9-13 October, Expert working group meeting on the NEPAD e-Schools business plan, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 23-24 October, Achieving best value in human resource and skills management using ICT, Johannesburg, South Africa. For details visit www.africarecruit.com.

 29 October, NEPAD Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue II, Abuja, Nigeria.

 30-31 October, NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee Summit, Abuja, Nigeria.

 22-23 November, NEPAD Capacity Building workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 November, Africa regional nutrition strategy meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (date to be finalised).

 4-7 December, NEPAD Food Security Summit, Abuja, Nigeria. January, AU Summit 2007 : Scientific Research and Technology for Africa’s Socio-Economic Transformation.

African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST)

 15-16 October, Inter-ministerial dialogue on building an African network of Centres of Excellence in Water Sciences and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria.

 27-30 October, Congress of African scientists and policy-makers to develop specific recommendations for AU Summit 2007, Alexandria, Egypt.

 20-23 November, Extraordinary conference of AMCOST, Egypt.

Calendar of major water event

 15-16 October, Inter-ministerial dialogue on building an African network of centres of excellence in water sciences and technology, Abuja, Nigeria.

 19-20 October, Conference of river basin and lake organisations, Kampala, Uganda.

 October, AMCOW General Council meeting, Brazzaville, Congo (date to be finalised).

 27-30 November, Pan Africa Water 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Calendar of transport sector

 24-28 October, First AU conference of Ministers Responsible for Maritime Transport, Abuja, Nigeria.

 28 October - 3 November, Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Program (SSATP) annual meeting, Maseru, Lesotho.

Source : nepad news - october 13, 2006