| dc.description | African Development Forum (ADF-VIII) was held on 23 – 25 October 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Development Forum (ADF), an Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) flagship biennial event created in 1999, is a multi-stakeholder platform for debating, discussing, and initiating concrete strategies for Africa's development. The aim of ADF is to present the key stakeholders in Africa’s development with the results of current research and opinions on key development issues to formulate shared goals, priorities, and programmes, and define the environment that will enable African countries to implement these programs. The Conference endorsed the decision to focus the theme of ADF-VIII on “Governing and harnessing natural resources for Africa’s development”. The platform offers as much an opportunity to build partnerships as for the occasion to further deepen discussions on the implementation of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV); the AU Declaration on Land; the Framework and Guidelines for Land Policy in Africa (F&G); the Implementation Strategy for the Accelerated Industrialization Development for Africa (AIDA); Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests; and other frameworks for best practices in the management of mineral, land, fisheries and forest resources. Ethiopian Minister of Industry Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal opening statement at the African Development Forum confirmed that an important step forward is the adoption of the African mining vision in February 2009 by the African Union summit of heads of state and government, which required a commitment to implement this vision. The mineral resource sector of Africa has been the largest global supplier of Cobalt, Platinum, Chromium, Gold, and Diamonds for the last ten years. Mr. Mekonnen believes that to effectively govern and harness our natural resources for Africa's transformation and end poverty may need a new type of state and a new type of leadership. | en |
| dc.title | Opening Statement Made by Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal, Ethiopian Minister of Industry, at the African Development Forum VIII | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development | en |
| ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
| ags.publisherName | UN. ECA | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-12T07:45:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-12T07:45:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-23 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855.1/4142 | |
| uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
| uneca.language.supported | en | |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | African Development Forum (ADFVIII) 2012 | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | AFRICA | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | ETHIOPIA | |
| dc.format.extent | 12:07 | |
| dc.format.medium | MP4 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.type | Video | |
| dcterms.accessRights | UNECA | |
| ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
| ags.creatorConference | UN. ECA African Development Forum (ADFVIII) (8th:2012, OCT.23-25: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | ECONOMIC GROWTH | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | ILLICIT FUNDS TRANSFER | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MINING | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | MINERAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | POVERTY | |
| ags.subjectThesaurus | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 03.02.00 RESOURCES (GENERAL) | |
| ags.subjectClassification | 03.09.00 MINERAL RESOURCES | |
| ags.descriptionNotes | Conference | |
| ags.rights.TermsOfUse | Public | |
| ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
| ags.creatorConferenceCategory | Other Conferences | |
