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- Draft Provisional List of Conferences, Meetings, Seminars and Workshops
  Covering the period from January to December 2000, in Chronological Order.

 
NOTE: All meetings, seminars and workshops are subject to confirmation. An official letter of invitation for each meeting, seminar and workshop will constitute the final confirmation.
January
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.1 17-19UNCC, Addis Ababa High level stakeholders meeting on sustainable development
SW.1 19-21, Kigali, Rwanda National workshop to approve National Information Communication Information Plan
SW.2 Dates to be determined UNCC, Addis Ababa National Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting for Ethiopia (English)
SSNM.2 25-27Accra, Ghana Seventh Annual meeting of the Interagency Group for Water in Africa
SW.3 26-27UNCC, Addis Ababa Validation workshop of the capacity building programme for gender mainstreaming in ECA divisions (English)
February
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.3 7-8 Cape Town, South Africa Meeting of the Bureau of the Second Conference of African Ministers Responsible for the Development and Utilization of Mineral and Energy Resources in Africa
SSNM.4 Dates and venue to be determined Meeting of the Joint Secretariat and Chief Executives of OAU/ECA/ADB
SW.4 Dates and venue to be determined ECA/EDI/ADB workshop on regulations of public and private sector participation in transport infrastructure development in Africa
SW.5 21 February- 3 MarchUNCC, Addis Ababa Training workshop on advanced database development tools: ORACLE
SSNM.5 6-10 UNCC, Addis Ababa Meeting of the Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) Task Force with consultants on the Evaluation of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa
March
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.6 6-10 UNCC, Addis Ababa Meeting of the Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) Task Force with consultants on the Evaluation of the Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa
SSNM.7 7New York, USA Meeting of the Bureau of the Committee on Women and Development
SW.6 20-24UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on corporate accounts within the framework of the 1993 system of national accounts with emphasis on the links between business and national accounts for French-speaking African countries
SSNM.8 22-24UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert group meeting on Development Strategy for Africa (Dates contingent on agreement with UNCTAD and the host country)
SSNM.9 27-29UNCC, Addis Ababa African Development Forum - 1999 post forum summit technical review meeting
SSNM.10 27-29 Lusaka, Zambia Sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa
SSNM.11 Dates to be determinedSao-Tomé, Ndjamena Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for Central African Subregion
SSNM.12 Dates to be determinedBangui, Central African Republic Ad Hoc expert meeting on women networking in central Africa
April
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.13 7-8UNCC,Addis Ababa Meeting on the development implications of civil conflicts in Africa
SSNM.14 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Meeting on forest outlook and situation for Africa
SW.7 Dates to be determinedSRDC-WA Regional seminar on the presentation of the PEDA Model
SSNM.15 Dates and venue to be determined Subregional meeting on the impact of conflict and civil society
May
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SW.8 8-11UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on regulation of public and private sector participation in the assessment infrastructure development in Africa (RCID/WDI)
SSNM.16 16-19UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert meeting on the orientation of geo-information in Africa
SSNM.17 21-23Johannesburg, South Africa African Development Forum - 1999 Post forum summit
SW.9 22-27UNCC, Addis Ababa Training workshop on the 2000 round of population and housing censuses for French-speaking African countries
SSNM.18 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa First meeting of the Steering Committee to review research proposals on women's reproductive health and household food security
SSNM.19 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Third Advisory Board meeting on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development
SSNM.20 30-31UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert group meeting on status of Africa's debt
SW.10 Dates to be DeterminedUNCC, Addis Ababa Training workshop on ECA's sustainability indicators
SW.11 29-31UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on international trade negotiations in collaboration with Conflict Resolution Centre
June
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.21 5-6 UNCC, Addis Ababa Partnership meeting on the renewal of the leadership fund
SW.12 14-15 Nairobi, Kenya Regional training seminar for women entrepreneurs in information technology (English)
SW.13 Dates and venue to be determined Workshop on air transport liberalization in West and Central Africa
SW.14 Dates to be determinedTunis, Tunisia Workshop to discuss methodology and modalities of implementing research agenda on women's reproductive health and household food security
SSNM.22 Dates to beDeterminedUNCC, Addis Ababa Youth forum (supported by Youth Unit in New York)
SW.15 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Group training/workshop on poverty and growth
SW.16 Dates to be determinedSRDC-NA Regional training on environmental and natural resources accounting (French)
SW.17 UNCC, Addis AbabaDates to be determined Regional training/workshop on poverty and growth (in collaboration with WBI)
SSNM.23 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Ad Hoc expert group meeting on assessment of policy convergence mechanisms set up for the harmonization of macro-economic policies among African countries
SSNM.24 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa African meeting on XML/IDML standards organized by ECA
July
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.25 5 UNCC, Addis Ababa Partnership meeting to agree on the feasibility and the programming of the African leadership training programme
SW.18 18-19 Lomé, Togo Regional training seminar for women entrepreneurs in information technology (French)
SW.19 Dates to be determinedSRDC-SA Regional seminar on the presentation of the PEDA Model(English)
SW.20 Dates and venue to be determined Subregional workshop on the development of codes and indicators (benchmarks) to monitor administrative governance
SW.21 Dates to be determinedYaounde, Cameroon Seminar on the management of interactions between population, agriculture and environment (PEDA model)
August
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.26 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Ad-hoc expert group meeting on indicators to assess and monitor African CSOs participation in development programmes
SW.22 29 August - 1 SeptemberUNCC, Addis Ababa Training workshop on methodology for development of indicators for the monitoring of the Platforms for Action(English-speaking Group)
September
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.27 6-8UNCC, Addis Ababa Meeting of experts of the eighth session of the Conference of the African Ministers of Finance
LMC.1 10-12UNCC, Addis Ababa Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance
SSNM.28 18-20UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert group meeting on strategic planning of effective gender mainstreaming in Africa
SSNM.29 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Second Advisory Board meeting on agriculture, population and the environment (English)
SSNM.30 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Ad-hoc expert group meeting on strengthening the effectiveness of local government financial resources management
SSNM.31 Dates to be determinedArusha, Tanzania Regional Conference on the popular participation: Ten years after adoption of the African Charter (Arusha + 10)
SSNM.32 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-CA Advisory group meeting on regional integration in Central Africa
October
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.33 9-13UNCC, Addis Ababa Tenth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development
SW.23 10-13Nazareth, Ethiopia Core workshop on concepts, tools and methods for gender mainstreaming (Group I) (English)
SSNM.34 16-19UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad-hoc expert group meeting on establishment of subregional programmes for the development of energy and mineral resources in Central Africa (French)
SW.24 17-20 Nazareth, Ethiopia Core workshop on concepts, tools and methods for gender mainstreaming (Group II)) (French)
SW.25 24-27Niamey, Niger Training workshop on methodology for development of indicators for the monitoring of the Platforms for Action (French-speaking group)
SSNM.35 Dates and venue to be determined Ad Hoc expert group meeting on establishment of subregional programmes for the development of energy and mineral resources in Central Africa
SW.26 23-28 UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on the household sector accounts within the framework of the 1993 System of National Accounts for English-speaking African countries
SW.27 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on the use of new technologies for the development and the dissemination of prototypes of common databases in the framework of the United Nations Economic, Social and Information Systems (UNESIS) (jointly organized by DISD/United Nations Statistics Division, N.Y.)
LMC.2 24-27UNCC, Addis Ababa African Ministerial Conference on Habitat II+5
SW.28 Dates to be determinedSRDC-WA Regional training on environmental and natural resources accounting
SW.29 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on new database development technologies and on organization and management of development information, including dissemination on the web and use of geo-information in statistical offices
SSNM.36 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Second meeting of the working group for the follow-up committee for the implementation of Dakar Ngor Declaration/International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action
SSNM.37 Dates and venue to be determined Ad-hoc expert group meeting on strategic framework for designing and providing support services to enhance small and medium enterprises (SMEs) regional and global competitiveness
SW.30 Dates and venue to be determined Subregional workshop to develop civil society organization capacity building programms in the area of negotiation skills for conflict prevention (jointly organized by DMD/Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR))
SSNM.38 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-CA Forum on petroleum sector in partnership with business communities (national, regional, international)
SSNM.39 Dates and venue to be determinedSRDC-SA Subregional round table conference on relations between the public and private sectors
November
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.40 9-10 UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert group meeting on investment agencies in Africa
SW.31 13-17UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on the household sector accounts within the framework of the 1993 system of National Accounts for English-speaking African countries
SW.32 20-22UNCC, Addis Ababa Seminar on harmonization of fiscal policies (English/French/Arabic needed)
SSNM.41 21UNCC, Addis Ababa Ad hoc expert group meeting on the African women Report (2000)
SW.33 Dates to be determinedUNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on new database development technologies and on organization and management of development information, including dissemination on the web and use of geo-information in statistical offices
SW.34 Dates to be determinedConakry, Guinea High level seminar for development of an Information and Communication Technology Policy Strategy for Guinea organized by Guinea Government, ECA and IDRC
SSNM.42 Dates and venue to be determined Annual forum for newly appointed, elected parliamentarians and corporate official on their role in development management
SW.35 Dates and venue to be determined Subregional workshop to develop civil society organization capacity building programms in the area of negotiation skills for conflict prevention (jointly organized by DMD/Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR))
SW.36 27 November - 1 December UNCC, Addis Ababa Workshop on the use of new technologies for the development and the dissemination of prototypes of common databases in the framework of the United Nations Economic, Social and Information System (UNESIS) (Jointly organized by DISD/UNSD)
SSNM.43 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-CA Forum on regional integration in central Africa to promote the textile sector in partnership with business communities (national, regional, international)
December
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SSNM.44 Dates and venue to be determined Corporate round table and EXPO to increase awareness on the opportunities derived from regional and global competitiveness
SW.37 Dates to be determined Yaounde, Cameroon SRDC-CA Workshop on natural resources accounting
Other Meetings
Serial Number Date and Venue Event
SW.38 Dates and venue to determined SRDC-CA Workshop on the use of analytical tools and database to develop analytical and negotiation capacities
SSNM.45 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-SA Ad-hoc expert meeting on gender networking in Southern Africa
SW.39 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-SA Seminar on the management of interaction between population, agriculture and environment (PEDA model)
SW.40 Dates and venue to be determined SRDC-SA Subregional workshop on natural resources accounting
Definitions
ACW African Centre for Women
PPFED Programme Planning, Finance and Evaluation Division
DMD Development Management Division
RCID Regional Cooperation and Integration Division
DISD Development Information Services Division
FSSDD Food Security and Sustainable Development Division
ESPD Economic and Social Policy Division
SRDC Subregional Development Centre
2/ T Translation Services required during the Conference
I Interpretation services required for the Conference
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