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Day 3 - 18 November 2006

	Consensus Statement [Arabic]
	Closing remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
	Youth forum ends with pledge to boost youth potential Press Release Addis Ababa, 18 November - The African Development Forum (ADF-V) closed on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus statement vowing, among other issues, to enhance youth capacity and empowerment.
	Youngsters want access to their political leaders Addis Ababa, 18 November - Young people attending ADF-V had frank exchanges of opinion with political leaders who came to speak to them on Saturday.
	African youth charter [ Arabic \| Portuguese ]
	AFRICAN Youth Development and Empowerment: Sharing Experiences that Work
	The process of the African Youth Charter and the role of youth in its popularization and ratification Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima [Power Point]
	ADF Today Issue no. 3
	Video Clip: Farewell to Kofi Annan
	Photo Gallery

Day 2 - 17 November 2006

	The African youth deliberate on ICTs and entrepreneurship Addis Ababa, 17 November - Over 100 youth delegates from all over Africa deliberated on ICT & Youth entrepreneurship during the ADF V Breakout Session, which was held on 16th November 2006 organised by the ICT, Science and Technology Division.
	Audio Clips:
	Youth and HIV/AIDS Youth courage Opening of ADF-V (Copyright BBC)
	Statement by Dr Salim Ahmed Salim
	Youth and Political Development Draft Thematic Issue Paper
	Introductory Presentation: Youth and Social Development Ms. Fama Hane BA UNFPA Africa Director
	Presentation by Edford G. Mutuma Chairperson Africa Youth and Adolescent Network on Population and Development
	ADF Today Issue no. 2
	Photo Gallery

Day 1 - 16 November 2006

	Video Clip: Opening Ceremony
	ADF-V kicks off under youth theme Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi formally opened ADF-V, Thursday 16 November at the UNCC, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
	Speech by Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General
	Statement by Dr. Donald Kaberuka President of the African Development Bank Group
	Statement by two Representatives of the Youth Edwina Orowe and Addisu Tegegn
	ADF Today Issue no. 1
	Photo Gallery

ICT Youth and Entrepreneurship Breakout Session
::	Consensus statement and the way forward
::	Report
::	Programme
Presentations
::	Accelerating Freedom and Realistic ICT-led Change in Africa, Gbenga Sesan [Power Point]
::	ICT for Enhanced Service Delivery in Countries in Southern Africa: Case of E-Governance Luke Wasonga [Power Point]
::	ICT – Enabled Youth Social Enterprises Abdallah Diwan [Power Point]
::	Career and Professional Development using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Funto Akinkugbe [Power Point]
::	ICT Youth-led initiatives In Africa Ouédraogo Sylvestre [Power Point]
::	iVolunteer Rahul Nainwal [Power Point]
::	Youth entrepreneurship in ICT for Development, Reality and Perspectives, Morocco experience Ms Houda Chakiri [Power Point]
::	ITU/BDT/HRD Youth Programme [Power Point]
::	ICT for Enhanced Service Delivery in Countries in Southern Africa: Case of E-Governance Luke Wasonga [Power Point]

Pre-ADF V

	ADF V: eSkills for Youth Entrepreneurship Addis Ababa, 15 November - More than 55 African youth, representing all of ECA's member States participated in a one day intensive skills building programme on Blogging and e-commerce at the Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA).
	Youth involvement vital for Africa's future, speakers note Addis Ababa, 13 November – The fifth African Development Forum (ADF-V), which gets underway in Addis Ababa later this week, is aimed at giving “meaningful expression” to youth issues in Africa.
	Young Africans to pay tribute to Kofi Annan at 5th African Development Forum Press Release, 10 November 2006
	Invitation to press briefing Media Advisory No.02/2006
	Youth and Economic Development in Africa [Arabic] An Issue Paper
	Young people and leadership [Arabic]
	Draft Annotated Programme of Work 16 - 18 November
	Aide memoire 16 - 18 November
	Pre-ADF Programme of Work [Arabic] 14 – 15 November

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