African union transition and its ability to respond to conflicts in africaSARON MESSEMBE OBIA
From the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to African Union (AU) The African Union initiated by Pan Africanists to improve the lives of Africans through sustainable development and to resolve conflicts in the continent. But the competence of the African Union has been put to question. The inability of the AU to resolve the conflict in central African Republic, the continuous terrorist attacks in Nigeria by Boko-Haram, in Kenya and Somalia by Al-Shabba, has led the international community to focus on insecurity in the African continent. Though this change from OAU to AU the AU still faces some challenges. Nonetheless it has registered some success.
African union transition and its ability to respond to conflicts in africaSARON MESSEMBE OBIA
From the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to African Union (AU) The African Union initiated by Pan Africanists to improve the lives of Africans through sustainable development and to resolve conflicts in the continent. But the competence of the African Union has been put to question. The inability of the AU to resolve the conflict in central African Republic, the continuous terrorist attacks in Nigeria by Boko-Haram, in Kenya and Somalia by Al-Shabba, has led the international community to focus on insecurity in the African continent. Though this change from OAU to AU the AU still faces some challenges. Nonetheless it has registered some success.
Chris Hurn, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercantile Capital Corporation, dicusses with the House Small Business Subcomittee his business and the experience it has given him to improve the industry. In this written testimony Hurn explains the SBA 504 and FMLP backround, its timeframe, and success to date. The request of the written testimony is to extend the FMLP program by 12 months with an additional SBA fee of 0.125% and additionally extend the SBA 504 Debt Refinance program for one year. This written testimony has been requested to be "co-signers" from 92 other businesses nationwide.
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Part II of an ongoing attempt to show the stories behind my signs. I'm a Native Florida Folk Artist--not just someone selling rehashed "5 O'clock somewhere" signs for $20 -- but I'll do that. But I'll try to show you "MY" Florida while I'm at it. RhondaK, native floida folk artist -- Includes copyrighted and original works. Write for license information. Rhondakwrites.com
Presentation for #TFT2: Just Enough To improve IT services
To improve IT services, no matter what the specific objectives are, we typically have to look at 3 main components: Technology, Process and People. We often see the focus on one of the components, not a balanced view. However; looking at these components alone is not sufficient for a well-defined improvement plan. The danger is that the improvements create a level of complexity and bureaucracy that is not aligned to the organization's requirements. The key to managing this is to focus on the "Just Enough" principle. This principle is influenced by roles & responsibilities, culture, governance, leadership , etc. So what is just enough process? Just enough governance? In this presentation we will look at how to determine what is "just enough" to achieve your objectives for improvements.
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Chris Hurn, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercantile Capital Corporation, dicusses with the House Small Business Subcomittee his business and the experience it has given him to improve the industry. In this written testimony Hurn explains the SBA 504 and FMLP backround, its timeframe, and success to date. The request of the written testimony is to extend the FMLP program by 12 months with an additional SBA fee of 0.125% and additionally extend the SBA 504 Debt Refinance program for one year. This written testimony has been requested to be "co-signers" from 92 other businesses nationwide.
Using niche social media platforms and smart phone applications can help build your online profile, increase consumer interaction, and build brand advocacy.
Part II of an ongoing attempt to show the stories behind my signs. I'm a Native Florida Folk Artist--not just someone selling rehashed "5 O'clock somewhere" signs for $20 -- but I'll do that. But I'll try to show you "MY" Florida while I'm at it. RhondaK, native floida folk artist -- Includes copyrighted and original works. Write for license information. Rhondakwrites.com
Presentation for #TFT2: Just Enough To improve IT services
To improve IT services, no matter what the specific objectives are, we typically have to look at 3 main components: Technology, Process and People. We often see the focus on one of the components, not a balanced view. However; looking at these components alone is not sufficient for a well-defined improvement plan. The danger is that the improvements create a level of complexity and bureaucracy that is not aligned to the organization's requirements. The key to managing this is to focus on the "Just Enough" principle. This principle is influenced by roles & responsibilities, culture, governance, leadership , etc. So what is just enough process? Just enough governance? In this presentation we will look at how to determine what is "just enough" to achieve your objectives for improvements.
See Peter's TFT speaker Pinterest board: http://pinterest.com/servicedesk/peter-lijnse/
Learn about the benefits and interesting facts about hosting webinars. Learn how webinars can help you save money, time and increase productivity. Learn the best time and days to host your webinars to make them successful!
Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
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El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
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An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
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The accidental ecowas citizen for13 sept2011-revisedforgraphic
1. “The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”:
Reasons why September must be celebrated
as “real” AU month
By E.K.Bensah Jr
It was always going to be obvious that the Ghanaian media would remember the much-publicised 10 th
anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US and be totally oblivious to developments on the continent.
If we had a media more sensitized to what was going on in Africa and its regional economic
communities, we might have had more column inches on one major anniversary and a conference that
ended on that all-important anniversary.
9th September is “Sirte Declaration Day”…
The all-important anniversary is that of 9 th September. This day is ineluctably etched in African
integration history as a day when the Sirte Declaration was mooted in Libya. The significance of this
declaration has to do with the fact that it is the resolution adopted by the-then Organisation of African
Unity on 9 September 1999, at the fourth Extraordinary Session of the OAU Assembly of African Heads
of State and Government held at Sirte, Libya. Policy-makers and aficionados of African unity remember
Sirte to be blazing the trail on where Africa needs to go. If we can remember the importance of the
Abuja Treaty of 1991 setting the blueprint for continental integration, then we can accept Sirte to be the
engine for that integration. With it, three major things happened.
First, it set the tone for the establishment of the African Union as we know it today; second, it speeded
up the implementation of the provisions of the Abuja Treaty, to create an African Economic Community,
and its attendant Pan-African institutions of the Nigeria-based African Central Bank; Cameroon-based
African Monetary Fund; the African Court of Justice; ( Libya-based African Investment Bank ) and PanAfrican Parliament, with the Parliament to be established by 2000. Third, it prepared a Constitutive Act
of the African Union that would be ratified by 31 December 2000 and become effective the following
year in 2001.
…and the “real” African Union day
Also unbeknownst to the Ghanaian media was the highly-important fifth edition of the Conference of
African Ministers of Integration (COMAI V). Held in Kenya from 5-9 September, the objective of the
meeting was three-fold: to consider the report of the “Status of Integration in Africa 2011”; and a report
on the “implementation of Recommendations from COMAI IV”; and review a study on “the
quantification of scenarios of rationalization of RECs”.
Simply put, the rationalization of RECs refers to AU member states deciding to stick to one regional
economic community – instead of the two or three some of them belong to. Policy-makers at the UNECA
and AU Commission see this as pivotal to achieving the African Economic Community by 2034. Of equal
importance, also, is the Continental Integration Fund for supporting the UNECA-sponsored “Minimum
Integration Programme” that will help RECs deliver on harmonization of programmes consistent with
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2. the Abuja Treaty. On that, the African Development Bank is ready to support ways of resourcing this
facility that will complement existing alternative financing mechanisms identified by the AU for unity.
Truth be told, if there is anything we can say about 9 September, it is that it is the veritable “African
union” day. That the unfortunate events of 9/11 took place two days after one of the most important
and significant events of African integration is perhaps a harbinger/metaphor of how African integration
was doomed to run on the back of the so-called War on Terror.
Conclusion
I have no illusions that most of what I write here will be read by a minority of Ghanaians at best,
minority of Africans at worst, and inculcated in a way that will help them make viscerally-life-changing
decisions about what they can do to help the AU and ECOWAS deliver for citizens.
What I do know is that someone somewhere will take note and seek to educate themselves about the
AU and ECOWAS –despite the absolutely egregious manner in which these two organizations project
themselves to African citizens.
What I also know is that until Ghanaians begin to lose themselves to the rhythm of the African
integration march, they will consign their progeny to an inexcusable fate they could have avoided.
African integration will not work without a concerted effort by all—citizens and especially media alike—
holding the policy-makers of these groupings accountable.
Much of the time, citizens are keen to work for them because of the good money that is offered,
forgetting that the benefits and good salary are the bonus of hard work in helping make a contribution
towards the betterment of generations unborn.
As I write this in the aftermath of another successful GJA Media Awards, I cannot help but also bow my
head down in shame on how despite the centrality of Ghana in African integration—thanks to Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah—Ghanaian media practitioners seem to be waiting for some external actor to sponsor
an AU reporting award before they start writing about the AU or ECOWAS! Where is civil society on this
issue? Where, indeed, are the media practitioners who need to be asking why such an award is not part
of the categories?
Ghana is much more than the politicking of the NPP and NDC, and I daresay we do not have to wait for
the CPP to emerge as a fully-fledged third force before we start talking, and taking seriously what the AU
and ECOWAS do. The triple responsibility that Ghanaians bear of being citizens of Ghana, ECOWAS
community citizens and AUfrican citizens ought to awaken them to the imperative and necessity of
capitalizing on both the months of May and September to give vent to the AUfrican personality the
continent so desperately needs.
In 2009, in his capacity as a “Do More Talk Less Ambassador” of the 42 nd Generation—an NGO that promotes and discusses PanAfricanism--Emmanuel gave a series of lectures on the role of ECOWAS and the AU in facilitating a Pan-African identity. Emmanuel
owns "Critiquing Regionalism" (http://www.critiquing-regionalism.org). Established in 2004 as an initiative to respond to
the dearth of knowledge on global regional integration initiatives worldwide, this non-profit blog features regional integration initiatives
on MERCOSUR/EU/Africa/Asia and many others. You can reach him on ekbensah@ekbensah.net / Mobile: 0268.687.653.
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