“Advancing Green Business and Circular Economy in Africa”
INTRODUCTION:
SWITCH Africa Green programme is designed to support 7 countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda) in Africa to achieve sustainable development by engaging in the transition towards an inclusive green economy, based on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns.
The programme aims to turn environmental challenges into opportunities based on the understanding that an inclusive green economy is at the core of sustainable development and has multiple benefits next to environmental protection, notably growth and jobs creation, poverty reduction, economic diversification, and income generation. The programme focuses on key enablers for the transition, including access to green financing, enabling policies and standards, circular practices, awareness and skills on eco-entrepreneurship, and innovative solutions.
Since its inception, SWITCH Africa Green has built a pool of resources, knowledge base and expertise within the four priority sectors: agriculture, integrated waste management, manufacturing and tourism sectors. The transition to an inclusive green economy requires scaling up on the cooperation and collaborations among countries as well as creating synergies with emerging trends to achieve the objectives – such as circular economy approaches, exploring a workable mechanism for access to finance for green investments, etc.
Implementation of the SWITCH Africa Green programme is also guided by global / regional settings and priorities. During the 17th Ministerial session of AMCEN in Durban, South Africa on 11-15 November 2019, a regional framework on circular economy was proposed - to focus on contextualizing the circular economy to the needs of African countries.
ABOUT THE REGIONAL MEETING:
The regional meeting is organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda.
The forum will bring various stakeholders from the SWITCH Africa Green partner countries and other stakeholders involved in promoting an inclusive green economy such as policy makers, business associations, private sector, financial institutions, regional economic communities, international development organisations and partners, and civil society organisations. The main objectives of the meeting are: -
- To enhance regional efforts to scale up green and circular business approaches, and inspire national level policy making and implementation
- To prepare an Africa-wide strategy to harmonise policies for advancing green business and circular economy in Africa for policy makers and private sector
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