African Union meeting

FAO will be presenting the Framework for Partnership on FAW sustainable management in Africa on the margins of the Conference of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment on 3 October. Further, a Partners’ Round Table will be organized on 4 October during which FAO FAW Programme for Action for Sustainable Management of the FAW in Africa will be presented by FAO.

FAO delegation will be headed by Bukar Tijani, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa.

Based on the Framework for Partnership, FAO formulated a Programme for Action composed of 6 components costed at USD 87 million.

A meeting took place between FAO and African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa on 29 June 2017, to discuss coordination on immediate, mid-term and strategic response to manage FAW in Africa.