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The Regional Programme for Africa

The Regional Programme for Africa is a flagship UNDP programme that responds to challenges and opportunities facing the African continent and to the priorities and aspirations of Africa as articulated by the African Union and other regional organs. 

As a strategic instrument of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA), the Regional Programme facilitates the attainment of a more resilient and prosperous Africa, one empowered to reach its full potential. 

It is anchored in the African Union Agenda 2063 and further contributes to the six  impact areas  of  the  Regional  Bureau for  Africa  strategic  offer. It coalesces UNDP regional  interventions  under  four  critical  priorities  articulated  to  resonate  with  the  2030 Agenda in this Decade of Action: people, prosperity, planet and peace. 

Priority 1 – People. In a context of reinvigorated social contracts, African citizens have a stronger voice and influence in African Union, regional economic communities, and regional mechanisms policymaking and implementation processes. Read The People Edition newsletter. 

Priority 2 – Prosperity. African citizens benefit from a regionally integrated, structurally transformed, and inclusive economy.  

Priority 3 – Planet. African citizens, supported by the African Union and Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms, build a resilient Africa.  

Priority 4 – Peace. African citizens, especially women and youth, supported by the African Union and regional economic communities and regional mechanisms, achieve measurable progress towards sustainable peace.