{"id":36878,"date":"2018-01-28T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T14:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/there-is-a-need-for-high-level-advocacy-to\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T21:32:47","slug":"there-is-a-need-for-high-level-advocacy-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/there-is-a-need-for-high-level-advocacy-to\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a need for high-level advocacy to maintain Africa\u2019s goals-Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kagame was speaking yesterday at the New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The committee provides leadership to the NEPAD process, sets policies, priorities and the program of action. <\/p>\n<p>Kagame attended the meeting on the invitation of Senegalese President Macky Sall who is also the leader of the Orientation Committee. <\/p>\n<p>He thanked NEPAD for the tremendous work that continues to be done, particularly in supporting agriculture and infrastructure and technologies for member countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNEPAD has also been forward-looking, in terms of early reflection, on how to reposition itself within the African Union, even before the current reform agenda. This should be commended, especially because the ongoing reform envisions NEPAD as the development arm of the African Union, which is a key priority. What this means is that the role of this organization will be even more significant,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n<p>He said NEPAD is about the development of the continent, about delivering all the bests to African citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something to keep in mind as the various options on how to move forward, are discussed and adopted. An independent assessment of the work and impact of the organization, carried out with a view to reinforce and make it even more effective, would be useful and should be seriously considered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame said the personal involvement and commitment, of Heads of State and Government reflects the importance they give to delivering results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also central to the high-level advocacy required at many levels, both on the continent and globally, and for maintaining momentum towards the set goals. This is why it is critical to work out an appropriate way to share this responsibility, while reflecting the diversity of our continent,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-23863 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nep2-b4e9d.jpg\" alt=\"Kagame speaks at the New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Paul Kagame has said that there is a need for high-level advocacy from Heads of States and Governments for maintaining momentum towards the continent\u2019s set goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36878"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36878"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}