NaijaAgroNet:
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) in Addis Ababa
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The meeting of the Specialized
Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and
Environment (ARDWE) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, may have resolved to increase the
number of days documents of discussion will be made available prior to any
meeting, reports NaijaAgroNet
.
This was part of the fillers from the
close door session recommendation from the on-going meeting.
This, our source who declined mention
said is to enable expert members participating in such meetings to have ample
time to peruse such documents and same time for lengthy discussion in the
future on a given subject.
NaijaAgroNet also learnt that the new
resolution which means two months is to enable them digest the relevant
contents of the document.
Also, some of the objectives and
mandates of STC were tweaked by its members to be presented to the Council of
Ministers for adoption.
In addition, it was gathered that STC
deliberated on the procedures to make the meeting ideal for future and easy engagement.
NaijaAgroNet recalls that the
Specialized Technical Committees are responsible to the Executive Council of
the AU and (STCs) comprised of Ministers responsible for key sectors.
The AU’s Constitutive Act states that STCs
could meet as often as necessary and should prepare their own rules of
procedure for adoption by the Executive Council.
Although STCs main functions include
the preparation of projects and programmes of the Union and submit it to the
Executive Council; ensure the supervision, follow-up and the evaluation of the
implementation of decisions taken by the organs of the Union; ensure the
coordination and harmonization of projects and programmes of the Union; submit
to the Executive Council either on its own initiative or at the request of the
Executive Council, reports and; recommendations on the implementation of the
provisions of the Constitutive Act; and carry out any other functions assigned
to it for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the provisions of the
Constitutive Act.
NaijaAgroNet further gathered that the
Constitutive Act makes provision for seven (7) STC, comprising “The Committee
on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters; The Committee on Monetary and
Financial Affairs; The Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration Matters; The
Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Energy, Natural Resources and
Environment; The Committee on Transport, Communications and Tourism; The
Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs; and the Committee on Education,
Culture and Human Resources.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) in Addis Ababa
... Linking agrobiz, sustainable environs, people & technology