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Against the backdrop of Afework Tekle\u2019s stained glass mural and Sudanese oud-infused lyrics, sounds and poetry, ECA\u2019s Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, Abdalla Hamdok received a warm and emotional sendoff at a standing room only gathering held in his honor in Africa Hall.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hamdok retires from the UN and is joining the private sector after dedicated service, intellectual leadership and numerous initiatives in the areas of governance, institutions and development challenges; Illicit Financial Flows from Africa; trade and regional integration; macroeconomic policy; Africa\u2019s transformation challenges, including industrialization; migration; the green economy; and statistics and economic development planning.<\/em><\/p>\n

The farewell was coordinated by Souad Aden-Osman who recalled an enriching experience, working with Mr. Hamdok from whom she said she learnt a lot, particularly on the work with civil society organizations in his role as co-chair of the panel on Illicit Financial Flows.<\/p>\n

Standing on and surrounded by scarfs with African inspired motifs, Mr. Hamdok was described by staff as a true Pan-Africanist, a diplomat, a humble man and a brilliant and disciplined mind.<\/p>\n

Mulubet Tsega described him as a selfless, compassionate diplomat, a humble man and a listener. She thanked him for the many instances he worked with the Staff Union on complex issues, including the review of the host country agreement; the smooth process through which eligible UN staff received continuous appointments; the reclassification of the duty station, the regularization of more general staff and the push for shifting the remuneration framework for the General Service Staff in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

Joe Atta-Mensah fondly recalled Hamdok\u2019s role in the push for African governments to embrace the Continental Free Trade Area, as well as the work on the conceptualization of the seminal 4th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa \u2013 ARIA 4) which provided the backdrop that led to the AU Summit decision in 2012 on the CFTA that was signed earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Andre Nonguierma expressed his appreciation on behalf of staff, for Mr. Hamdok\u2019s leadership and work ethic during the interim period (2015-2016) that provided the stability needed to continue statistics support for member states.<\/p>\n

Keiso Matashane-Marite expressed her appreciation to Hamdok\u2019s tirelessness and interventions on contractual matters of concern to staff. \u201cThe institutional memory at the top is shrinking, but you are leaving a legacy of a service well delivered, the wisdom of Solomon, dedication, humility and diligence. You set the bar high for the next generation of international civil servants,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kojo Busia elaborated on Hamdok\u2019s intellectual leadership through initiatives and strategic thinking on the African governance landscape. \u201cHe prepared the grounds for the systematic assessment of African governance systems \u2013 political, economic, corporate and social governance and instituted the methodologies for Africans to assess themselves,\u201d he said. Subsequently, NEPAD undertook the African Peer Review Mechanism and his work became the foundations for the APRM declarations in 2002.\u00a0 \u201cHis is the type of thinking that created a movement that lives long after one is gone,\u201d said Busia.<\/p>\n

Adam Elhiraika, also from Sudan, praised Hamdok for the inspiration he gave to the institution, particularly his intellectual contributions to Africa\u2019s industrialization, the thinking on the developmental state for Africa\u2019s transformation and the response this work received from Ethiopia\u2019s late Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who, as recalled Elhiraika, referred to the ECA concept note eleven times in a speech.<\/p>\n

Josue Dione, a retired staff member fondly referred to Hamdok as his \u2018little brother\u2019 and recalled their professional interactions at the African Development Bank in Abidjan and \u201cas friends and neighbours. \u201cWe both ended up at the ECA in 2001, he said and joked that they peer-reviewed each other\u2019s resignation letters.<\/p>\n

Edmond Oladipo, the longest consultant to have served with Mr. Hamdok said he was fortunate to have worked and learnt from his wisdom. \u201cI pray your children and those after them will be as fortunate as I have been,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For her part, the Executive Secretary recalled meeting Mr. Hamdok at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation on a board they both served on, as well as during the discussions on the Mo Ibrahim Index. \u201cWe have brought governance back into the work of ECA and where Mr. Hamdok started it,\u201d she said. She also thanked him for his solid guidance on the reforms and for reaching out to her when she was appointed as Executive Secretary. \u201cWe can hope that ECA continues to be sincere and honest and that it carries itself as family and hopefully, as a place that changes Africa for the better,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

A poem, read in his honor by Mercy Wambui adapted symbolisms from Sudanese author, Aboulela Leila\u2019s novel,\u00a0Lyrics Alley<\/em>. The poem drew from Hamdok\u2019s Sudanese roots and the country\u2019s tragic colonial history and situated him in the world and the thinking he now inhabits in a multilateral institution.<\/p>\n

Aida Opoku-Mensah described him as a man of great nobility and of great humility. She recalled his role in the Development thinkers group of high ranking intellectuals of the late PM Meles and as the father of modern governance thinking in Africa in the service of development in Africa. \u201cHe was poached from the AfDB, then poached by IDEA and then poached back to ECA, she said.<\/p>\n

Ms. Opoku-Mensah elaborated on his role as the father of the work on the IFFs. In 2003, Mr. Hamdok introduced the need to look at IFFs in Lilongwe, Malawi during a side event of the Conference of Ministers leading to a resolution that led to the creation of the Mbeki Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa. \u201cThat legacy is quite fortuitous – it was an inflection point. It led to an active and prolific Civil Society, the stop-the-bleeding campaign, the IFF consortium and the IFF subcommittee that have the Mbeki panel recommendations as part of their work programme. \u201cThis work goes on, irrespective of the ECA. As the father of IFFs, we are proud of your legacy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In his farewell remarks, Mr. Hamdok thanked staff, expressing his deep appreciation for the work and initiatives. \u201cIf there is any achievement that could carry my name, it was never alone. We worked together to achieve those milestones. I believe firmly in collective thinking. It is superior to any individual thinking and it\u2019s this spirit that makes this institution great, I hope this will carry on in the future,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we continue to be relevant to the African development agenda and responsive to Africa\u2019s development issues and challenges, this institution will prevail,\u201d he said, stressing that the relevance of the development challenge in the world is demonstrated in Africa and in the way the ECA partners with other institutions, such as the African Union and the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n

On Ethiopia, a country that Mr. Hamdok fondly calls \u201chome\u201d, he expressed appreciation to Ethiopians for the ongoing changes and for giving the world a female president. Ethiopia is the place I spent the longest time of my career, he said.<\/p>\n

Abdalla Hamdok and the ECA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Hamdok first joined the ECA as a Director of Regional Integration and Trade (RITD). He then left for IDEA before returning as Director of Governance and Public Administration (GPAD) and then serving as Deputy Executive Secretary\/Chief Economist (DES\/CE). He is the author of numerous publications and has led and participated in major initiatives of the ECA in supporting and addressing Africa\u2019s development challenges. These include: Governance, Institutions and Development Challenges; Illicit Financial Flows from Africa; Trade and Regional Integration; Macroeconomic Policy; Africa\u2019s Transformation Challenges including Industrialization; Migration; Green Economy; and Statistics and Economic Development Planning.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s never farewell for a patriot like you\u201d \u2013 Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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