| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 68 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Preface: Backgrund to this study; 1. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Member states; Conduct of and follow-up to summits; The AU Commission; ECOSOCC; Civil society; 2. BACKGROUND: THE AFRICAN UNION; 3. PREPARATION OF AU SUMMITS AT CONTINENTAL LEVEL; Preparation of the agenda; Distribution of documents to member states; The role of the Permanent Representatives Committee; Building consensus by region; Conduct of the summit; Follow-up to summit decisions; 4. PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMITS BY MEMBER STATES |
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National structures responsible for foreign affairsEngagement with national parliaments; Composition of national summit delegations; 5. REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES AND THE AFRICAN UNION; Civil society engagement with regional institutions; 6. THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION: OUTREACH TO CIVIL SOCIETY; The African Citizens' Directorate; The African Union-Civil Society Organisation Forum; The Women, Gender and Development Directorate and the Women's Forum; 7. THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL; Legal framework; ECOSOCC interim national chapters; Evaluation |
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8. AUTONOMOUS CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN UNIONPreparatory meetings; Observer status and accreditation; Parallel meetings; Host government obstruction; 9. KEY DECISIONS AT SUMMITS IN 2006; The Draft Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; The Hissène Habré case; Decision on the presidency of the African Union; Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; The Draft Single Legal Instrument on the Merger of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union |
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The seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights10. UPDATE: JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2007; Introduction; The creation of the Union Government; The election of commissioners; Developments on the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC); Civil society participation at the Accra summit; INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED FOR THIS REPORT; ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED; ENDNOTES; Back Cover |
| Summary |
"Towards a People-Driven African Union: Current Obstacles & New Opportunities presents research on the preparations for and conduct of African Union summits, from some of the civil society organizations currently working with the African Union to realize its own vision. It concludes that, although significant space has been opened up for greater and more sustained participation by a diversity of interested groups, the promise of a people-driven African Union (AU) remains largely unfulfilled. Inadequate institutional capacity and inappropriate policies and procedures have hindered the realisation of the vision that the AU should build 'a partnership between governments and all segments of civil society ... to strengthen solidarity and cohesion among our peoples.' Many institutional obstacles still block the realization of the African Union's original vision. There is a growing perception among civil society organizations that the initial AU enthusiasm for non-state participation in its policy development processes has given way to a more closed stance. Despite the reorganization of the former OAU secretariat into the AU Commission, many staff seemed to retain their old habits and attitudes. There are still considerable difficulties in obtaining access to information about policies and documents under discussion by AU organs, preventing effective participation by Africa's citizens in continental decision-making processes. Moreover, the sheer proliferation of AU ministerial meetings, ordinary and extraordinary summits is taking a heavy toll on both the AU Commission and governments, according to this report. Unless Commission budget shortfalls and capacity constraints in member states are remedied, the African Union will not be able to deliver on the promise of its decisions, resolutions and treaties. The report calls on the African Union Commission and member states to take urgent action to simplify and improve the multiplicity of legal frameworks, incoherent institutional arrangements and unclear policies and procedures, and to provide more consistent and timely access to documentation in all its processes."--Publisher description |
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"January 2007." |
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"Updated November 2007." |
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"Researched and written by Ibrahima Kane and Nobuntu Mbelle"--Acknowledgements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African Union.
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| SUBJECT |
African Union fast |
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LAW -- International.
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Africa -- regional politics -- regional cooperation -- economic cooperation -- integration -- globalization.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mbelle, Nobuntu
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| ISBN |
9781920489625 |
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1920489622 |
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9781920051419 |
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1920051414 |
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1920489606 |
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9781920489601 |
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