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Events
2011
December
APP Board meeting
Durban COP17 Summit (APP press release on the Policy Brief "transforming Africa's development path", APP statement on the outcomes of Durban)
Op-ed from Olusegun Obasanjo in partnership with Save the Children on hunger
November
Op-ed from Kofi Annan “The decisions Africa needs from Durban” for This is Africa
APP Declaration in response to the Cannes G20 Summit statement
Caroline Kende-Robb speaks on economic development in the context of climate change in CNBC Africa’s series in the run up to Durban
October
Swiss-African Business Circle Meeting in Geneva. APP Executive Director, Ms Caroline Kende-Robb invited as the keynote speaker of the event. (Picture)
Caroline Kende-Robb speaks on G20 and Africa on TV5 Monde (TV screen picture)
Conference organized by the French government: G20 Development: Solutions for a New World, Paris, France. Caroline Kende-Robb invited as a VIP. Publication of a series of op-ed by the Panel members on what needs to happen in Cannes.
APP Statement on the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Student fair on development – University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
September
Africa Investor Summit, New York: Olusegun Obasanjo invited as keynote speaker
Africa investor - CEO Investment Climate Summit: Bob Geldof, Keynot speaker, Washington D.C.
AFDB, OECD/DAC, UNDP &UNEP Climate Change Meeting “African Dialogue on Climate Change Finance & Development Effectiveness”, Nairobi, Kenya
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation meeting of African grantees: “Reframing Development Advocacy in a G20 World:” New Delhi, India
New Director Caroline Kende-Robb joins the APP: read the statement and her declaration
June
Olusegun Obasanjo delivers keynote speech at FT/Friends of Europe event on Africa: Building on Growth’: BrusselsCommonwealth Business Council Meeting, London, UK
OECD/UNECA peer review meeting to discuss the Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May
APP statement in response to G8/Africa joint Declaration “Shared values, Shared responsibilities” G8 Summit of Deauville
OECD Forum 2011: Idea Factory, Paris France
Michel Camdessus: interview with RFI on 2011 APR
Cape Town, South Africa: World Economic Forum on Africa and launch of 2011 Africa Progress Report
March
Series of Op-Eds by the APP on what the G20 can do for Africa
February-March: Series of Op-Eds by the APP on what the G20 can do for Africa
February
Paris, France: 2011 Annual Panel Meeting
- Panel Member meeting
- Dinner hosted by the Minister of foreign affairs
Paris, France: APP meets with President Sarkozy to urge him to keep Africa at the heart of the development agenda.
Op-ed from KA in Le Figaro “vers un nouveau Gleneagles?”
January
Davos, Switzerland
Juba, South Sudan: South Sudan Referendum Election Monitoring, January 2011
2010
December- Berlin, Germany: Keynote Address “The case for Development” to Parliamentary Development Committee
December- Gothenburg, Sweden: Gothenburg University Global Week
December- APP Editor’s Diary
November- Paris, France: OECD Agriculture Forum
November- Tunis, Tunisia: NEPAD/AU Meeting on Development Effectiveness
November- Seoul, South Korea: G20
November: Op-Ed by Kofi Annan on G20
November- Wolfsburg, Germany: Global Social Business Summit
October- Rapperswil, Switzerland: Media Tenor Agenda Setting Conference
October- Paris, France: Meeting with French government on G20 Development Agenda
October- London, UK: BMGF European Partners meeting & Living Proof
September - New York, USA: Every Woman, Every Child
September - New York, USA, TEDxChange,
September- New York, USA, MDG Summit and Op-Ed by KA on the MDGs
September- Geneva, Switzerland: Women and MDGs in Africa- A Resource Guide
September - Accra, Ghana: TEDxAccra
September- Accra, Ghana: Afrobarometer
September - New York, USA: Africa Investor Summit
September- Geneva, Switzerland: Roundtable on a Global Partnership for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
September- Berlin, Germany: Meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel
September- Montreux, Switzerland: University of St.Gallen
September - Launch of Raising agricultural productivity in Africa - Options for action, and the role of subsidies
July - Kampala, Uganda: AU Summit
June - London, UK: Commonwealth Business Council Meeting
May: Launch of Doing Good Business in Africa
May - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Annual AfDB meeting / launch of the 2010 Africa Progress Report
May - Johannesburg, South Africa: Launch of the 2010 Africa Progress Report
May: Berlin, Germany: Shared Responsibility and Mutual Accountability for Good Governance in Africa meeting
May - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: World Economic Forum on Africa
May - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Consultation meeting OECD & UNECA
April - Toronto, Canada: Partnership Forum
March - Nairobi, Kenya: Pan-African Media Summit
March - Nairobi, Kenya: Women's Economic Summit
March - London, UK: DfID Meeting
February - Geneva, Switzerland: APP Annual Meeting
February - Geneva, Switzerland: BBC World Debate - Will the Real Africa Stand Up?
February - London, UK: Wilton Park meeting
January - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Africa Partnership Forum
2009
December – Copenhagen, Denmark: United Nations Climate Change Conference
November – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
November – Geneva, Switzerland: APP Kick-Starting Africa’s Carbon Market Workshop
November – Barcelona, Spain: Pre-Copenhagen Climate Change Conference
November – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mo Ibrahim Foundation Meeting
October – Accra, Ghana and Madrid, Spain: Club of Madrid Africa Round Table and Annual Conference
October – Stockholm, Sweden: European Development Days
October – Cape Town, South Africa: Mo Ibrahim Governance Index Board Meeting
September – London, UK: Meeting with ONE, African Monitor and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore key opportunities and activities in 2010
September – New York, USA: Series of Meetings, including the UN Climate Change Summit, the Clinton Global Initiative, and meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon
September – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Africa Partnership Forum (APF) Special Session on Climate Change
July – Berlin, Germany: Meetings with German Development Minister and other high-ranking officials
June – Cape Town, South Africa: World Economic Forum & APP 2009 Annual Report Launch
May – Nairobi, Kenya: African Ministerial Conference on Environment
May – Kigali, Rwanda: Finance 4 Development Conference
April – Brussels, Belgium: Friends of Africa ‘Protecting Africa from the Global Crisis’ Conference
April- Kirkcaldy, Scotland: Adam Smith Lecture
April – London, UK: Business and MDGs meeting
March – London, UK: Pre-G20 Activities: FT editorial meeting
March - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - IMF Conference “Changes: Successful Partnerships for Africa’s Growth Challenge”
February – Rome, Italy: Meeting with President Napolitano and Aspen Institute
January – Davos, Switzerland: World Economic Forum