President Mnangagwa is today expected to officially launch the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Programme of Action at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden.
\nOur Reporter Harmony Agere and Photographer Memory Mangombe are in Mt Hampden and will provide live coverage.
\nThe APRM is a voluntary, African-led self-monitoring mechanism established by the African Union in 2003 to assess governance and socio-economic development among participating member states.
\nUnder the mechanism, participating countries undertake peer reviews in four key thematic areas: democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance, and socio-economic development.
\nThe APRM seeks to promote political stability, sustainable development and regional integration through the sharing of best practices and the identification of governance and institutional capacity gaps.<\/p>\n
Uganda\u2019s Vice President, Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who arrived in Harare yesterday afternoon to stand in for APRM Chairperson, President Yoweri Museveni, will attend the event.<\/p>\n Writing on his X handle after the Ugandan Vice President paid a courtesy call on him yesterday, President said during their discussions, they reaffirmed the deep-rooted bilateral relations and shared Pan-African values between Zimbabwe and Uganda. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was established in 2003 by the African Union Heads of State and Government as a unique, voluntary instrument for promoting good governance across the continent. President Mnangagwa is today expected to officially launch the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Programme of Action at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden. Our Reporter Harmony Agere and Photographer Memory Mangombe are in Mt Hampden and will provide live coverage. The APRM is a voluntary, African-led self-monitoring mechanism established by the African […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.women.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cHer presence is a testament to our continent\u2019s collective commitment to self-assessment and African solutions to African challenges
\n\u201cThe official launch of Zimbabwe\u2019s Review Report of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a landmark event that marks a significant milestone in our country\u2019s governance trajectory, policy innovations, and socio-economic reforms under the Second Republic,\u201d said President Mnangagwa.
\nVP Alupo said Kampala supports Harare\u2019s efforts to implement the APRM report.
\n\u201cUganda will support Zimbabwe on the implementation of issues to do with that report for the good of all the people of Zimbabwe,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cThe issues in the report are based on the socio-economic transformation of Zimbabwe and the economic independence of the people of Zimbabwe, as well as the financial inclusion of all the people of Zimbabwe in the national economy.<\/p>\n
\nIts primary objective is to foster practices that contribute to political stability, robust economic growth, sustainable and inclusive development, and accelerated regional and continental integration.
\nThe APRM aims to address systemic governance and development challenges among AU Member States by promoting adherence to democratic principles, human rights, and sound socio-economic policies.
\nThe Mechanism currently assesses governance in six thematic areas:
\n\uf076 Democracy and political governance
\n\uf076 Economic governance and management
\n\uf076 Corporate governance
\n\uf076 Socio-economic development
\n\uf076 State resilience to shocks and disasters
\n\uf076 and e-governance
\nZimbabwe officially joined the APRM in 2020 during the 29th Session of the African Peer Review (APR) Forum of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"