This Ten Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063 is the first in a series of five ten-year plans to be developed to realize the vision of the fifty-year horizon of Agenda 2063. The main purposes of the Plan are to (i) identify priority areas, set specific targets, and define strategies and policy measures to be implemented; (ii) bring to fruition the Fast Track programs and initiatives outlined in the Malabo Decisions of the AU for Africa’s economic and social transformation; (iii) provide information to all key stakeholders at the national, regional and continental levels, global financial institutions the expected results/outcomes for the First Ten Year Implementation Plan and the roles expected of them; (iv) assign responsibilities to all stakeholders in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; (v) outline the strategies required to ensure the availability of resources and capacities together with citizen’s engagement to implement the First Ten Year Plan. This Plan, for each of the seven aspirations included in Agenda 2063, identifies the associated goals, the priority areas under each goal, and the targets under each priority area for national, regional, and continental-level interventions. To increase productivity and production, the Plan requires modern agriculture to double agricultural total factor productivity and seeks to (i) allocate a minimum of 10% annual public expenditure to agriculture and grow the sector by at least 6% per annum; (ii) increase youth and women participation in integrated agricultural value chains by at least 30%; (iii) reduce post-harvest losses by 50%; (iv) increase the proportion of farm, pastoral and fisher households resilient to climate and weather-related risks to 30%; (v) invest in agro-processing and infrastructure (irrigation/access roads); (vi) increase the volume of intra-African trade, especially in agricultural value-added products threefold; (vii) promote blue economy (arising out of fisheries, eco-friendly coastal tourism, marine biotechnology products, and port operations). In the field of food, the main aim is to achieve a healthy and well-nourished population through interventions in both food security and food safety by (i) eliminating child undernutrition to bring down stunting to 10% and underweight to 5%; (ii) promoting policies that will ensure access to affordable and quality food for all; (iii) promoting market-based policies for the establishment of strategic food stocks/reserves; (iv) eliminating the taxation on the importation of grain to reduce the cost of food; (v) developing food and nutrition programs with a focus on the vulnerable groups in rural and urban areas, especially women, children and the marginalized; (vi) promoting commercialization of traditional high nutrition and drought resistant grains and food crops; (vi) promoting policies that will ensure better functioning of agriculture and food markets including lowering the cost of market participation and increase access to regional, continental, and global markets. Environmental protection is focused on the achievement of (i) environmentally sustainable and climate resilient economies and communities through sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity conservation, sustainable consumption and production patterns, climate resilience and natural disasters preparedness and prevention, and promotion of renewable energy production; (ii) the placement of at least 30% of agricultural land under sustainable land management practice; (iii) water security by developing national frameworks within the context of IWRM for effective water harvesting, distribution and use, promotion and support of the implementation of frameworks for regional watershed/natural resources management. The development of the African continent is mainly based on the enhancement of a more inclusive and participative pattern of life, this includes in this first phase (1) the achievement of a higher standard of living, quality of life, and well being for all citizens, which shall concern the following (i) incomes, jobs, and decent work; (ii) poverty, inequality and hunger; (iii) social security and protection, including persons with disabilities; (iv) modern and livable habitats and basic quality services; (2) skills revolution underpinned by science, technology, and innovation; (3) sustainable and inclusive economic growth; (4) creation of a strong cultural identity common heritage, values and ethics; (5) a development which is people driven, relying on the potential offered by African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children and that ensures women and girls empowerment, and bans violence and discrimination against them; (6) Africa takes full responsibility for financing her development. As for Governance, the Plan calls for an Africa of Good Governance, Democracy, Respect for Human Rights, Justice, and the Rule of Law. The key success factors required for the implementation of Agenda 2063 amongst others include (i) leadership; (ii) stakeholder relationships and responsibilities; (iii) capacity for implementation; (iv) communication for citizens; (v) stakeholders involvement and ownership; (vi) provision of guidance to stakeholders and coordination of implementation activities. The leadership and structural relationships for “Making Agenda 2063 Happen” shall be at three levels continental, regional, and national.
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