AGENDA 2063 The Africa We Want A CALL TO ACTION 70. We are deeply conscious that Africa in 2015 stands at a crossroads and we are determined to transform the continent and ensure irreversible and universal change of the African condition. 71. We recognize that, although Island States face problems similar to other African countries, they nevertheless have their own peculiar characteristics, vulnerabilities and strengths, which have been taken into account in Agenda 2063. 72. We hereby adopt Agenda 2063, as a collective vision and roadmap for the next fifty years and therefore commit to speed-up actions to: a. Eradicate poverty in the coming decades, through enhanced investment in the productive capacities (skills and assets) of our people, improving incomes, creating jobs and providing basic necessities of life. b. Provide opportunities for all Africans to have decent and affordable housing in clean, secure and well planned environments by: • Providing access to affordable and decent housing to all in sustainable human settlements; • Ensuring effective and territorial planning and land tenure, use and management systems; • Ensuring balanced development of all human settlements while embracing a rural urban continuum; and • Improving the livelihoods of the great percentage of the people working and living in slums and informal settlements. c. Catalyse education and skills revolution and actively promote science, technology, research and innovation, to build knowledge, human capital, capabilities and skills to drive innovations and for the African century: • Expand universal access to quality early childhood, primary and secondary education; • Expand and consolidate gender parity in education; • Strengthen technical and vocational education and training through scaled up investments, establishment of a pool of high-quality TVET centres across Africa, foster greater links with industry and alignment to labour markets, with a view to improve the skills profile, employability and 14