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Championing evidence based policy making in eastern and southern Africa

24 Aug, 2015

 

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I am Benedict Musengele, currently working with COMESA. COMESA is the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, which is the regional integration body comprising of 19 member states stretching all the way from Libya down to Swaziland.

What does your organisation do?  

Specifically ACBF is funding our project to enhance the capacity of Comesa, that is both the Comesa member states and secretariat in economic trade policy analysis and research.  

How has ACBF had a positive impact on your organisation?

The impact of the ACBF  is highly being felt within the secretariat and also within the 19 member states because as I have highlighted we are always receiving request and also we are taking the trainings to the members states themselves and training them on how they can ensure whatever policy they are making is evidence based and even when they come for negotiations they don’t come to negotiations the way I have come just standing, they come with well -informed analytical results : if we do A the impact will be B, If we do B the impact will be C …

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Thomas Kwesi Quartey

ACBF has been granted the status of a specialized agency because of the potential to transform Africa through capacity development.
H.E. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AU Commission
Erastus Mwencha

The recognition of ACBF as the African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development launches the beginning of a new era for capacity building by ACBF, which will require an appropriate level of political commitment and financial support from all stakeholders.
H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Chair, ACBF Executive Board
Lamin Momodou

The remarkable achievements ACBF has registered over the past 26 years is not by accident in our opinion. They have come through hard work, dedication, commitment, purposeful leadership, support from the member countries as well as productive partnership building.
Mr. Lamin Momodou MANNEH, Director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa
Goodall Gondwe

Africa needs ACBF as much, probably more now, than at the time it was created in 1991.
Hon. Goodall Gondwe, former Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance – Malawi
Ken Ofori Atta

Ghana’s partnership with ACBF is a tremendous blessing for us and therefore the opportunity for Ghana to host the 26th ACBF Board of Governors Meeting is something that we treasure.
Hon Ken Ofori Atta, Chair of the ACBF Board of Governors and Minister of Finance - Ghana
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