At the closing plenary of its seventy-seventh executive session, on 5 February 2025, the Trade and Development Board decided to convene a special session of the Board, at the earliest date possible, for the consideration of the 2024 edition of the Economic Development in Africa Report.
Economic development in Africa: Unlocking Africa’s trade potential – Boosting regional markets and reducing risks
The nexus between trade, regional integration and stability is analysed in the report, with a view to advancing effective mechanisms to strengthen Africa’s resilience in the face of interconnected global challenges.
A road map is provided for proactive and adaptive strategies and programmes through which trade enterprises, economic agents and investors (domestic and foreign) can use trade (particularly intra-African trade) and regional cooperation (enhancing trade and economic partnerships) to mitigate perceived exposure to shocks and address immediate vulnerabilities to the polycrisis.
Participation and Registration
Registration should be completed online and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.
Permanent representatives of States members of the Board are requested to inform the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) secretariat of the name and title of their representative(s). Kindly note that the credential letter of your representative(s) should be uploaded on to the system during the online registration process.
Other participants (i.e. representatives of members of UN Trade and Development that are not members of the Board and representatives of specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations and intergovernmental bodies wishing to attend as observers) are also eligible to participate in the session as observers and should register online.
Logistics
The session will be held with physical participation at the the Palais des Nations.
Those who cannot attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream.
The link to listen live will be sent to registered participants, at the email address used for registration, one hour before the start of the session.
