Calendar of events

 5-6 November, 8th regional consultation meeting of United Nations agencies and organisations working in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 19- 30 November, NEPAD-GTZ third training workshop “Train the Trainer” for East African journalists, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
 25 November, Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, Kampala, Uganda.
 27-28 November, NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative Roundtable, with the theme “Strengthening investment climate assessment and reform in NEPAD countries,” Lusaka, Zambia.

NEPAD/AMCOST
 12-16 November, Third conference of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.

APRM
 7-9 November, APRM experience-sharing workshop for countries, Algiers, Algeria.
 February 2008, Country Review Mission for Nigeria (date to be finalised).
 February 2008, APRM Country Review Mission for Uganda (date to be finalised). Source : NEPAD, 2 novembre 2007

NEPAD TV schedule

The next programme schedule for the NEPAD TV slots on the SABC Africa channel (DSTV Channel 286) is :

African Views 7 November 8pm-9pm (SA time) : This phone-in programme will feature Prof. Richard Mkandawire, Advisor, Agriculture, NEPAD Secretariat, The topic of discussion will be “Challenges for agriculture transformation in Africa” Martin Bwalya, sustainable land management lead specialist at the NEPAD Secretariat, George Mburathi, FAO resident representative in South Africa, will be members of the supporting panel.

180 Degrees 8 November 8:35am (SA time) : Robert Muyanga, marketing manager at the NEPAD Secretariat, will be interviewed. Source : NEPAD, 2 novembre 2007

Trainee diplomats visit NEPAD

A group of 20 trainee diplomats who will soon be placed in South African missions abroad recently visited the NEPAD Secretariat, where they were welcomed by the Chief Executive, Prof. Firmino Mucavele.

After addressing the trainees on the NEPAD vision and its implementation, Professor Mucavele answered questions. Asked what is meant by a NEPAD project, he said : “Any project that embodies the values of self reliance, ownership and partnership is a NEPAD project”.

He stressed that NEPAD is playing a major role in Africa’s economic renewal and told the trainees that when they are placed in their respective countries, they will not only be representing South Africa, but the entire African continent. Source : NEPAD, 2 novembre 2007