Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Meeting

In 2012, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) was adopted by African Heads of State as a strategic framework that will run through 2040, for the development of continental infrastructure (energy, transport, information and communication technologies (ICT) and trans-boundary water resources). It is governed by the African Union Commission (AUC), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordination Agency (NEPAD Agency), and the African Development Bank (AfDB).  Its main purpose is to strengthen the consensus and ownership of large cross-border infrastructure project that integrate energy, transportation, and water development on a continental scale from the present until 2040.

This meeting which brings together UN Millennium Campaign, UNDP, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, East Africa Community Representative, NEPAD Representative,  African Development Bank representative, ECONews Africa representative, Natural Justice, University of Pretoria-South Africa,  ITUC-Africa, COTU (Kenya), TUC (Ghana), NLC (Nigeria), COSATU (South Africa), Third World Network-Africa-Accra among other CSO representatives will try to address challenging questions surrounding  PIDA.  It will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 29th - 30th June 2014.