Day 1: Monday 11 October: Opening Ceremony

Welcoming address by:

• Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA

Opening statements by:

• A representative of the African Development Bank
• A representative of the African Union
• H.E.Mr. Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister

Venue: Conference Rooms 1 and 2

Plenary Session 1

Chair: K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA

Keynote Address: Governance, the challenge for our leaders

Speaker: Ms. Gertrude Mongella, Chairperson of the Pan African Parliament and Former Secretary General of the Beijing Conference on Women

Venue: Conference Room 1 and 2

Objectives:

This keynote address will cover the issue of governance from a broad and popular perspective. The speaker will make the case that improvements in governance, human rights, peace and security are the necessary pre-conditions for sustainable human development in Africa. The speaker will also make the point that good governance provides an enabling environment for economic and human development, ensuring the prevention of conflicts and enabling the private sector to deliver economic growth, and give voice to civil society and the voiceless. The speech will also affirm the central role of transparency and accountability in government, recognizing that democratic, transparent, and accountable governance in all sectors of society provides an indispensable foundation on which to build social and people-centreed sustainable development. Finally, the speaker will challenge African leaders to summon the necessary political will to improve and sustain good governance in Africa.

Keynote Address: Building a Capable State

Speaker: Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Chairperson of the Governance Reform Commission, Liberia

Objectives:

The speaker will discuss the key elements and challenges of good governance and will make the case for institutionalizing Capable States in Africa, as a means of achieving Africa's development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The speaker will argue that a capable state is a prerequisite, in Africa, for efficient and accountable institutions, under-girded by the rule of law. All these are required to promote human development, protect human rights, prevent and resolve conflicts, enable a flourishing private sector, and empower people to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Finally, the speaker will address the key components of capacity building and its attendant challenges, and at the same time will call on African leaders and policy-makers to design and develop effective measures that enhance good governance and sustainable development.

Reception at the Hilton Hotel

Day 2: Tuesday 12 October 2004

Meeting of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) - Interactive Ethiopia (Parallel to ADF)

Venue: Conference Room 4

Objectives:

The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) - Interactive Ethiopia is the third in a series of five regional meetings the Commission will organize in Africa. The objective of the interactive meetings are: (i) to promote Civil Society Organization's reflections on the issues of AIDS and governance; (ii) to inform civil society of the work of CHGA; and (iii) to obtain civil society inputs into CHGA's own deliberations and recommendations. This meeting will focus on two central themes: (i) Impact of HIV/AIDS on Rural Livelihoods, and (ii) HIV/AIDS and Food Security.

ADF Plenary Session 2

Venue: Conference Rooms 1 & 2

Chair: Mr. Georges Nzongola, Director, Oslo Governance Centre, Oslo, Norway.

Special Presentations:

Africa Governance Report (AGR)

Presenter: Mr. Okey Onyejekwe, Regional Advisor, Development Policy and Management Division, Economic Commission for Africa

Objectives:

The ECA project, "Measuring and Monitoring Good Governance in Africa", is a pioneering initiative in promoting good governance by tracking governance indicators in 28 countries. Its findings formed the basis for the Africa Governance Report (AGR). The session will share the methodology, findings and results of the AGR and give account of the governance challenges in Africa.

Panelist

Representative, African Development Bank;

Mr. Jeffrey Katz, Manager, Partnerships and External Affairs Group Africa Region, World Bank; and

Mr. Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);

The African Gender and Development Index Report

Presenters: Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Director, African Centre for Gender and Development, Economic Commission for Africa

Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo Senior Economic Affairs Officer, African Centre for Gender and Development, Economic Commission for Africa

Objectives:

The African Women's Report (AWR) is a strategic information and communication tool that provides for gender analysis of national, sub-regional and regional policy frameworks and also follows up and records progress, best practices and new priorities on the status of women in Africa. The AWR will provide a baseline for measuring progress on the impact of the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action. The presentation will highlight for the first time the introduction in the AWR of an African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) in selected African countries as a measure of gender equality, equity and gaps between men and women and therefore allow for an objective way to measure both the achievements and the limits of progress.

Discussant: Hon. Mr. Essop Pahad, Minister in the Presidency in-charge of the Office of the Status of Women, the Child, Disabled and Youth, South Africa

Plenary Session 3

New International Standards for Governance: Applying the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)

Chair: Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, New York

Venue: Conference rooms 1 & 2

Speaker: Ms. Marie-Angelique Savane, Chairperson, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel

Respondents: APRM Focal Points:

Mr. Donald Kaberuka, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda;

Mr. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Minister of Planning and National Development and NEPAD Steering Committee Member, Kenya;

Mr. Kojo J. Assan, Director, NEPAD, Ghana; and

Mr. Jaya Krishna Cuttaree, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauritius

Objectives:

In keeping with the commitment of African leaders to enhance and deepen governance in Africa, the 6^th summit of the Heads of States and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC), held in March 2003, adopted the Memorandum of Understanding on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Declaration on Democracy, political, economic and corporate governance. The APRM is a self-monitoring, self-assessment mechanism, which is voluntarily endorsed by member states on the following four core areas: Democracy and Good Political Governance; Economic Governance and Management; Socio-Economic Development; and Corporate Governance. It is anticipated that this exercise, will lead to the adoption of codes and standards in those core areas. Thus far, 23 countries have acceded to the APR and Ghana, Rwanda, Mauritius and Kenya have already commenced the process, with a few more to follow soon. No country has yet gone entirely through the process, which means that the final review steps are yet to be fully devised.

The session, in essence, will be a progress report on the APRM process, featuring the Chair of the APRM Panel and representatives of the four countries most advanced in the review process. The keynote speaker will present the key objectives: of the APRM, its expectations, the key challenges that lie ahead throughout the five stages of the process, sustainability and country ownership and, more especially, ways and means of implementing the Programme of Action at the end of the process. The focal points from Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Mauritius will discuss and share the lessons learnt from the Country Support Missions in their respective countries.

Opening of the 7th Regional Conference on Beijing + 10 - Ministerial Conference on the Decade Review of the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action [Parallel to ADF IV]

Venue: Conference Room 2

Chair: The Chair of the 6^th African Regional Conference on Women (Republic of Congo)

Opening statements by:

• Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
• Ms. Gertrude Mongella, Secretary General of the fourth World Conference on Women and Chairperson of the Pan African Parliament;
• H.E. Ms. Chantal Compaore, First Lady of Burkina Faso;
• Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU);
• Ms. Jeanne Dambendzet, Minister in charge of the Advancement of Women, Republic of Congo

Objectives:

On this day, the 7^th Regional Conference on Beijing + 10 will open, review achievements and challenges in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in Africaß and address progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. The overall objective of the conference will be to endorse Africa's review and appraisal process of the Beijing +10 Platform for Action. The Conference will have inputs from the sub-regions, the sub-regional and regional intergovernmental institutions, the NGO regional meeting and the UN agencies in Africa. The conference will review the sub-regional evaluation reports and will facilitate the distillation of the regional consensus on priority gender issues and the way forward. It is the outcome of this process that will constitute Africa's input into the global Beijing + 10 review process.

Plenary Session 4

Keynote address: Traditional systems of governance and the modern state

Venue: Conference Room 1

Chair: Mr. Benjamin Nwabueze, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Lagos, Nigeria

Speakers: His Majesty Kgosi Leruo T. Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Kingdom, South Africa

His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene of Ghana

Discussants: Mr. Olara Otunnu, Under Secretary General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; and

Chief Eone Batha Bienvenue, Division of Matomb, Nyong et Kelle, Province of the Centre, Cameroon

Objectives:

In many rural areas of Africa traditional leaders provide the link between large numbers of people and modern forms of elected government. The session will examine traditional modes of governance and assess aspects of indigenous leadership that are in accord with basic tenets of modern democratic values or have adapted to contemporary political realities, focusing particularly on the value of traditional methods of dispute resolution. Although some customary systems may be perceived as being outdated and incompatible with economic development, there is room for flexibility in many of these structures and significant benefits to convergence.

Coffee Break

Breakout Sessions I

Five focus groups parallel sessions:

General Objectives:

These sessions will build on the online discussions held by the various focus groups in the lead up to ADF IV. Recommendations from these sessions will feed into the outcome document of the Forum. The discussions at the plenary will come up with concrete recommendations and specific questions addressing governance deficits and capacity building. Each Focus Group will prepare its recommendations and specific questions to be directed to the High Level Dialogue with Stakeholders in Plenary Session 10.

Breakout Session 1: Sub-regional perspectives on governance in Africa

Venue: Conference Room 1

Chair/Moderator: Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Director, Institute for Democratic & Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Panelists:

Mr. Nixon Khembo, Lecturer, University of Malawi;

Mr. Gyimah-Boadi, Director, Centre for Democratic Development, Ghana;

Mr. Dieudonne Oyono, Coordinator, National Governance Programme, Cameroon;

Mr. Faustin B. Ntibangana, Advisor, Cabinet Office of the State Minister Responsible for Good Governance, Burundi;

Mr. Abdelouahib Ourzik, Research Director, Institut Supérieur de lAdministration, Maroc

Objectives:

Building on the discussions and consensus reached during the sub-regional workshops, this session is expected to bring out issues specific to each subregion and their harmonization with generic continental governance agenda. It is expected to lead to a harmonized ADFIV governance agenda and plan of action.

Breakout Session 2: Parliament and Governance

Venue: Conference Room 3

Convener/Moderator: Mr. Abdelgadir Abdalla, Secretary General, African Parliamentary Union, Cote d'Ivoire

Discussant: Mr. Kasuka Mutukwa, Secretary-General-SADC Parliamentary Forum, Zambia

Objectives:

Convened by the Abidjan-based African Parliamentarian Union (APU), this group will reflect on the legislature as an important arm of government and its crucial role in establishing necessary checks and balances to the Executive. It will expand on issues of independence and moving beyond rubber stamping pre-determined laws and initiatives, legislative activism, standards of transparency and accountability, training and skill-building needs, particularly in the areas of policy analysis and review and budget control.

Breakout Session 3: Traditional Governance

Venue: Conference Room 5

Convener/Moderator: Mr. M. Motshekga, Kara Heritage Institute, South Africa

Discussants: Mr. Kidane Mengisteab, Head, African-American Studies, Pennsylvania, State University, USA

Objectives:

Convened by the Kara Heritage Institute, this group will look at the roles traditional authorities play in rural societies and the necessary changes and compromises underway to incorporate democratic principles in a quest to modernize local governance. Discussions will cover modes of succession, checks on power, management of public revenues, consultative forums, inclusiveness, and the need to collect and preserve oral histories.

Breakout Session 4: Local governance and participatory development

Venue: Conference Room 6

Convener/Moderator: Mr. Hans Binswanger, The World Bank, Washington D.C, USA

Discussant: Mr. Alex Gboyega, Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Objectives:

Convened by the World Bank, this group will reflect on the linkage between local governance, which in most cases promotes participation, and political inclusion through decentralizing government structures for equitable distribution of basic goods and services. The discussion will address challenges posed as a result of the marked absence of local government institutions, how to enhance the decentralization process to make it an instrument for active and participatory democracy.

Breakout Session 5: HIV/AIDS and Governance

Venue: Conference Room: 4

Moderator: Ms. Monique Rakotomalele, UNFPA Representative

Objectives:

Convened by the ECA-based Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa, this group will discuss the challenges the pandemic presents to the maintenance of state structures given the serious loss of human resources across all sectors. It will reflect on the particular institutional challenges related to the biggest service delivery operation ever to be considered across the continent, namely extending anti-retroviral treatment (ART) to millions.

Day 3: Wednesday 13 October 2004

Plenary Session 5

Panel on Corruption and Governance

Venue: Conference Room 1

Chair: Mr. Joseph Diescho, Lecturer, South Africa

Speaker: Mr. Morena Seeiso B. Seeiso, Principal Chief of Matsieng, the Kingdom of Lesotho

Discussant: Mr.Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Senior Legal Officer for Africa, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, USA

Objectives:

Corruption is a governance issue. It has a crippling effect on national development for any country as it undermines the rule of law, weakens public institutions, reinforces socio-economic inequalities, and promotes wastages and mis-allocation and impacts negatively on the poor. Since corruption has a corrosive effect on accountability, it undermines state responsiveness to its citizens in the provision of public services. In other words, corruption erodes the legitimacy of the state due to the lack of trust and faith the people develop towards their government. The two speakers will present perspectives on the root causes as well as the institutional weaknesses, deteriorating economic conditions that make corruption socially condoned as a means of livelihood, the role of external actors including multi-national foreign companies, and the general lack of institutional transparency that promotes corrupt behavior among public officials. The panel will also discuss the growing awareness on the part of African leadership and citizens about the damaging effects of corruption and their demand of zero tolerance stance against corruption and the need to show the desired political will to stamp it out of national life.

11:15-13:00

Breakout Sessions II

Four focus groups parallel sessions:

General Objectives:

These sessions will build on the online discussions held by the various focus groups in the lead up to ADF IV. Recommendations from these sessions will feed into the outcome document of the Forum. The discussions at the plenary will come up with concrete recommendations and specific questions addressing governance deficits and capacity building. Each Focus Group will prepare its recommendations and specific questions to be directed to the High Level Dialogue with Stakeholders in Plenary Session 10.

Breakout Session 6: Governance for private sector development and partnership

Venue: Conference Room 6

Convener/Moderator: Mr. Karugor Gatamah, Executive Director, Private Sector Corporate Governance Trust

Discussants: Mr Yusuf Turundu, African Business Roundtable, South Africa; and

Mr. Ermias Armelga, The East African Enterprise Network

Objectives:

Co-convened by the Johannesburg-based Africa Business Round Table (ABR) and the Private Sector Corporate Governance Trust, this group will take up the processes and structures necessary for creating a corporate governance architecture that encourages a strong and vibrant private sector. It will examine policy and regulatory frameworks, means for combating corruption, business standards and codes of conduct, and public-private partnerships.

Breakout session 7: Public institutions and effective service delivery

Venue: Conference Room 5

Convener/Moderator: African Development Bank

Discussant: Mr. Galase Mutahaba, Chief Technical Adviser - Public Service Management, the President's Office, Republic of Tanzania

Objectives:

Convened by the African Development Bank, this session will reflect on the nature and challenge faced by African governments to build public institutions capable of promoting good governance, improving reach, efficiency, and sustainability of basic services. Key areas for examination will be how public institutions can be encouraged to function transparently and without undue interferences while being held accountable.

Breakout session 8: ICTs and Governance

Venue: Conference Room 3

Convener/Moderator: Development Information Services Division-ECA

Presenter: Mr. Gialuca Misuraca, Advisor, Governance and Public Administration, CAFRAD, Morocco

Discussants: Mr. Dayo Ogunyemi, Legal Expert, New York, USA

Mr. Kagai B. Kanuri, Coordinator, FOSSFA

Objectives:

Convened by ECA's Development Information Services Division (DISD), this group will reflect on how technologies can spearhead changes in the ways governments deliver services and information. The discussion on e-government will consider the necessary elements for readiness, infrastructure challenges, and success stories in improving government efficiency and effectiveness in various sectors and African realities.

Breakout session 9: Media and Governance

Venue: Press Room

Convener/Moderator: Akwe Amosu, Senior Communication Advisor - ECA

Presenter: Mr. Manoah Esipisu, Senior Reporter, Reuters Southern Africa Bureau.

Discussant: Ms. Audrey Brown, Journalist and news anchor.

Objectives:

Convened by the ECA Communication Team, this group will discuss the ongoing role of the media (state, private, public, nongovernmental, national and community; broadcast, print and internet) in promoting good governance. It will focus on the media's role in the creation and safeguarding of a vibrant and informed "open society" and an enhanced democratic culture through ensuring transparency and accountability, empowering the voiceless, promoting dialogue on policy and providing a space for free expression.

Ministerial Conference on Beijing + 10 (Continued - Parallel to ADF)

Venue: Conference Room 2

Meeting of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) - Third CHGA Commissioners Meeting (Closed Session Parallel to ADF)

Venue: Conference Room 4

Chair: Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, Under Secretary General of the UN

Objectives:

CHGA Commissioners will meet on October 13th, 2004 in a closed session to review progress made to date and plan the way forward. CHGA is a UN Commission, chaired by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), K.Y. Amoako. Twenty Commissioners guide the Commission's work and also serve as goodwill ambassadors or champions of the issue.

Plenary Session 6

Institutions for Effective Governance

Chair: Ms. Frene Noshir Ginwala, former Speaker of the Parliament, South Africa

Presentations:

Towards an Independent and Effective Judiciary in Africa

Speaker: Mr. A. M. Akiwumi, Former Lord President, Court of Justice of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Objectives:

In most African countries, the judiciary has been the weakest and least independent of the three branches of government. Besides the general problem of inadequate countervailing centres of power, the judiciary in Africa is also found to have serious structural or systemic weaknesses that undermine the enforcement of the rule of law and the protection of individual citizens rights. The AGR, based on in-depth National Country Reports on Governance prepared by ECA, has identified, among others, three major challenges that have impeded the ability of the judiciary to exercise its functions efficiently and effectively in African states. These challenges include lack or limited independence, low integrity, weak and minimal capacity.

The presenter will address the issues of separation of powers and checks and balances as important and indispensable components of good governance. The centrality of the judiciary in upholding the rule of law and the due process of the law and also as the arbiter in constitutional disputes between the legislature and the executive arms of the government will also be discussed. The presenter will discuss ways and means of addressing these challenges and institutionalizing/sustaining the proposed reforms and changes.

Political Parties in the context of legislative effectiveness

Speaker: Mr. Wycliff Bakandonda, Advisor, Reform Agenda, Uganda

Mr. Peter Ollo Aringo, Member of the Parliament, Member of the Constitutional Review, Kenya

Objectives:

Political parties in Africa are key institutional instruments in the consolidation of democracy and the political process in Africa, as elsewhere. They play a critical role in the democratization process by establishing alternative discourses and viable alternatives, both in terms of policy and outcomes of good governance. The challenge for African political parties, therefore, is their formal institutionalization.

The AGR has identified various factors to determine how well parties are institutionalized and whether a genuine multi-party democracy exists in a country. These include, among others, internal governance of parties, diversity in the social base and inclusiveness of parties, the extent to which there is a level playing field for parties, and the degree of interaction with civil society and public policy community.

The presenter will discuss the issue of political party institutionalization in terms of the degree of complexity, adaptability, identification and financial autonomy from state structures, internal governance and power centralization, social inclusiveness and civil society characteristics.

Plenary Session 7

Venue: Conference Room 1

Chair: Mr Salim Ahmed Salim, Chairman of Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation and former Secretary General of OAU, Tanzania

Presentations:

Public Voice and Accountability: The Growing Influence of Civil Society in Africa

Presenter: Mr. Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, CIVICUS, South Africa

Objectives:

Over the past two decades, political and development discourse has rightly come to give great prominence to the activities of civil society. It is now generally recognized that the collaboration and participation of civil society is frequently a crucial factor in the success of development initiatives. Civil society is closer than most government actors to the grassroots of the community, with consequent advantages both in the ability to mobilize at levels government may find difficult to reach in response to grassroots needs.

The pursuit of good governance affords a development initiative for which involvement of civil society is profoundly important. Civil society is an increasingly crucial agent for enhancing popular empowerment, enforcing political accountability, and improving the quality and inclusiveness of governance.

This presentation will address the issue of the inclusion of civil society in terms of the formation of public policy, transparent governance and access to information and the role of civil society in enhancing state performance.

Human Rights and Good Governance in Africa

Presenters: Mr. Adama Dieng, Registrar, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania; and

Justice Amina Augie, Court of Appeal, Benin City, Nigeria

Objectives:

It is generally recognized that an active civil society is essential for combating injustice. In some countries violations of citizens' rights and the rule of law are central problems; in others, the focus might be the failure of the judicial process to respect human rights and natural justice. Whatever the type of injustice, the potential of civil society to reduce it must never be discounted. The difficult questions relate to finding ways and means of promoting human rights within the context of good governance in Africa.

This presentation will discuss the issues of social justice, rights and rule of law as they relate to: (i) advocacy by human rights organizations; (ii) the role of civil society organizations in defending human rights through official legal processes; and (iii) political obstacles to efforts by civil society to counter injustice and bring about social and political justice and the rule of law.

Day 4: Thursday 14 October 2004

Plenary Session 8

Impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa's capacity to govern and the challenge of Scaling-up Treatment

Venue: Conference Rooms 1

Opening remarks by: Mr. Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia and Patron of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA)

Moderator: Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA and Chairperson of CHGA

Panel: Selected Commissioners of the UN Secretary-General Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA)

Objectives:

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a unique and unprecedented crisis, unlike the many other development problems facing Africa in its scale, nature and implications. Across the continent, HIV/AIDS is significantly reshaping the demographic structure of communities, diminishing the capacity of states for sustainable development while simultaneously reducing their ability to maintain what has been secured over past decades in terms of social and economic growth. The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) represents the first occasion on which the continent most affected by HIV/AIDS will lead an effort to examine the epidemic in all its aspects and likely future implications.

The aim of this plenary session will be to highlight critical issues facing African governments in mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS. The session is structured around two core issues: Scaling-up Treatment; and Impact of HIV/AIDS on Human Capacity.

Coffee Break

Plenary Session 8 (Con't)

Impact of HIV/AIDS on Africa's capacity to govern and the challenge of Scaling-up Treatment

Plenary Session 9

Mutual Accountability and Good Governance in Africa: The Role of Development Partners

Venue: Conference Room 1

Chair: Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

Development Partners Panel:

• Ms. Anna Maria Agnes Van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Minister for Development Cooperation, Netherlands;
• Ms. Hilde Johnson, Minister of International Development, Norway;
• Mr. Paul Hunt, Vice President, Africa and Middle East Branch, CIDA
• Mr. Bengt Säve-söderbergh, Ambassador (former Secretary-General, International IDEA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Respondent: Mr. Gerald Ssendaula, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda; Chair of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Objectives:

In the context of mutual accountability for development outcomes as articulated in NEPAD, the aim of this session is to give development partners the opportunity to share their perspectives on how their development agencies are addressing institutional and technical capacity gaps in governance systems and processes in Africa and how they are adapting their assistance programmes to the principles of transparency and accountability.

Closed Session on Priorities for Implementation (Parallel to Session 9)

Venue: Conference Room 5

Objectives:

This will be a parallel closed session in which representatives of the ECA, ADB, AU, and Focus Groups, including the two Crosscutting Theme Groups, Regional Organizations, Regional Economic Communities, selected governments and experts will discuss the key findings of the Forum.

Closing of the Ministerial Session on Beijing + 10

Venue: Conference Room 2

Chair: Chairperson of the Bureau of the 7^th African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+10)

Keynote: Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Director, African Centre for Gender and Development, Economic Commission for Africa; and

Ms Marie-Angelique Savane, Chairperson, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel

Adoption of the Report and Closing of the Conference on Beijing + 10

Day 5: Friday 15 October 2004

Plenary Session 10: High Level Dialogue with Stakeholders

Chair: Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

Objectives:

In the spirit of previous African Development Forums, the Executive Secretary of the ECA will moderate a discussion between stakeholder representatives, Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, and high-level African personalities. This will be preceded by a keynote speech by Mr Wolfensohn.

Plenary Session 11: Closing Ceremony

Venue: Conference Rooms 1 and 2

Chair: Mr. Gerald Ssendaula, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda; Chair of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

• Report-back, Beijing +10
• Adoption of the ADF IV Consensus Statement
• Messages from the Youth
• Closing remarks by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA