Congo
Official Name: Republic of Congo
Capital: Brazzaville
Independence Day: 15 August 1960
Currency: Central African CFA franc
Key Result
The country is expected to benefit from the Kinshasa-Brazzaville Bridge Road/Rail Project, which entails the construction of a fixed crossing linking Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo.
The Pointe Noire, Brazzaville/ Kinshasa, Bangui, N’djamena Multimodal Corridor aims to resuscitate the river transport in the Congo-Ubangi River Basin and to modernise road transport along the corridor.
The continent has a target of committing 100 Million hectares of land for restoration through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology. To-date, the Republic of Congo has committed 2 million ha.
The Republic of Congo signed the CAADP Compact in 2013, committing to prioritise agricultural transformation and development. An Independent Technical Review of the country’s National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) and agriculture public expenditure studies were conducted. A number of programmes in the area of agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries are currently being implemented in support of the NAIP. According to a Biennial Review, the Republic of Congo scored high in terms of implementation of the CAADP process. This resulted in 70% of farm, pastoral, and fisher households being resilient to climate and weather; 10.7% annual growth of the agriculture value added; 100% official development assistance (ODA) disbursed to agriculture against commitments; and 117% increase of the size of irrigated areas from its value of the year 2000.
A study was undertaken and a report published on the state of the environment of seven countries – including the Republic of Congo. The report specifically highlights the state of mangrove swamps and coasts of Western Africa and Central Africa. Other countries included in the study were Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Senegal.
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 Congo.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Congo is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
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 Congo.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Congo is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
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 Congo.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. Congo is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
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)
Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC)
The Global Partnership is an inclusive political forum bringing together governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations, civil society and representatives from parliaments and the private sector, committed to strengthening the effectiveness of development co-operation to produce maximum impact for development. Through its multi-stakeholder platform, the Global Partnership provides support, guidance and shares knowledge to boost development impact with a strong country focus, and to ensure a degree of coherence and collaboration among all development stakeholders on co-operation flows and policies. It offers a global mechanism to ensure co-operation is based on Busan principles of ownership, results, inclusiveness; and transparency and accountability to deliver tangible results on the new SDGs. NEPAD Agency is the Africa’s Secretariat for the Global Partnership.
Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
Project : Kinshasa-Brazzaville Bridge Road/Rail Project
Description : The construction of a fixed crossing linking Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with Brazzaville in Republic of Congo
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
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
At the beginning of 2014, 37 of the 42 opted-in African countries have completed a rapid assessment / gap analysis. The next step for countries is to develop a SE4LL Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus(es). To support this process, the SE4ALL Africa Hub partners have led the development of Africa Guidelines for SE4ALL national Action Agendas. The Africa Guidelines lay out principles and process for developing Action Agendas and put forward a balanced approach of centralized and decentralized solutions to achieve universal access to energy services.
Progress in Republic of Congo:
Joined SE4All initiative"