In order to speed up restructuring and reform processes in Africa, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) introduced a subregional approach to the work of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry on the formulation of a subregional programme to introduce a value-chain approach to industrialization in Africa and, in this context, the first subregional meeting took place in October 2002 with the objective of translating the NEPAD objectives into achieving sustainable economic and industrial growth.
Dans ce contexte, la première réunion sous-régionale, tenue en octobre 2002, visait à atteindre les objectifs du NEPAD en instaurant une croissance économique et industrielle durable.