7/1/2023 0 Comments U sub integrationOn the road to deeper regional integration, the West African sub-region continues to engage at national and regional levels to reinforce the effective implementation of the AfCFTA. As a result, the sub-region is not on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030.Īlthough some progress has been made towards achieving MDG 8, with encouraging results in terms of reducing extreme poverty (six countries), access to drinking water (five countries), access to energy (five countries) and local development financing (six countries), 80% of ECOWAS countries still have a significant gap to fill in terms of the fight against hunger and food insecurity, access to quality health services, industrialization and economic diversification, improved living conditions in cities, and peace and good governance. The region's Human Development Index (HDI) of between 0.4 and 0.6 is the lowest on the continent, with thirteen of the fifteen countries in the low human development group in 2022. It is estimated that 27.3% of this population lives on less than $2.15 a day. The population of West Africa is estimated at 424.3 million in 2022. Strengthen the policy dialogue on the mounting food insecurity threats in the West African sub-region, to sensitize political and economic decision-makers to commit for immediate and structural responsesĭiscuss the prospects for strengthening the partnership between ECA, WFP, and other UN entities with IGOs to better support the efforts of West African countries towards deepening regional integration and achieving sustainable development. Review and discuss the findings of the ECA’s study on the Opportunities for Regional Value Chains in West Africa within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)Īssess the recent subregional macro-economic and food security trends īrief on recent flagship subregional initiatives undertaken by ECA, WFP, and other UN Agencies and West African IGOs Review the progress on the regional integration, The specific objectives of the meeting are: Scheduled to take place from June 14 to 15, this forum aims to strengthen the partnership for sustainable development between the United Nations system’s entities represented by ECA, WFP and other UN agencies, on the one hand, and ECOWAS, WAEMU, CILSS and the other intergovernmental organizations of West Africa, on the other hand. Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Eventsĭakar, Senegal – 02 June 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Cooperation, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Comité Inter Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) and the World Food Programme (WFP), is organizing in Dakar a Regional meeting of Intergovernmental Organizations in West Africa: “Promoting Regional Value chains and food security for strengthening regional integration and sustainable development in West Africa”.Technology, climate change and natural resource management.Gender equality and the empowerment of women.African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP).Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure.
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7/1/2023 0 Comments Final draft 11 upgrade“Our partnership with Final Draft gives writers the freedom to tell their stories utilizing industry-standard software, while also providing them with tools and resources to further develop their creative genius.”ĭeveloped by and for writers, Final Draft 12 offers a new level of flexibility to accommodate various styles of working. “Eliminating barriers for creatives of color is our top priority,” said Justin Riley, Executive Director of the Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. So definitely watch out for more videos on this.'Contagion' Screenwriter Scott Burns Directs 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' Promo For NY Gov. I will work with version 12 of Final Draft for a while and then I’ll let you know what I think about it after some time, having found out more of the little things. There is also a long list of little improvements that will have to prove if they really make a difference in every day usage. But that doesn’t make it less useful and I’m glad they added this in. There is another screenwriting program that has been doing this since a long time already - not naming any names here - so it’s nothing completely new. In my personal opinion, the Outline Elements are the biggest decision maker for me. Because the new functions they added really do make a difference. If you’ve been holding off until now, I think version 12 is a good version to buy. Of course that’s always a hard question because it depends on the way you like to work. If you go to “Window - Merge All Windows” it shows you your open documents as tabs, which is nice. On the MAC, Final Draft uses the MAC OS function of having a tabbed interface. It’s just a little thing, but in the past it bothered me that the navigator was always in the way when you had it open and in this version they fixed that. Your outline will be shown in the script and the contents of your outline will be converted into Outline Elements (“Outline 1” and “Outline 2” Elements respectively). You can send your outline contents to the script if you click the “Send to Script” button on the left. So, if you move an element in the upper row, or change the range, the elements below will move along with the element above. If you hover over the beat in the Outline Editor it will pop up and show you the contents of this respective beat.Įlements in the “Outline 2” row are considered “children” of the elements in the “Outline 1” row. What I just called “duration” is called “Outline Goal” on the beat. The page numbers will be reflected in the “Outline Goal” of your beat. You can also change the duration of the beat, make it longer or shorter in the Outline Editor. The color of the beat will be reflected in the Outline Editor. You can take beats from your beat board and simply drag them into the Outline Editor. That’s also the way they show it in their tutorial videos, and this really seems to make sense to me, without having tried this functionality extensively.Īt the time of this article, Final Draft 12 only has been released for a day or two, so watch out for future updates on my user experience. For example, you could use the upper lane for acts and the lower one for scene sequences. You can use the top two rows to outline your story. You can resize it up and down and also zoom in and out. It’s this little strip at the top of the window, and now, it’s not so little anymore, because they added a whole bunch of features and gave it a new name. The Outline Editor is what was called the Story Map before. So, all in all, I think the additions to the Beat Board functionality are great and they’re going in the right direction, so I guess they will be adding more functionality in the future. I would like to have different ones for different things. I was hoping they would update that, but no.Īlso, you’re still restricted to one beat board. You can only export the Beat Board as one big pdf file, there is no possibility to get your text or image information from the beat board out to another structured data format. In terms of exporting the Beat Board, you’re still restricted to pdf. Both participants of the collaboration can see the changes and movements on the beat board in real time. When someone changes a beat, that beat is locked until editing is finished. The collaboration works the same way as in version 11, just that now you can collaborate not only on the script, but also on Notes, in Track Changes mode, on the Beat Board and on the Outline Editor. Now, in version 12 you also can collaborate on ScriptNotes and on the Beat Board. Version 11 of Final Draft already had live collaboration on the script itself. You can also change the color of the connections. You can connect them with lines or arrows if you drag them on top of each other, or select them and them connect them via the right click menu. |