AUDA-NEPAD

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

In 2018, a decision was taken to transform the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency into the African Union Development Agency: NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD). The establishment of AUDA-NEPAD is part of the global reforms geared at improving the Union’s impact and operational efficiency. NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) was created in 2001 by combining Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP) and Omega Plan for Africa and in 2002 a NEPAD Secretariat was formed. The integration of NEPAD into the African Union in 2010 resulted its evolution to become NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency). Its mandate is to provide knowledge-based advisory services and technical assistance to African Union Member States and Regional Economic Communities to strengthen their capacity and to act as the continent's technical interface on policy development recommendation and implementation with partners and stakeholders.