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STATEMENT BY CHAIR OF THE AFRICAN GROUP AT THE INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE 2: THE PACT FOR THE FUTURE – MONITORING AND EVALUATION

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STATEMENT BY H. E. TESFAYE YILMA SABO

PERMENANT REPRESENTATIVE OF ETHIOPIA TO THE UN


NEW YORK, 19TH MAY 2025



  1. Mr. President,

    Excellencies, 


  2. I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the African Group.


  3. The African Group welcomes this timely dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future, with a particular focus on development.


  4. We view the Pact for the Future as an opportunity to re-centre development at the heart of the multilateral agenda. 


  5. For Africa, implementation must be grounded in concrete development outcomes—poverty reduction, job creation, structural transformation, and resilience. Monitoring and evaluation must therefore go beyond compliance, they must measure direct impact on people’s lives.

    According to the African Development Bank, over 30 million jobs need to be created annually to absorb Africa’s growing youth population, underlining the need for impact-oriented evaluation mechanisms. In this context, the African Union has established mechanisms such as the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which promotes self-monitoring and accountability among member states.


  6. The African Group underscores the importance of national leadership and ownership in implementation. But we also believe that this is a shared endeavour. The Group is committed to being actively involved at all levels—local, national, regional, and global.


  7. From defining priorities, to selecting indicators, to reviewing progress—we must be present, engaged, and heard.


    In this regard, we highlight the following:

    1. Development strategies must shape how the Pact is implemented and tracked. National plans, regional frameworks such as Agenda 2063, and global commitments like the 2030 Agenda must guide our efforts in a coherent and coordinated manner. Agenda 2063’s First Ten-Year Implementation Plan has already resulted in tangible progress, such as a 30% increase in intra-African trade since the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), demonstrating the transformative potential of regional frameworks when effectively aligned with global and national objectives.


    1. The African Group calls for enhanced support to strengthen our countries’ capacities for data, analysis, and evidence-based policymaking. Development cannot be monitored without the means to collect and analyze relevant data.  In this regard, the African Union Institute for Statistics (STATAFRIC) is instrumental in supporting Member States in developing harmonized and high-quality data systems, fostering a more robust foundation for policy formulation and implementation across the continent.


    1. We also stress the importance of aligning the Pact for the Future with national development plans, and of ensure that financing, technology and partnerships are aligned with the real needs and ambitions of developing countries. The African Union’s Continental Results Framework (CRF) exemplifies this approach, by tracking progress on key development targets and promoting coherence across policies at national, regional, and continental levels.


  8. We believe that monitoring and evaluation should be integral to implementation—designed not as an external reporting exercise, but as a tool for learning, accountability, and course correction. 


  9. To conclude, Mr. President,  


    The African Group believes that the success of the Pact for the Future will depend not only on what is promised, but on how it is delivered.


    Thank you!


 
 
 
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