The African Union Leadership Academy project was on Thursday 28th January, 2016 launched at the AU in Addis Ababa Ethiopia under the theme: Driving the Africa We Want by Administration and Human Resources Management Directorate (AHRMD) of the African Union Commission (AUC)
African Union Commission chairperson, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma expressed gratitude towards directors, partners and the entire AUC team who foresaw the success of the launch of the AU leadership academy project.
She further went on to stress the goal of the academy which is to provide a systematic way of training towards the implementation of Agenda 2063.
“This project lies at the heart of the priorities and flagship projects of Agenda 2063: The Africa we want,” she said.
Dr Dlamini Zuma then went on to add that the African Union leadership academy will become a strategic node, and means to facilitate service delivery and result-oriented program implementation on the continent, as well as provide knowledge-based responses to any challenges.
Dr Zuma closed by noting that the launch of this new project will facilitate the development of professional skills of AU staff members for effective policy design and work place efficiency, that will create a high level pan African learning and development agency, driving capacity building solutions to challenges of managing the process of realisation of Agenda 2063 for the continent’s people.
Amine Idriss Adoum, Director, Administration and Human Resources Management (AHRM) of the AUC, also speaking at the launch, underlined the role of the African Union leadership Academy.
Mr Idriss said that the academy will not only be instrumental in driving the Commission towards achievement of Agenda 2063, but will also ensure flexibility in the execution of complex duties within the Commission.
“The leadership academy will go a long way in providing systemic mechanisms for identifying young potential that will be trained to promote good values in Africa and around the world.” He said.
