Principal Programme Management Officer, Dakar

Description du poste

Org. Setting and Reporting: ECA’s mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. The mission will be guided by ECA’s five strategic directions which are:(a) Advancing ECA’s position as a premier knowledge institution that builds on its unique position and privilege to bring global solutions to the continent’s problems and take local solution to the continent; (b) Developing macroeconomic and structural policy options to accelerate economic diversification and job creation; (c) Designing and implementing innovative financing models for infrastructure, and for human, physical and social assets for a transforming Africa; (d) Contributing solutions to regional and transboundary challenges, with a focus on peace security and social inclusion as an important development nexus; (e) Advocating Africa’s position at the global level and developing regional responses as a contribution to global governance issues. The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), located in Dakar (Senegal), is headed by a director who reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme Support). IDEP is the operational Arm of ECA in terms of capacity development and is responsible for translating the ECA "School of Thought" (research) into "Practice" (implementation). It is responsible for equipping African leaders and institutions with the skills necessary to develop effective policies for the management of the public sector, supporting the realization of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Pact for the Future. IDEP aims to be positioned as a Regional Centre of Excellence for Capacity Development for the UN System (under the UN80 reform).

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