Regional Service Centre, Africa (RSCA)

UNDP’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) is one of five UNDP Regional Service Centres worldwide, developing high-quality knowledge and policy for UNDP in Africa.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Situated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the regional Service Centre acts as the organization’s primary interface with regional and continental bodies such as the African Union and Regional Economic Communities and serves 46 Country Offices in sub-Saharan Africa.

Read: Regional Service Centre, Africa: A Snapshot of 2021

The Regional Programme

The Centre implements a continent-wide Regional Programme supporting Africa’s transformation agenda by:

1. enhancing an inclusive and sustainable growth,
2. widening political participation and giving everyone a voice, and
3. developing responsive institutions which deliver desired services and promote inclusive processes of state-society dialogue.

The work builds on UNDP’s expertise in development thinking and practice and decades of experience working at the country and global levels.

As a strategic programmatic thought leadership, the Regional Programme operates as an integrated continental mechanism that coordinates regional, sub-regional and country development planning for greater effectiveness and results. With almost 200 partners from the private sector, intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, academia, sub-regional institutions and donors, the Regional Program supports more than 30 projects across Africa. Against the backdrop of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030, the Regional Programme (2022 – 2025) acts as a regional catalyst and incubator for people, prosperity, planet and peace, in alignment with the UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and RBA’s Strategic Offer for Africa 2022-2025.