Draft Programme of Work

Theme: Meeting the challenge of employment in Africa

Twenty-fifth meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance Planning and Economic Development

Ouagadougou
10 - 13 May 2006

Wednesday 10 May
9:30 - 10:30 hours

Opening of the Meeting

  • Brief opening remarks by the Chairperson of the outgoing Bureau of the Committee of Experts, Representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

  • Opening address by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

  • Statement by the Representative of the Ministry of Economics and Development, Burkina Faso
10:30 - 11:00 hours

Election of the Bureau

Adoption of the Draft Agenda and Draft Programme of Work
11:00 - 11:15 hours Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 - 13:00 hours Session I: Presentation and discussion of the Survey of economic and social conditions in Africa 2005 and prospects for 2006
13:00 - 15:00 hours Lunch Break
15:00 - 18:00 hours

Session II: Presentation and discussion on the theme of the Conference - Meeting the challenge of employment in Africa
   

Thursday 11 May
9:30 - 11:30 hours Session III: Presentation and discussion of the Report on Progress in Aligning Poverty Reduction Strategies with Millennium Development Goals
11:30 - 12:00 hours Coffee/Tea Break
12:00 - 13:00 hours

Session IV: Statutory Issues

  • Consideration of the Annual Report on the work of the Commission, 2006
13:00 - 14:30 hours Lunch Break
14:30 - 16:30 hours

Session IV (continued): Statutory Issues

  • ECA's response to the 2005 World Summit Outcome

  • Other issues
16:30 - 17:00 hours Any other business
   

Friday 12 May

  
9:00 - 17:00 hours

Preparation of the draft report by the secretariat
18:00 - 19:30 hours

Session VI: Consideration and adoption of the draft report of the Committee of Experts and draft resolutions
19:30 - 20:00 hours Closure of the Meeting