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AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 5517 700 Fax: 5517844 Website: www.au.int EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session 6-7 February 2020 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA EX.CL/1214(XXXVI) Original: English/French ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AFRICAN UNION AND ITS ORGANS EX.CL/1214(XXXVI) Page 1 Table of Contents A. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 I. Preliminary Remarks ............................................................................................................................. 1 II. Highlights of Activities and Main Achievements ................................................................................... 1 B. UPDATE ON FLAGSHIP PROJECTS ........................................................................................ 4 I. African Commodity Strategy ................................................................................................................. 6 II. African Continental Free Trade Area ..................................................................................................... 6 III. Free Movement of Persons in Africa and the African Passport ........................................................ 7 IV. Continental Monetary and Financial Institutions ............................................................................. 8 V. The Grand Inga Dam ........................................................................................................................... 10 VI. Africa Integrated High-Speed Train Network.................................................................................. 10 VII. African Outer Space Strategy .......................................................................................................... 11 VIII. Pan African Virtual and E-University (PAVEU) ................................................................................ 11 IX. Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) ................................................................................ 12 X. Silencing the Guns by 2020 ................................................................................................................. 13 XI. Cybersecurity .................................................................................................................................. 14 C. INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND SELF-FINANCING .............................................................. 14 I. Mandate, Implementation Approach and Principles .......................................................................... 15 II. What Has Been Achieved to Date? ..................................................................................................... 15 D. IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 2063 FTYIP ....................................................................... 16 I. The Roll Out of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for Agenda 2063 ........................ 16 II. Mid-Term Review of the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan ........................................................... 17 III. Financing and Domestic Resource Mobilization for Agenda 2063 ................................................. 18 IV. Joint AU/UN Framework on the implementation of Agenda 2063 and SDGs ................................ 18 V. Agenda 2063 Research Project on the implementation of the FTYIP ................................................. 19 VI. Revitalization of the Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063 ........................................................ 19 E. IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE POLICY ORGANS ............................................... 19 I. Legal Instruments adopted ................................................................................................................. 20 II. Signature and Ratification/Accession of OAU/AU Treaties ................................................................. 20 F. DELIVERING ON CONTINENTAL FRAMEWORKS AND MANDATES ...................................... 21 I. Economic Transformation, Inclusive Growth, Poverty Reduction ...................................................... 21 II. Agricultural Productivity and Production: Implementation of CAADP ............................................... 28 III. Environmental Sustainability .......................................................................................................... 36 G. INVESTING IN THE AFRICAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ... 40 I. Science, Technology and Innovation Driven Education ............................................................................ 40 I. Social Development – Social Welfare, Vulnerable Groups and Drug Control ..................................... 46 II. Sport .................................................................................................................................................... 52 III. Youth Empowerment ...................................................................................................................... 53 IV. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment .............................................................................. 57 H. CONTINENTAL POLICIES, FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS ............................................... 59 I. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) .................................................................. 59 II. Continental Transport Policy.................................................................................................................... 60 III. Geothermal Energy Development in Africa ............................................................................................ 61 IV. Electricity Standards ............................................................................................................................... 62 V. Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) ............................................................................................... 63 VI. Comprehensive ICT Strategy for Africa (CISA) ........................................................................................ 65 VII. African Tourism Strategic Framework ................................................................................................... 66 VIII. Harmonization of Statistics in Africa: setting up statistical institutions and implementation of SHaSA II EX.CL/1214(XXXVI) Page 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66 IX. Training on the African Multi-Dimensional Index ................................................................................... 67 I. GOVERNANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONS .......................................................... 67 I. Elections .................................................................................................................................................... 67 II. Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law .................................................................................................... 68 III. The Fight against Corruption................................................................................................................... 69 IV. Human Rights and Transitional Justice ................................................................................................... 71 V. Implementation of Decisions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) ................................................. 73 VI. Implementation of AU Decision on the Decolonisation of Chagos Archipelago .................................... 74 VII. Humanitarian Issues .............................................................................................................................. 74 J. ORGANS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNION ..................................................................... 75 African Commission of Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) ...................................................................... 75 African Court on Human and People’s Rights (AfCHPR) .............................................................................. 78 African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) ........................................................................... 79 Pan-African Parliament (PAP) ...................................................................................................................... 79 African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) .................................................................................................... 80 African Institute for Remittances (AIR) ........................................................................................................ 81 K. CONSOLIDATING PEACE AND SECURITY ............................................................................ 82 AU SPECIAL ENVOY ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY ............................................................................. 90 L. ENHANCING AFRICA’S ROLE AND POSITION IN AFRICA AND GLOBALLY ............................. 92 I. Engaging Civil Society and the Diaspora ................................................................................................... 92 II. Enhancing positive image through economic self-reliance and culture .................................................. 95 III. Africa’s Role in Global and Regional Institutions ...................................................................................