PAGE Regional Academy For Africa
Financing a just transition to green and circular economies
28 April 2025 - 23 May 2025
Organized by the International Training Centre (ITC) and PAGE, the first PAGE Regional Academy will take place in Morocco as a back-to-back event with the country’s national Green Crossroads Conference.
The Academy features two distinct phases, one on-line from 28 April to 9 May 2025 and one face-to-face in Rabat from 21 to 23 May 2025. Courses will be delivered in English and French with simultaneous translation as needed.
Financing a just transition to green and circular economies
In line with PAGE’s updated 2030 Strategy, the Academy will focus on the theme of “Financing a Just Transition to green and circular economies”, bringing together representatives from PAGE countries in the region, including Burkina Faso, Senegal, Rwanda, Morocco, South Africa, Ghana and Mauritius.
The Academy is designed to enhance knowledge and promote innovative and inclusive mechanisms to finance and implement green and just transitions across Africa. It offers a platform for peer-learning and knowledge exchange, drawing on best practices and case studies from the African context.
The PAGE Regional Academy for Africa will embed South-South cooperation as a cross-cutting approach, aligning with the PAGE 2030 Strategy, which prioritizes regional cooperation, capacity building, and peer learning to drive sustainable economic transitions. Building on PAGE’s global and regional engagement frameworks, the Academy will also serve as a catalyst for mapping future SSTC partnerships, linking them with existing intergovernmental collaboration efforts at the regional level. By reinforcing peer-learning and policy replication, the Academy will contribute to PAGE’s broader goal of scaling transformative policy solutions across the Global South.
Objectives
- Strengthen the capacities of policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders to formulate, actively participate in design and implement green and just transition strategies;
- Promote innovative solutions for financing a green economic transformation in Africa;
- Foster regional cooperation and South-South collaboration on leveraging public and private finance for a just transition and documenting SSC best practices, ensuring that policy lessons are captured, disseminated, and used to scale future partnerships;
- Encourage inclusive approaches to green economic empowerment, particularly for women and marginalized communities; and
- Facilitate hands-on learning and knowledge exchange through practical exercises and case studies.
