Conférence sur Le MAEP : Passer à un niveau supérieur en matière d’apprentissage par les pairs

The document is a communiqué from a conference held in Kampala, Uganda, focused on enhancing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). It identifies critical gaps in the current process, including the slow pace of evaluations, the lack of attention given to National Action Plans (PAN), and insufficient access to information for the public. The participants call for stronger commitment from heads of state, greater institutional independence for national governing councils, and a more inclusive approach to civil society engagement. It also highlights the need to fill the vacant position of President of the APRM Secretariat and to integrate media coverage into the APRM questionnaire.

• The conference participants expressed concern over the slow execution of APRM evaluations and urged states that have joined the mechanism but not yet established national structures to do so urgently, with the ultimate goal of engaging all 53 African countries.
• National Action Plans (PAN), the culmination of each national evaluation, have been neglected. The communiqué argues that PANs must be a priority, developed through the same consultation processes as the Country Self-Assessment Report (RAEP), and integrated into national planning and budgeting.
• There is a critical need to improve public access to information. The APRM Secretariat is urged to produce more accessible versions of the main questionnaire in French, Portuguese, and national languages, and to ensure that national RAEPs are published for citizens.
• The institutional independence of national governing councils must be guaranteed, with a majority of members coming from outside the executive branch and being selected through transparent procedures.
• The APRM Secretariat requires urgent strengthening, specifically noting that the position of President of the APRM Secretariat has been vacant since July 2007.
• The participants highlighted a gap in the APRM questionnaire, which currently does not cover the media, and called for this to be corrected to better involve media in reporting on PAN implementation.
• Civil society organizations (CSOs) are viewed as key partners who should move beyond a role of mere critics to share responsibility for the success of self-assessments and the implementation of National Action Plans.

APA

South African Institute of International Affairs (2010). Conférence sur Le MAEP : Passer à un niveau supérieur en matière d’apprentissage par les pairs. https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/aprm_communique_kampala_20100729_fr.pdf

Chicago

South African Institute of International Affairs. Conférence sur Le MAEP : Passer à un niveau supérieur en matière d’apprentissage par les pairs. 2010. https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/aprm_communique_kampala_20100729_fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{southafricaninstituteofinternationalaffairs2010confrence, author = {{South African Institute of International Affairs}}, title = {{Conférence sur Le MAEP : Passer à un niveau supérieur en matière d’apprentissage par les pairs}}, publisher = {South African Institute of International Affairs}, year = {2010}, month = jul, url = {https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/aprm_communique_kampala_20100729_fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }