Acronyms and Abbreviations
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RBB
results-based budgeting
RDI
Relative Development Index
ROSC
Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes
Rs
Mauritian rupees
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SBM
State Bank of Mauritius
SC
Steering Committee
SDDS
Special Data Dissemination Standard
SEC
Stock Exchange Commission
SEHDA
Small Enterprise and Handicraft Development Authority
SEM
Stock Exchange of Mauritius
SEMDEX
Benchmark All-Share Index of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
SEMTRI
Total Return Index of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius
SME
small and medium enterprises
SOE
state-owned enterprise
TFSIVG
Trust Fund for the Social Integration of Vulnerable Groups
ToR
term of reference
TWG
technical working group
UN
United Nations
UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNCAC
United Nations Convention against Corruption
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UNISA
University of South Africa
USA
United States of America
USD
United States dollar
VAT
value-added tax
WEI
World Education Indicators
WFE
World Federation of Exchanges
WHO
World Health Organization
WIN
Women in Network
WIP
Women in Politics
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WMA
Wastewater Management Authority
ZEP
Zone d’Education Prioritaire
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.
THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) PROCESS
IN MAURITIUS
1.1
Mauritius signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
accession to the APRM on 9 March 2003. This committed Mauritius to
observing the principles of democracy, socioeconomic development and
good political, economic and corporate governance, as labelled in the
AU declaration, and to being reviewed by its African peers periodically.
1.2
Vested with the responsibility of conducting the process, the National
Economic and Social Council (NESC) established a national secretariat
as its National Coordinating Structure (NSC) and Steering Committee
(SC). It comprises one representative each from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade (MoFARIIT), the
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Empowerment (MOFEE), the NESC, trade unions and the Joint
Economic Council (JEC). The self-assessment exercise was launched
in June 2004. However, the process was delayed for two years. It was
revitalised in June 2007, when a private consultancy firm, Ernst and
Young, was engaged through an open bid to facilitate the exercise.
1.3
Mauritius submitted its Country Self-Assessment Report (CSAR)
and its accompanying National Programme of Action (NPoA) to the
African Peer Review (APR) Secretariat in May 2009. The government
then decided to invite the APR Panel to send a review mission in July
2009 so that it could present the report on Mauritius at the January
2010 APR Forum of Heads of State and Government.
1.4
Between 15 and 31 July 2009, Professor Mohammed Seghir Babès,
a member of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons, led a mission
comprising 19 African experts from 12 AU member states selected
for their competence and experience in the various thematic areas of
governance covered by the APRM. The main objectives of the mission
were to:
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Consult extensively with all stakeholders so as to deepen and
complete the CSAR.
Evaluate the country’s draft NPoA and make appropriate
proposals.
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