2nd Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Cairo, Egypt
Draft Programme of Work
Saturday, 6 June 14:00 – 15:00 hours Opening of the Conference • Opening remarks by the Chairperson
of the outgoing Bureau of the Conference. 15:00 – 15:15 hours Coffee/tea break 15:15 – 15:45 hours Election of the Bureau 15:45 – 16:00 hours Adoption of the
draft agenda and programme of work 16:00 – 19:00 hours Panel 1: Implications of the global financial and economic crisis for Africa’s long-term development • Introductory statement by His Excellency Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Minister of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt • Africa and the global economic crisis: challenges and opportunities - Mr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission • Economic and social dimensions of the crisis, including the United Nations response - Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Addressing the impact of the crisis on food security, agriculture and sustainable development - Mr. Cyril Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development • Additional compensatory measures
and development financing for African countries: Implications of
the “Group of 20” April Declaration for Africa, including
the role of the International Monetary Fund and the African Development
Bank - Dr. Leonce Ndikumana, Research Director, African Development
Bank 19:00 – 21:00 hours Reception Sunday, 7 June Session I: Ministerial policy debates (continued) 08:30 – 11:00 hours Panel 2: Fiscal policy and domestic resources mobilization: Africa’s policy options • Reflections on effective fiscal policy for domestic resources mobilization in the context of the financial crisis – Prof. John Weeks, former Director, Development Policy Research Centre, University of London • Fiscal policy formulation to address the long-term development and social impact of the crisis – Mr. Zia Qureshi, Senior Advisor, the World Bank • Taxation, debt sustainability and domestic resources mobilization - Mr. Trevor Manuel, Minister of National Planning, Republic of South Africa • The role of Official Development Assistance in enhancing domestic resources mobilization: the experience of Ethiopia – Ato Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia • Good governance and domestic resources mobilization - Mr. Martin Khor, Executive Director, the South Centre • General interactive discussion 11:00 – 11:15 hours Coffee/tea break 11:15 – 12:45 hours Session II: Consideration of the report and major recommendations of the meeting of the Committee of Experts of the 2nd Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development 12:45 – 13:30 hours Session III: Launching of the Economic Report on Africa, 2009 (brief remarks followed by a press conference by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa on the Economic Report on Africa 2009 and other topical issues) 13:30 – 15:00 hours Lunch Break 15:00 – 16:30hours Joint Economic Commission for Africa-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development side event on aid effectiveness 16:30 – 18:00hours Session IV: Consideration and adoption of the draft Ministerial Policy Statement articulating Africa’s common position on the theme of the Conference and strategy for addressing the long-term impact of the global financial and economic crisis on Africa 18:00 – 18:15 hours Any other business 18:15 – 19:00 hours Closing of
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