Madagascar
Official Name: Republic of Madagascar
Capital: Antananarivo
Independence Day: 26 June 1960
Currency: Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
Key Result
Madagascar is expected to benefit from a continent wide knowledge sharing platform which aims to promote African-owned innovative approaches for skills development and decent employment on the continent. The portal has been endorsed by African ministers.
85 Million hectares of land on the continent have been committed for restoration through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology. To date, Madagascar has committed 4 million ha.
Madagascar is among 16 countries that raised the profile of malnutrition in Africa and demonstrated its far reaching consequences to social and economic development through a continent-wide study.
Madagascar received USD 5.9 million from SIP for the Irrigation and Watershed Management Project.
Madagascar forms part of the first ten countries that will implement the Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa; a new partnership for nutrition accountability.
Related
Projects
African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH)
A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Madagascar.
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
CAADP Compact: Madagascar signed the CAADP Compact on 21 October 2013
Results:
- The Programme for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (PSAEP) will be launched in 2016 together with the National Plan for Investment in Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (PNIAEP).
- As the world’s largest producer of natural vanilla, farmers in Madagascar are taking steps to create a Fair Trade network on the island.
- A three-year locust eradication programme has manage a plague that affected crops and pastures in 2013 and early 2014.
Food and Nutrition Security
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components : secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
Climate Change Fund
Capacity Development
Advocacy and Strengthening of Negotiation Capacities on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP)
Programme for Enhancing Use of Country Results Frameworks
Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) Planning Meeting. The two-year programme takes place in three regions: Africa, Asia and Latin America under the umbrella of the Global Partnership Initiative on Results & Mutual Accountability (GPI-R&MA), co-chaired by Switzerland and Bangladesh. For Africa, under the auspices of the Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev), the NEPAD Agency is the regional coordinator of the initiative, and brought together seven (7) pilot African countries for experience sharing and learning towards the enhanced use of CRFs for impact of development cooperation. Further, the initiative assisted the pilot countries with practical recommendations on how to integrate accountability for results at the country level into SDGs implementation.
Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
Description : The use of political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent
Africa UN Food Systems Summit Knowledge Hub
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