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The official launching of the Africities 2006 Summit took
place on 10 November 2004 under the effective chairmanship
of the Kenyan Head of State, Mr. Mwai Kibaki, with the
attendance of the Ministers in charge of local governments
and National Associations of Local Authorities of the
countries of the sub-region, as well as the Yaounde City
Council that hosted the last Africities Summit in December
2003.
Several preparatory meetings have been held since the
launching, in November 2004 in Nairobi, of the Africities
2006 Summit preparation process:
- a meeting of the Youth Network was held in Niamey,
Niger, from 21 to 30 July 2005. This meeting produced a
proposal for the large involvement of the youth in the
realization of the Millennium Development Goals through a
campaign of 1,000 projects comprising the construction of
schools and health centers, participation in literacy
campaigns, water and sanitation works, etc...
- a UNDP/ SNV conference was organized in Kampala from 10
to 12 August 2005 on the theme of “Localization of MDGs in
Africa.”
- a meeting of the technical network of the Directors
General of local government departments, was organized in
Yaounde from 15 to 18 September 2005, for the preparation
of the meeting of Ministers members of AMCOD (All Africa
Ministerial Conference on Decentralization and Local
Development) which took place on 28 and 29 October 2005 in
Yaounde, Cameroon, at the invitation of its Chairman, the
Cameroonian Senior Minister in charge Territorial
Administration and decentralization, Hon. Marafa Yaya.
- a international meeting on the image of Africa was held in Brussels
on 23 November 2005 under the effective chairmanship of
the Minister of Cooperation of Belgium, with the aim of
launching a strong media campaign on the theme “New
relations with Africa to create wealth together.”
- a forum on the renewal of governance in Africa was
organized under the auspices of the African Union in
Addis-Ababa from 24 to 26 November 2005.
Citexpo
An invitation to tender was launched
for the selection of the service provider that will be
responsible for the organization of the African Local
Government Exhibition, CITEXPO which is organized within
the framework of the Africities Summit. The chosen service
provider for the organization of CITEXPO is the firm STEP
EXHIBITIONS, based in London
Tel +44 1892 51 88 77
Fax +44 1892 51 88 11
Contact Person: Robert Kyte
Email:
robertkyte@stepex.com
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