Thirty-fourth session of the Commission/
Twenty-fifth meeting of the Conference of Ministers/Ninth Meeting of the Conference of
African Ministers of Finance
Programme of Work
Algiers, Algeria, 8 -
10 May 2001
Tuesaday 8 May 2001
10:30 –
11:30
Opening
ceremony
His Excellency,
President Bouteflika, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
United Nations Secretary-General’s Message
Short break
12:00 - 13:30
Statement by Mr. K.Y.
Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA
Statement on behalf of Mr.
Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General, OAU
Statement by Mr. Jean Claude Faure, Chairman, Development Assistance
Committee, OECD
Statement by outgoing Chair, Honourable Minister,
Mr. Simba Makoni, Zimbabwe
Election of the Bureau
Remarks by incoming Chairman of the Conference
Adoption of the Draft Programme of Work
12:30 - 15:00
Lunch
15:00 - 19:00
Plenary
Session I:
Presentation on the
Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP)
General Discussion
Wednesday 9 May 2001
09:00 – 12:00
Plenary
Session II:
Mobilizing Resources for
a major response to AIDS in Africa
Part 1: Vastly expanded financial resources for AIDS - Why
and how?
Part 2: Putting HIV/AIDS in the Mainstream of the Development
Agenda
12:00
– 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 18:00
Visit organized by the
Algerian Government
Thursday 10 May 2001
08:30
– 10:30
Thematic
Session:
Economic Governance
Coffee break
10:30
– 12:30
Plenary
Session III:
Consideration of the
Ministerial Statement
12:30
- 13:30
Plenary
Session IV:
Consideration of
TEPCOW Report
13:30
– 15:00
Lunch
15:00 -
16:30
Thematic
Session:
Attracting Foreign
Direct Investment in Africa
16:30 -
17:30
Briefing by the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the second Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF II)
Coffee break
18:00
Adoption of the
Ministerial Statement and closure of the Conference