| Draft
Agenda Joint
Meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole (TEPCOW) and the
Intergovernmental Group of Experts of the Twentyfourth Meeting of the Conference of
African Ministers of Finance
30 April - 4
May 1999 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Theme of the Conference:
The Challenges of Financing Development in Africa
Friday, 30 April 1999
9:00 - 10:30 Official Opening
Ceremony
- Statement by a Representative of the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Statement by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, United
Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Africa
- Statement by a Representative of Dr.
Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11:30 (a) Election of the
Bureau
(b) Adoption of agenda and programme
of work
11:30 - 13:00 Plenary Session I:
Discussions on the Conference Theme: The Challenges of Financing Development in Africa
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Plenary Session I
(cont.)
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Session I
(cont.)
Saturday, 1 May 1999
9:00 - 11:00 Plenary Session II:
Discussion on Current Economic and Social Situation in Africa
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Plenary Session III:
Report on the Work of the Commission, 1996-1998
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Plenary Session IV:
Coordination and Collaboration among UN Agencies at the Regional and Subregional Levels
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Session IV
(cont.)
Monday, 3
May 1999
9:00 - 11:00 Plenary Session V:
Rationalization and Harmonization of ECA-Sponsored Institutions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Plenary Session VI:
(a) Proposed Programme of Work and Priorities of ECA for the biennium 2000-2001
(b) Statutory Issues:
- Reports from Intergovernmental
Committees of Experts of the SRDCs;
- Reports from other Subsidiary Organs
of the Commission
Afternoon Free
Tuesday, 4
May 1999
Morning: Free
16:00 - 18:00 Adoption of the Report
and Closure of the Meeting |