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African civil societies strengthen ties with AU
By Sello Tang
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BuaNews - 23 January 2006
African civil societies strengthen ties with AU
Khartoum, Sudan – African Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have reiterated their support to their mother body, the African Union, declaring that they were prepared to help the continental structure achieve its set Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
“As the African civil societies, we have declared to join efforts with governments in Africa in achieving the MDGs,” said CSO chairperson Hashim Mohammed Al-Hadi.
The MDGs are the world’s developmental targets to halve poverty and underdevelopment by 2015, curb spread of diseases such as malaria, TB and HIV and Aids by 2015.
The formation of the African CSO was inspired and informed by a recently held meeting in South Africa, which was hosted by the Peace and Development Civil Society Organisations of South Africa.
The CSO is entrusted with mobilising civil societies across Africa and in the Diaspora around issues of development, peace and stability in the continent.
Addressing a media briefing here yesterday, Prof Mohammed Al-Hadi said civil society bodies across the continent were increasingly starting to view the African Union not as a flawed institution, but as an opportunity that could be seized to advance Africa’s development priorities.
The CSO held its summit yesterday.
Professor Al-Hadi confirmed that more than 100 civil societies attended the summit.
“We are also demanding African governments to begin to recognize their civil societies so to enable us to participate effectively in the processes of democracy and good governance,” he said.
The CSO chairperson also called on African governments to offer financial support to civil societies to help them in their processes of capacity building and training programmes.
Civil society organizations maintain that democracy in the continent is reliant on an informed population and that civil society has to have access to information, knowledge and the technology necessary to help governments maintain transparency, accountability and deliver relevant services.
Prof Al-Hadi said that the cooperation between the African Union and the CSO was highly beneficial to both parties in many ways.
“For example, the dialogue between us will help the AU to inform us about its evolving programmes, so as to obtain our feedback and support,” he said.
He added that the collaboration would help the AU learn from CSO about the concerns, needs and interests of civil societies and communities and changing conditions across Africa.
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