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October 2004 BEIJING+10 AND ADF MEETINGS CLOSE, "BIG TABLE" OPENS Big Table A meeting of the annual "Big Table" opened Saturday morning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event brings together selected African finance and planning ministers, development partners from OECD countries and representatives from key development institutions and African private sector bodies. Since its establishment by the Economic Commission for Africa in 2000, the Big Table has convened three meetings and a special session in October 2003. The theme of this Big Table is Stimulating Private Investment in Africa. The 34 participants will review constraints to domestic and foreign investment in Africa, and talk about approaches and mechanisms that could help scale up private investment in the continent. Earlier Big Table meetings considered growth and poverty reduction, the critical importance of African leadership and commitment, debt sustainability, and the Africa-donor partnerships and securing financing for development. The meeting ends lunchtime on Sunday October 17. The Big Table is a closed meeting and no press access is provided. African Development Forum IV The Fourth African Development Forum closed in Addis late Friday October 15. The closing consensus statement and final speeches will be available shortly at http://www.uneca.org/adf/ . Beijing+10 Ministerial Conference on progress since Beijing Summit The 7th African Regional Conference on Women Ministerial Conference to review progress in the decade since the Beijing summit on gender closed in Addis late Thursday October 14. The final statement of the conference will be posted shortly on the "Beijing+10" website: http://www.uneca.org/beijingplus10/ . Issued by the ECA Communication Team |