Members of the media are invited to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial consultative summit of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to be hosted on Monday, 25 February 2013.
The APRM was adopted by African Heads of State and Government as a systematic peer learning and self-assessment mechanism based on the NEPAD Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance adopted at the inaugural Summit of the African Union in Durban, South Africa in July 2002.
The APRM seeks to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration through sharing of experiences and reinforcement of successful and best practices.
In compliance with the norms and standards of the mechanism and as part of South Africa’s monitoring and evaluation obligations on the APRM, the country has tabled its first and second progress reports on the implementation of the National Programme of Action (NPoA) at the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government (HOSG) of APRM participating countries in January 2009 and January 2011 respectively.
The country will present its third progress report on the implementation of the NPoA at the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government (HOSG) of APRM participating countries in May 2013.
The provincial consultative summits will input to South Africa’s third progress report on the implementation of the National Programme of Action to be submitted at the African Union Summit of Heads of States and Government (HOSG) of APRM participating countries in May 2013.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Monday, 25 February 2013
Time: 8h30
Venue: Agricultural showgrounds, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
