Preparatory and capacity development workshop for major groups and other stakeholders in the Africa region for the seventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Opening of the workshop Moderator: Mama Keita, Director, Subregional Office for East Africa, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Statements: • Kofi Kankam, Co-Chair, Africa Regional Mechanism for Major Groups and Other Stakeholders’ Steering Committee • Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, Special Envoy on Youth, African Union • Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations • Opening remarks by Rosemary Mbabazi, Minister of Youth and Culture, Rwanda