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NiZA Conference: NEPAD: A New Partnership?

21 February 2003
The Hague: The Netherlands Congress Centre
 09-30-17.30
NEPAD Special (in Dutch)

This NiZA conference will concentrate on where the niche for the Netherlands and EU in NEPAD is, especially in its solidarity activities to the civil society in the South.

Speakers:

  1. Priscilla Jana South African Ambassador to The Netherlands
  2. Mrs Claire Mandouze is the principal administrator in the Directorate-General for Development of the European Union Desk, responsible for Pan African initiatives and institutions.
  3. Mr Viarato Tamele, executive director of the Economic Justice Coalition (EJC) in Mozambique.
  4. Ms Venitia Govender National Director for the Human Rights Committee (HRC) in South Africa.

    Other discussants:
  5. Mr Greyson Koyi, Director of Research and Information at the Civil Servants Union of Zambia.
  6. Mr Manuel J. Paulo, Assistant Researcher at the British-Angola Forum in the United Kingdom within the Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
  7. Mr M.P. Giyose, chairman Jubilee South Africa

Conference outline
Registration form
    Conference Background Reader:
  1. NEPAD document 60p. Downlaod from this site: PDF or txt, 60p.
    introduction to Nepad:
  2. The New Partnership for Africa's Development: an initial commentary (PDF)
    Ravi Kanbur
    (Cornell University, Dec 2001, 14p.)

    civil society comments
  3. Un-blurring the Vision: an assessment of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development
    South African Council of Churches
    (Johannesburg, June 2002, 17p.)
  4. Civil society resolution
    Delegates from various civil society formation, including rural communities, urban communities, youth, women, First Nations Indigenous people, NGOs, provinces and others
    (Johannesburg, May 4, 2002, 4p.)
  5. Mozambique civil society Statement
    A summary of opinion from a workshop on NEPAD among NGOs, government officials, academics and members of civil society in Mozambique.
    (Project Turning Arms into Ploughshares, (TAE), April 16-17, 2002)
  6. Malawi civil society comments
    Members from the Civil Society in Malawi
    (27 February 2002)

    general analyses and critical comments
  7. Governing the African development process: the challenge of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) (PDF)
    Adebayo O. Olukoshi, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar
    (Copenhagen, Sep 2002, 32p.)
  8. Getting real about democracy in Africa: Nepad and the challenge of good governance
    Lawrence Schlemmer
    (Johannesburg: Helen Suzman Foundation, Sep 2002, 45p.)
  9. The New partnership for Africa's development (NEPAD) - African perspectives Henning Melber, Richard Cornwel, Jephthah Gathaka and Smokin Wanjala
    (Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2002, 35p.)
  10. Prospects for African development in light of Nepad
    Sally Matthews and Hussein Solomon
    (Pretoria: Africa Institute, 2002, 4p.)
  11. Nepad: Breaking or Shining the Chains of Global Apartheid?
    Patrick Bond
    (Foreign Policy in Focus, March 2002, 16p.)



For direct information contact Sihle Dube or Elizabeth Wiebrens at NiZA on 020 520 6210 or economie@niza.nl.

Registration:
reg_form.PDF (24 Kb)