Decision of the Report of Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government Championing Education, Science and Technology

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
Assembly/AU/Dec.790(XXXIII)
Regional Body / Author
Assembly of the African Union
Date
10 February 2020
Language
Type
Decision
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DECISION OF THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF TEN HEADS OF STATE AND
GOVERNMENT CHAMPIONING EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Assembly,

  1. RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.572(XXV), whereby the Assembly committed to the establishment of a team of ten Heads of State and Government as African champions of Education, Science and Technology;

  2. FURTHER RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.761(XXX) whereby the Assembly endorses the list of ten Heads of State and Government as the first team of ten champions for Africa’s Education, Science and Technology;

  3. COMMENDS the Republic of Malawi for successfully hosting the first Extraordinary Summit of the C10 on the theme: Strengthen Education Science and technology in November 2018;

  4. ENDORSES the Action Plan of the C10 and the Lilongwe Declaration on Education Science and Technology;

  5. APPROVES the proposal to extend the mandate of the Members of the C10 until such time as the Rules of Procedure of the Committees of the Assembly are harmonized;

  6. CALLS UPON the Member States, the RECs and all development partners including UNECA, AfDB, the EU, the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, AAS, AAU, RUFORUM and FAWE to support the implementation of the Action Plan of theCW;

  7. CONGRATULATES the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) on the launch of their Strategic Plan 2019-2023.

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