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CAPAR, Illicit Financial Flows, Natural Resources Management take centre stage at Africa’s Citizens Forum<\/em>
*CoDA, AU Council, AUABC and APRM Draw Over 500 Key Govt Officials, Private Sector Professionals, CSOs, Community Organisations to Citizens Forum<\/em>
The Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs),
Africa\u2019s natural resources management, and the implementation of the AU Mining Vision
will take the centre stage of this year\u2019s Citizens Forum in Accra, Ghana.
A session at the Citizens Forum themed \u201cTowards a Coordinated and Coherent African
Response to Illicit Financial Flows, Corruption and Natural Resources Management\u201d will
be held on 19th July, 2024 at the Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
This disclosure is contained in a joint press statement signed by the organisers – Ms.
Souad Aden-Osman, Executive Director of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA)
and Head of Secretariat of the African Union High Level Panel on IFFs from Africa; Mr.
William Carew, Principal Coordinator and Head of Secretariat, African Union Economic
Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), and Ms. Charity Hanene Nchimunya,
Executive Secretary of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC).
The organisers explained that this year\u2019s Citizens Forum is part of the determined and
continued efforts to consolidate Africa’s response against illicit financial flows,
democratic decline and corruption.
The statement reads, \u201cThis year’s forum will highlight democracy and institutional
resilience, consisting of six plenaries and three thematic sessions. The Forum will see
more than 500 participants from all over Africa.\u201d
\u201cWith one of the thematic sessions focusing on illicit financial flows, corruption and
natural resources management, CoDA is collaborating with AU ECOSOCC and AUABC
to highlight continental processes, instruments and challenges for containing illicit
outflows, corruption and unfair extraction of natural resources.
\u201cThe session will shed light on the progress that Africa has made in the last nine years,
since the publication of the Mbeki Report, and recent steps taken, such as the
endorsement by African Heads of State of the Common African Position on Asset
Recovery (CAPAR), the adoption of the UN Declaration on Global Tax Reform, and ongoing reforms of the international financial institutions (IFIs). Further, the session will
look into the journey since the launching of the African Mining Vision (AMV).\u201d
The Head of Secretariat of AU High Level Panel on IFFs from Africa, Ms. Souad Aden-
Osman disclosed that the scourge of illicit financial flows had remained and also had
become more pressing since the publication of a comprehensive assessment of the
state, magnitude, channels, and impact of illicit financial flows (IFFs) from Africa by the
Thabo Mbeki-led-AU High Level Panel.
She stated, \u201cAlthough Africa has come a long way since then, the need to create the
necessary policy, institutional, and legal instruments to contain the scourge of IFFs
remains and is even becoming more pressing.\u201d
Latest reports by different institutions show that IFFs from Africa has actually increased
to close to 100 billion USD per annum, with a large part of it coming from commercial
activities. And the extractives sector, which contributes around 70% of Africa\u2019s
intermediate exports, sits at the centre of the problem.
She added, \u201cAfrica\u2019s recent efforts for a coordinated and coherent response to IFFs
include the adoption by the African Union Assembly of the Common African Position on
Asset Recovery (CAPAR) in 2020, the 2022 UN resolution on global tax reform, and to a
certain extent, the ongoing reform of the international financial institutions (IFIs).\u201d
Mr William Carew of AU ECOSOCC noted, \u201cas African countries fully participate in and\/or
take leadership in these critical processes, it will be prudent for African Civil Society
Organisations (CSOs), community-based organisations, and citizens to support the
continental and global endeavours.\u201d
Ms. Charity Hanene Nchimunya of AUABC, on her part, highlighted that the thematic
session of the Citizens Forum would provide stakeholders with up-to-date information
regarding Africa\u2019s stance on global tax negotiations, the state of implementation of
CAPAR at national, regional, and global levels, as well as exchange views on the progress
made in implementing the African Mining Vision (AMV).
Dr McBride Nkhalamba, Acting Director for Governance and Specialized Reporting at the
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), stated that his organization is in the process of
initiating a programme to monitor the state of natural resources governance in the
continent. Among other things, the programme will take stock of the findings of the
Mechanism\u2019s flagship reports and related research towards monitoring the processes
and impacts arising from IFFs. As such, the event will strengthen APRM\u2019s potential to
serve as Africa\u2019s unique tool for the continuous monitoring of IFFs from Africa.
Expected to make presentations at the Africa\u2019s Citizens Forum are the Head of
Governance and Human Rights, African Union Commission for Political Affairs Peace and
Security (AUC-PAPS), Mr. Issaka Garba, and the Coordinator of Third World Network
(TWN), Dr. Yao Graham.
Among the panel of discussants are Members of the African Union High Level Panel,
Hon. Irene Ovonji-Odida and Barrister Akere Muna, and; a representative of the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission of Nigeria, Ms.
Ruqayyah Ibrahim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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