African Union Development Agency
At the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 2018, a decision was taken to transform the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency into the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD). AUDA-NEPAD mandate is to: a) Coordinate and Execute priority regional and continental projects to promote regional integration towards the accelerated realisation of Agenda 2063; and b) Strengthen capacity of African Union Member States and regional bodies, advance knowledge-based advisory support, undertake the full range of resource mobilisation and serve as the continent’s technical interface with all Africa’s development stakeholders and development partners.
Role in the project
Task 1.3 Leader: “Evidence-based recommendations and guidelines to create enabling environments for food safety management”
Task 3.4 Leader: “Stimulation of regional systems to facilitate food safety within Africa”