US ndi African Union: Mgwirizano potengera zokonda zawo komanso zomwe akugawana

Popeza United States idakhala dziko loyamba lomwe silili la Africa kukhazikitsa nthumwi zodzipereka ku African Union mu 2006, United States ndi African Union Commission (AUC) apanga mgwirizano wokhalitsa potengera zokonda zawo komanso mfundo zawo. United States yagwira ntchito ndi AUC, kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsa Mgwirizano Wapamwamba mu 2013, kupititsa patsogolo mgwirizano wathu m'malo anayi ofunikira: mtendere ndi chitetezo; demokalase ndi ulamulilo; kukula kwachuma, malonda, ndi kusungitsa ndalama; ndi mwayi ndi chitukuko. Zokambirana pamsonkhano wa 7th wa US-African Union Commission High Level Dialogue womwe udachitika Novembala 14 - 15, 2019 ku Washington, DC wapititsa patsogolo zokambirana polimbikitsa bata ndikumanga mwayi wachuma.

Maubwenzi Olimba ndi Kukula Kwachuma

• United States yakhala ikupereka upangiri wothandizidwa ndi bungwe la African Union Commission Peace Support Operations Division kuyambira 2005.

• United States yathandizira mayiko 23 a membala wa AU pakulimbikitsa kuthekera kwawo kukonzekera, kutumiza, ndi kusungitsa asungwana amtendere pantchito zamtendere za UN ndi AMISOM.

Kupewa ndi Kuyankha Zomwe Zimayambitsa Kusokonekera komanso Kusakhazikika

• United States yakonzekera kuthandizira mgwirizano wa AU ndi Regional Economic Communities kuti athandize Ndondomeko Yochenjeza Oyambirira ku Kontinenti.

• Pofuna kupewa zachiwawa, United States yapereka chitetezo chachitetezo ndi chitukuko, makamaka kudzera mu utsogoleri wa AU komanso kutenga nawo gawo pamsonkhano wachigawo ku Africa Center for Strategic Study (ACSS) wokhudza Strategic Approach pakuthana ndi ziwawa.

• Ndalama zothandizidwa ndi US zapeza ndalama zopitilira $ 487 miliyoni pantchito zowononga zida zankhondo (CWD) ku Africa konse, kuphatikizapo kuwombera anthu kuti ateteze chitetezo cha anthu ndikukhazikitsa maziko achitetezo chokhazikika, komanso zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo zomwe zimaletsa kusokonekera kosavomerezeka kwa zida zazing'ono, kuwala zida, ndi zipolopolo kwa zigawenga komanso zigawenga.

• United States yapereka ndalama zoposa $ 10 miliyoni kuti akhazikitse Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ndikuwathandiza kupewa, kuzindikira, ndikuthandizira kufalikira kwa matenda opatsirana mdziko muno, kuphatikiza kupatsidwa malo awiri aku US Akatswiri a Kuchepetsa Matenda ndi Kupewa Matenda (CDC), kukhazikitsidwa kwa Emergency Operation Center, ndikuphunzitsanso akatswiri azachipatala komanso oyang'anira zochitika.

Chitetezo cha Maritime ndi Blue Economy

• United States yapereka upangiri kwa alangizi a AUC Peace Support Operations Division kuti agwire ntchito yapa 2050 Africa's Integrated Maritime Strategy kudzera pakuthandizira zokambirana zam'madzi.

• United States yakonzekera kuthandizira kuti pamapeto pake pakhale dipatimenti yodzipereka yanyanja / yabuluu mu AUC mu 2020.

Kulimbikitsa Mabungwe A demokalase ndi Ufulu Wachibadwidwe

• United States ikupitilizabe kulumikizana ndi AU pazoyeserera zake kuti awonetsetse anthu omwe akutalikirana pazisankho za 2020 ndi njira zina zandale zamayiko mamembala a AU.

• Mphoto yaposachedwa ya $ 650,000 ikuthandizira Pulogalamu ya AU Yothetsera Maukwati Achichepere mogwirizana ndi Njira ya ku America Yopewa ndi Kuyankha Nkhanza Zochitika Pakati pa Amuna Padziko Lonse.

• United States idapereka $ 4.8 miliyoni kuti athandizire kukhazikitsidwa kwa Khothi Lalikulu la AU ku South Sudan kuwonetsetsa kuti milandu ikuyenda bwino.

Mphamvu za Akazi

• United States yatumiza zida kwa azimayi azamalonda aku Africa motsogozedwa ndi US Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative:

o United States idathandizira Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) ndi $ 50 miliyoni kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zamabizinesi azimayi pachuma padziko lonse lapansi. Mu Meyi 2019, We-Fi yapatsa African Development Bank (AfDB) $ 61.8 miliyoni pulogalamu yake ya "Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa" ​​(AFAWA) yopititsa patsogolo mwayi wopeza ndalama zamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amatsogolera azimayi (WSMEs) m'maiko 21 aku Africa.

Kuphatikiza pa zomwe AFAWA idachita, a We-Fi adapatsa World Bank Gulu $ 75 miliyoni pantchito yawo yotchedwa "Kupanga Makampani a Onse." Ntchitoyi ikuwunikira zopinga zomwe zimapangitsa amayi ndi omwe amatsogolera ma SME m'magulu angapo kuphatikiza kupeza ndalama ndi msika. Ntchito zowonjezera zopanda ndalama zimaperekedwa kuti athane ndi zovuta za amayi. Ntchitoyi ikuyang'ana mayiko 18 padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Maiko khumi akumwera kwa Sahara ku Africa.

United States idakhazikitsa Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) m'maiko angapo mamembala a AU kuti athandizire azimayi azamalonda aku Africa pokwaniritsa kuthekera kwawo pachuma kudzera mu maphunziro apakompyuta, kulumikizana, komanso mwayi wophunzitsidwa. Kumanga pakupambana kwa gulu loyambirira, AWE idzakulitsa ndikukula kuti ipatse ena masauzande ambiri mwayi wopanga bizinesi zokhazikika.

United States yakhazikitsa bungwe la US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 2X Africa, malangizo othandizira kuti azigwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwanira $ 350 miliyoni kuti athandizire ndalama zokwana $ 1 biliyoni kuti zithandizire azimayi, azitsogoleredwe azimayi, komanso azimayi ntchito ku Sub-Saharan Africa.

• United States idalimbikitsa kulumikizana kwa akatswiri, chitukuko chamabizinesi, ndalama, komanso mwayi wopanga maluso kwa omwe akutenga nawo mbali pazokambirana zamayiko osiyanasiyana, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale gulu la azimayi opitilira 60,000 komanso mabungwe 44 am'mabizinesi ku Africa. African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) ndi ena a IVLP alumnae apanga zoposa 17,000 m'derali.

• United States idalanda mabungwe a AWEP, mabungwe aku Benin, komanso boma la Benin, kuti akhazikitse SHE! Benin, pulogalamu yomwe imapatsa mphamvu atsikana ndikuwalumikiza ku ukadaulo waukadaulo waukadaulo ndi roboti, mphamvu zowonjezeredwa, ndi luso lokonza mapulogalamu kuti athane ndikuthana ndimavuto azachuma omwe atsikana amakumana nawo padziko lonse lapansi. Kuphatikiza pakupereka ukadaulo waluso ndi maphunziro a utsogoleri, ndi zothandizira kupewa ndi kuthana ndi nkhanza zochitidwa chifukwa cha jenda (GBV), kuphatikiza miyambo yoyipa, SHE NDI WAMKULU! Benin imagwirizanitsa atsikana ndi anyamata ndi magulu a alangizi ndi abwenzi omwe akufuna kuwathandiza pamene akuchita ntchito zapagulu ndikuphunzira njira zatsopano zopititsira patsogolo maphunziro awo, komanso ntchito ya atsikana pantchito zomwe sizachilendo kwa akazi.

• United States yapereka ndalama zokwana $ 50 miliyoni ku We-Fi ya Banki Yadziko Lonse kuti iwonjezere mwayi wopezeka pakati pa mayiko mamembala a AU pantchito zandalama kwa azamalonda azimayi, mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amatsogolera azimayi komanso azimayi (SMEs), ndi makasitomala azimayi azachuma opereka chithandizo.

Munda Osewera Pamabizinesi aku US

• United States ndi AUC zikugwiranagwirabe kupitilira, kusinthana kwa njira zabwino ndi kuthandizira ukadaulo ku AU kuti ikwaniritse zolinga zake ku Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) zothetsera zolepheretsa malonda ndi ndalama, kupititsa patsogolo mpikisano ndikukopa ndalama, kusiyanasiyana Boma la US lidasintha njira zoyendetsera njira ziwiri zamalonda ndi zamalonda ndi Africa kudzera ku Prosper Africa, zomwe US ​​idachita koyambirira kwa chaka chino kuti ikulitse njira zamalonda ndi zamalonda pakati pa United States. ndi Africa posonkhanitsa zida zonse za boma la US. Prosper Africa imaganiza zokhazikitsa pulatifomu imodzi, yolumikizidwa yomwe imathandizira zochitika pozindikira mwayi, kufulumizitsa mgwirizano, ndikuwongolera zoopsa kudzera m'mapulogalamu osiyanasiyana; ndikugwirizana ndi maboma aku Africa kuti akhazikitse zosintha zomwe zimalimbikitsa nyengo zowonekera, zodziwikiratu, komanso zodalirika nyengo zamabizinesi.

Mgwirizano Wachitetezo Chaulimi ndi Chakudya

Kutsogozedwa ndi thandizo la US, AU's Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Policy Framework idamalizidwa ndi AU department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, ndikuvomerezedwa ndi AUC Specialised technical Committee, mu Okutobala 2019.

Chuma Cha digito ndi Mgwirizano wa pa Intaneti

• United States idakhazikitsa International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Advisor (ICHIP) ku US Mission kupita ku African Union kuti ikaphunzitse ogwira ntchito m'boma la AU.

• United States ikupereka chithandizo chowonjezera chamapulogalamu ku US Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI), yomwe ikuphatikizapo kulimbikitsa kuthekera kwa akuluakulu a ICT aku Africa. Ambiri mwa omwe akutenga nawo mbali ku USTTI ndi ochokera ku Africa.

• Misonkhano yokonzedwa mchigawo pamalingaliro amtundu wa cyber ikuphatikizapo msonkhano wa Epulo 2020 wonena za njira zamtundu wa cyber zamayiko 10 mamembala a AU ndi msonkhano wa Seputembara 2020 wonena zaumbanda ndi njira zamtundu wa cyber zamayiko mamembala a AU.

• United States idathandizira mayiko omwe ali mamembala a AU kuti athe kukonza zochitika pa intaneti, kuphatikiza msonkhano wa Novembala 2019 wamagulu a Computer Security Incident Response (CSIRTs) ndikusinthana kwa chidziwitso kwa mayiko asanu ndi anayi a AU.