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Dans le cadre du Cycle de dialogues sur l¡¯Afrique 2021, OSAA a organis¨¦ une session sur le Sous-th¨¨me ? Capital Humain : culture et h¨¦ritage lib¨¨rent le potentiel ?. Durant cette session, les panelistes ont examin¨¦ les r¨¦alit¨¦s historiques de l¡¯unit¨¦ de l¡¯Afrique et le r?le que joue la culture dans son unit¨¦ et son d¨¦veloppement. Ils se sont pench¨¦s sur comment l¡¯Afrique pourrait op¨¦rationnaliser les instruments cens¨¦s emmener ¨¤ son d¨¦veloppement durable en valorisant son histoire et ses cultures (les Agenda 2030 et 2063, la Charte de la renaissance, les Conventions de l¡¯UNESCO etc.) ainsi que les prochaines ¨¦tapes ¨¤ envisager et quel est la mani¨¨re la plus appropri¨¦e et idoine pour pouvoir r¨¦ellement changer de paradigme.

La session a ¨¦galement discut¨¦ du r?le de la culture comme moteur de d¨¦veloppement ainsi que de la restitution des biens culturels ¨¤ l'Afrique comme une opportunit¨¦ pour lib¨¦rer le capital humain du continent. Il a ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦affirm¨¦ que l¡¯unification l¡¯Afrique et la lib¨¦ration de son potentiel humain passe ¨¦galement par une revalorisation de la place de l¡¯Afrique dans l¡¯histoire du monde et en particulier les moments o¨´ l¡¯histoire de l¡¯Afrique et celle de l¡¯Europe se sont entrem¨ºl¨¦s. La n¨¦cessit¨¦ de changer le narratif a ¨¦t¨¦ ¨¦galement ¨¦voqu¨¦e ¨¤ plusieurs reprises, et qui passe par des changements profonds des syst¨¨mes ¨¦ducatifs et la production de ressources par les Africains et pour les Africains.

As part of the Africa 2021 Dialogue Round, OSAA organised a session on the sub-theme "Human Capital: Culture and Heritage Unlocking Potential". During this session, panelists examined the historical realities of Africa's unity and the role that culture plays in its unity and development. They considered how Africa could operationalise the instruments that are supposed to lead to its sustainable development by valuing its history and cultures (the 2030 and 2063 agendas, the renaissance charter, the UNESCO conventions, etc.) as well as the next steps to be considered and what is the most appropriate and suitable way to really change the paradigm.

The session also discussed the role of culture as an engine of development and the return of cultural assets to Africa as an opportunity to unlock the continent's human capital. It was reaffirmed that the unification of Africa and the liberation of its human potential also requires a revaluation of Africa's place in world history and in particular the moments when Africa's history and that of Europe were intertwined. The need to change the narrative was also mentioned several times, and this requires profound changes in education systems and the production of resources by Africans and for Africans.

In this episode Zeinab Badawi starts with a visit to some of the most sensational historic sites in Africa: the Swahili coastal settlements of Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique on Africa¡¯s Indian Ocean coast.

Zeinab then relates the tragic history of how the arrival of the Arabs in this part of Africa marked the start of an international trade in many millions of enslaved Africans.

The Arabs and their Swahili partners were the first outsiders to trade in humans on the continent from as early as the 7th century. She highlights how this trade differed from the much later trans-Atlantic slave trade, and how some Africans today view this painful period in their history.

• ADS2021 Schedule
• Concept Note
• Advocacy Paper on Sustainable Peace for Development: Factoring in History
• Advocacy Paper on Harnessing Culture and Heritage for Economic Transformation
• Advocacy Paper on Human Capital - Culture and Heritage, Unleashing the Potential
• Africa Lusophone reacts actively to OSAA's ADS

ADS2021 Public Policy Forum

• ADS2021 Public Policy Forum Programme (May 26 - 28)
• Concept Note: Sustainable Peace for Development: Factoring in History
• Concept Note: Harnessing Culture and Heritage for Economic Transformation
• Concept Note: Human Capital: Culture and Heritage Unleashing the Potential
• Speaker Biographies for Opening Session
• Speaker Biographies for Session II: Roundtable on Sustainable Peace for Development: Factoring in History
• Speaker Biographies for Session II: Geopolitical Session
• Speaker Biographies for Session IV: Roundtable on Harnessing Culture and Heritage For Economic Transformation
• Speaker Biographies for Session V: Geopolitical Session
• Speaker Biographies for Session VI: Human Capital: Culture and Heritage, Unleashing the Potential
• Speaker Biographies for Session VII: Closing of Africa Dialogue Series
• Â鶹APP Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres' introductory remarks at the Africa Dialogue Series 2021
• Â鶹APP Under Secretary General and Special Adviser on Africa Cristina Duarte's welcome address at the Africa Dialogue Series 2021
• Remarks by H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the Â鶹APP General Assembly
• Keynote Address by Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, AUDA_NEPAD
• Remarks by H.E Amb. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the Â鶹APP
• Remarks by H.E Amb. Mr. Nuno Mathias, Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN
• Remarks by H.E. Amb. Issimail Chanfi, Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the UN
• Remarks by H.E. Prof. Kennedy Gastorn, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the UN
• Statement by H. E. Amb. Ishikane Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN
• Statement by H. E. Amb. Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN
• Statement by H.E. Amb. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN
• Welcome Address by Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser, Cristina Duarte, at the Africa Dialogue Series 2021
• Time to invest more in African culture - Prof. Eddy Maloka
• A new narrative on Africa is possible, with a new mindset - H.E. Amb. Issimail Chanfi, Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the UN
• Closing Remarks by H.E Amb. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the Â鶹APP at the ADS2021
• Keynote Address by Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer, AUDA-NEPAD
• Statement of His Excellency Ambassador Sofiane Mimouni Permanent Representative of Algeria On African dialogue series Financing for development: IFFs and international tax cooperation
• Statement by H. E. Amb. Martin Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN
• H. E. Amb. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the Â鶹APP remarks at the Africa Dialogue Series
• Statement by H.E. Amb. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN
• Ms. Amina Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General Message to the Africa Dialogue Series Public Policy Forum
• H.E. Mr. Mohamed Siad Doualeh, Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the Â鶹APP, on ¡°Human Capital and Building Forward Better after COVID-19¡±