Table 1.2: Date of Launch/Official Commencement of the Country
Self-Assessment Process in APRM Member Countries 3
Country
Launch or commencement of the CSAR
Ghana
May 2004
Rwanda
June 2004
Mauritius
June 2004
Kenya
July 2004
Uganda
February 2005
Nigeria
March 2005
Algeria
July 2005
South Africa
November 2005
Benin
November 2005
Tanzania
May 2006
Burkina Faso
June 2006
Mozambique
August 2006
Lesotho
December 2006
Mali
June 2007
Ethiopia
June 2008
15.
The peer reviews of Algeria and South Africa, the first two of the five initiating
members of NEPAD to reach this stage, were conducted at the Seventh APR
Forum Summit Meeting, held in Accra, Ghana, in July 2007.
16.
The pace at which the APRM is implemented has hitherto been very slow, but
is gradually improving, as more countries and key stakeholders understand its
raison d’être and value. Critical to this is the understanding that the APRM is not
an invidious measure, but an instrument for advancing good governance and
people-centred socioeconomic development. Commendably, four peer reviews
were conducted in 2008. Benin had its CRM in July 2007 and was peer-reviewed
at the APR Forum Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2008.
17.
The CRMs of Uganda, Nigeria and Benin took place in the first quarter of 2008.
Uganda was peer-reviewed at the Ninth Summit of the APR Forum held in
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, in June 2008, while that of Nigeria commenced but
could not be completed due to time constraints. Nigeria’s peer review was
eventually concluded, together with that of Burkina Faso, at the First Extraordinary Summit of the APR Forum in Cotonou, Benin, in October 2008.
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