The theme of the fifty-sixth session of the Conference of Ministers of Finance of Africa was “Financing the transition to inclusive green economies in Africa: imperatives, opportunities and policy options” … a meeting that was held in this very city, and this very location. [...] And finally, the theme for this 16th Annual Conference “Enhancing Regional Prosperity through Parliamentary Oversight, Prudent Financial Management and Accountability” A common thread in all these themes, Honourable Members, is public finance and financial resources for supporting investments that will catalyse the transformation of the region specifically, and of our continent at large along the. [...] As custodians of democratic values and principles, and as the mouthpiece for the people, Parliaments and Parliamentary Committees such as the Public Accounts Committees play a vital role in checks and balances of how public resources are utilised for the advancement of our people, countries, region, and continent. [...] In the spirit of solidarity, and embarking on making these themes are reality, I call on 2 the distinguished members of SADCOPAC to engage with this legislation at national and regional level for prudent financial management and accountability during these very turbulent times our region and continent face. [...] And more importantly, we have from the SADC region member states that critical to these international processes such Namibia in the Capacity of Co-Facilitator of the UN Summit of the Future slotted for later this year; Malawi as the current Chair of the LDC Group; and Summit of the Landlocked Developing Countries will be held in the region later this year too.
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- Statement of Solidarity during the 16 Annual Conference of the 1
- Southern African Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees 1
- SADCOPAC 1
- Victoria Falls ZIMBABWE 10 September 2024 1
- Protocols 1
- Mr Mugoriya Director Office of the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution 1
- Honourable Hwende Chairperson Public Accounts Committee Zimbabwe 1
- Honourable Mwambazi Chairperson Southern African Development Community Organisation of Public Accounts Committees SADCOPAC 1
- Honourable Members of Parliament from Across Africa and of Public Accounts Committees 1
- Honourable Members of Parliament from the SADC Region and Across the Continent 1
- Distinguished Representatives from the West African Association of Public Accounts Committees East African of Public Accounts Committees Commonwealth Association of Public Accounts Committees 1
- Distinguished Representatives from African Organisation of English-Speaking Supreme Audit Institutions AFROSAI-E from the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum SADC-PF 1
- Representatives from Member States from across the continent 1
- Representatives from Civil Society Special Groups and the Fourth Estate 1
- Good morning 1
- I want to begin by extending my deepest gratitude to SADCOPAC for inviting AFRODAD to deliver a 1
- Distinguished Honourable Members and Representatives of Parliament I stand before you this morning 1
- Honourable Members we are facing a debt crisis that is worse than that of the late 1990s and early 1
- 2000s that gave rise to the Jubilee Debt Cancellation. Indeed many of the countries that qualified for 1
- We operate in an international system that is still nursing a colonial and extractivism modus operandi . It 2
- Distinguished Members the year 2024 is indeed a year of solidarity. Solidarity amongst us as African 2
- Ministers of Finance of Africa was Financing the transition to inclusive green economies in Africa 2
- Promoting Innovation to unlock opportunities for sustained economic growth and development 2
- Enhancing Regional Prosperity through Parliamentary Oversight Prudent Financial Management 2
- A common thread in all these themes Honourable Members is public finance and financial resources 2
- Parliamentary oversight when it comes to public financial management. As custodians of democratic 2
- Committees such as the Public Accounts Committees play a vital role in checks and balances of how 2
- For us to transform these various interlocking themes into reality for our people it is critical that we 2
- Lilongwe MALAWI during the 51 Meeting of SADC-PF. The Model PFM law is a broad ranging piece of 2
- As I conclude Honourable Members I mentioned that Africa should be a Rule Maker not Rule Taker 3
- Governance. And indeed we are on this path. At the international level many of you will know the Africa 3
- Group in the United Nations has been spearheading the establishment of a UN Framework Convention 3
- Future slotted for later this year Malawi as the current Chair of the LDC Group and Summit of the 3
- Landlocked Developing Countries will be held in the region later this year too. And therefore 3
- Parliamentarians in ensuring we become rule makers. It is for this reason I look forward to having 3
- I will close by invoking the spirit of Bob Marley and his famous song Africa Unite. 3
- Tatenda Ahsante Sana Obrigado Merci Thank you very much 3
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