Monday 21 April 2014

African Union members to meet in Windhoek

Social and labour experts from African Union (AU) member states will meet in Namibia's capital city next week to discuss issues of employment, poverty eradication and inclusive development.

The special session of the Labour and Social Affairs Commission (LASC) of the AU will bring together some 400 delegates from 54 AU member countries from Wednesday until Friday.

Chief public relations officer at Namibia's Labour and Social Welfare Ministry Paulus Ashipala said the meeting's objectives are to provide opportunity for an evaluation and assessment of the Ouagadougou 2004 Declaration and Plan of Action, and facilitate building of agreement or consensus on current and future challenges of labour markets and policy perspectives at all levels.

The meeting will also adopt a Revised Policy Framework for the next decade on labour, employment and social protection and discuss modalities for preparation of the AU Extraordinary Summit set for this September.

Participants include the Pan African Parliament, AU's Economic, Social and Cultural Council, New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), economic communities, international partners, non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations.

The meeting is organised by the AU commission and Namibian government in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

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