Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016-2025)

A/RES/70/293View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1993–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/257

2026A/RES/80/257Fourth Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2026–2035)LatestCompare with previous version
2016A/RES/70/293Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016-2025)Compare with previous version
2002A/RES/56/187Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002)Compare with previous version
1993A/RES/47/177Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, 1991-2000

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7 topics

Africa Capacity Building Industrial Cooperation Industrial Development International Decades Partnership Sustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Proclaims the period 2016–2025 as the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa;

Calls upon the African Union Commission, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development,3 the Economic Commission for Africa and, specifically, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to develop, operationalize and lead the implementation of the programme for the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, in accordance with its mandate and through voluntary contributions, taking into account the Action Plan for the Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa, adopted by the Assembly of the African Union at its tenth ordinary session, held in Addis Ababa from 31 January to 2 February 2008, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the African Union Agenda 2063 and its 10-year implementation plan, in coordination with other relevant stakeholders, including regional economic communities and national entities;

Encourages the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to mobilize adequate resources for the implementation of the Third Decade;

Reiterates that African countries have primary responsibility for their own economic and social development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, bearing in mind the need for their development efforts to be supported by an enabling international economic environment;

Invites, as appropriate, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as the United Nations specialized agency for industrialization, in close collaboration with the African Union, to scale up its technical assistance to African countries in accordance with its mandate to promote inclusive and sustainable industrial development for the successful implementation of the Third Decade;

Also invites the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to foster partnerships, as appropriate, with other relevant entities in the United Nations development system, such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Development Programme, and to promote the necessary linkages to develop joint initiatives in favour of industrialization, including technology transfer, on mutually agreed terms, access to information and communications technology, productive diversification, agribusiness value chain development, trade, capacity-building, renewable energy and energy efficiency, industrial policy, special economic zones and industrial parks, action on climate change and human capital development, while also strengthening public-private partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including those in the public and the private sectors, civil society organizations and academia;

Calls for enhanced international cooperation, including North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation, in support of Africa’s industrialization, including through the implementation of the Third Decade, and reaffirms that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for, but is rather a complement to, North-South cooperation;

Invites the international community, particularly bilateral and multilateral partners, the United Nations system, global and regional financial institutions, in particular the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the New Development Bank and the African Development Bank, in accordance with their respective mandates, to ensure full support for the implementation of programmes for the Third Decade at the national and subregional levels;

Requests the Secretary-General to support, within existing resources, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in its assistance to the African Union, African countries and regional organizations in the implementation of programmes for the Third Decade;

Requests the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to submit to the General Assembly, through the Secretary-General, a periodic progress report on the implementation of the Third Decade.

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