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Guidelines for Countries to Prepare for and
to Participate in the African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM)
I
Introduction
1.
At the 6th Summit of the Heads of State and Government
Implementation Committee (HSGIC) of the NEPAD, held on 9 March
2003, the HSGIC adopted the following documents on the African Peer
Review Mechanism (APRM):
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the APRM
[NEPAD/HSGIC/03-2003/APRM/MOU] which is the
accession document for the APRM;
Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and
Corporate Governance [AHG/235(XXXVIII) Annex I];
APRM base document [AHG/235(XXXVIII) Annex II];
APRM
Organisation
and
Processes
[NEPAD/HSGIC/03.2003/APRM/Guideline/O&P]
Objectives, Standards, Criteria and Indicators for the
APRM [NEPAD/HSGIC/03-2003/APRM/Guideline/OSCI];
and
Outline of the Memorandum of Understanding on
Technical Assessments and the Country Review Visit
[NEPAD/HSGIC/03-2003/APRM/Guideline/Outline]
2.
These documents spell out the principles, elaborate on the
organization and the processes of the APRM, and provide indicative
criteria and some examples of indicators of the peer review. The APRM
Organization and Processes Document also states that the APR
Secretariat will produce guidelines for the conduct of the country
review visits for approval by the Committee of Participating Heads of
State and Government of the APRM ( APR Forum).
3.
This paper elaborates on the Guidelines for countries to prepare
for and to participate in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
4.
The primary purpose of the APRM is to foster the adoption of
appropriate laws, policies, standards and practices that lead to
political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and
accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration. This is
done through sharing of experiences and reinforcement of successful
and best practice, including identifying deficiencies and assessing the
needs for capacity building [APRM Base Document, paragraph 3].
5.
It is obvious that the potential benefits of the Africa Peer Review
(APR) process will unavoidably vary depending on the level of
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