Date

Africa Commission

International Events

May 2008

29^th may: Copenhagen Consensus’ Youth Forum with a session on the  Africa Commission

20^th-22^nd May: DAC High Level Meeting

28^th May: Copenhagen Consensus’ Youth Forum

26^th–27^th May: EU General Affairs and External Relations Council, GAERC (Brussels)

28^th-30^th May: Fourth ”Tokyo International Conference on African Development” in Tokyo

June 2008

16^th June: Conference on education to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

13^th-14^th June: G8 Finance ministers meeting in Osaka

16^th June: The African Union’s ”Day of the African Child”

19^th-20^th June: Meeting of the European Council

26^th -27^th June: G8 Foreign ministers meeting in Kyoto

30^th June–1^st July: First biennial Development Cooperation Forum, ECOSOC (New York)

July 2008

July: France takes over the EU presidency

7^th -9^th July: G8 meeting in Tokyo

August 2008

15^th August: Conference on women and employment, to be held in Maputo, Mozambique

September 2008

5^th September: Conference on the African youth and employment, to be held in Accra, Ghana
18^th September: Conference on climate change, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya

2^nd-4^th September: Accra High Level Forum

9^th September: The African Union’s ”African Union Day”

22^nd September: NEPAD High-Level Forum

25^th September: UN NY High Level MDG Meeting

October 2008

9^th October: Country evaluation meeting (Benin, Ghana and Mozambique) with focus on the Africa Commission’s work. Organized by the Afrika Commission’s Secretary and EVAL

30^th October: Conference on the creation of economic growth, to be held in Kampala, Uganda

11^th-13^th October: The World Bank and IMF’s annual meeting in Washington

November 2008

Primo November: The Africa Commission’s Youth Forum, organized by the Danish NGO-Forum, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

20^th -21^st November: The second commission meeting, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

10^th-12^th November: African Development Forum (UNECA), Addis Ababa

18^th-19^th November: DAC network on development evaluation

29^th November-2^nd December: International Conference on Financing for Development (Doha)

December 2008

1^st-3^rd December: DAC senior level  meeting  and global forum on development

10^th December: International Human Rights Day

January 2009

January: Workshop on education and women in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Workshop on climate and economic growth with the AfdB in Tunis, Tunisia

Jan: The biannual meeting of The African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

28^th Jan.-1^st February: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (Davos)

February 2009

February:

Workshop on youth and employment with the WB in Washington, US

February: Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security (Monrovia)

March 2009

March: Workshop on the draft of the final report with Brenthurst in Kalahari, Botswana

08^th March: International Women’s Day

April 2009

May 2009

May: The third Commission meeting, to be held in Copenhagen.

13^th-14^th May: Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank in Dakar, Senegal.