Egypt participates in 30th session of African Peer Review Mechanism

CAIRO – 26 March 2021: Egypt took part in the 30th session of the voluntary African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) held virtually on Thursday.

The APRM is concerned with monitoring African states’ governance performance.

Deputy Foreign Minister for African affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza participated in the meeting through the video conference on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa kicked off the summit, where he expounded the top reports reviewed by APRM in February 2020, Egyptian state’s news agency MENA reported.

These reports include that of President Sisi on democratic, political, economic, and social development witnessed by Egypt.

APRM is an instrument for the African Union that allows the bloc’s member states to voluntarily self-monitor their governance performance.

Through the APRM, each of the member states independently reviews its compliance with African and international governance commitments.

The member states review their performance in terms of democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance as well as socio-economic development.