Supporting African States to design and implement sustainable and resilient development plans to crisis

Since 3 April 2023, more than 100 participants from 25 African countries (Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d'ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia) have been following the course on "New Approaches to Sustainable Development Planning". Launched in January 2021, in the wake of the COVID 19 crisis, this six-week bilingual course is in its third edition covering the period from 3rd April to 3rd June 2023, this time in the context of the challenges facing the continent - the climate crisis, post-covid-19 recovery, conflicts, declining official development aide and debt -.

As such, and centred around a new planning approach called "Goal and Deliverable Based Planning (GDBP)", the course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and techniques required to design, implement, monitor and evaluate development plans that are easy to implement and that allow for the integration of both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) and the African Union's Agenda 2063, not to mention resilience to shocks and inclusion.

At the end of the course, participants are expected to understand GFP/L and its relevance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063. They will also learn more about the Integrated Planning and Reporting Toolkit (IPRT) developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and its usefulness in monitoring the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.