistance.
Social and Human Development
The cluster on Social and
Human Development aims to
contribute to poverty reduction
and improvement of the availability
of educated, well-informed,
skilled, healthy and culturally
responsive people.
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