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AFRICA

This section gives an overview about the preparatory process for the WSSD in Africa. Together with its partners, the Heinrich Boell Foundation is supporting a civil society process in Southern Africa as well as in Eastern Africa, enabling and facilitating civil society organisations to effectively prepare for their input to the World Summit.

 AFRICA AS A WHOLE

A Focus on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)

Conference 
 

Conference: April 26 - 29, 2002 -- Naiobi, Kenya: The Heinrich Boell Foundation convened its African Forum for Envisioning Africa: Focus on NEPAD. The Forum critically examined the New Partnership for African Development, Africas main strategic contribution for the WSSD. Papers presented at the Forum are now available for download. MORE

Civil Society in Nigeria and NEPAD

Workshop 
 

Workshop: April 18 - 19, 2002 -- Lagos, Nigeria: The Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Shelter Rights Iniative convened this Workshop in oder to empower Nigerian Civil Society for a participatory role in designing, implementing and monitoring the different aspects of NEPAD. A Communique adopted at the workshop is for download here. MORE

Pan African Civil Society Conference towards the WSSD and beyond

Conference 
 

Conference: January 8 - 12, 2002 -- The conference aimed at developing a common African agenda for the World Summit. It built on several conferences and caucus meetings that have been held throughout Africa, some of them with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The conference's projected outcome was a common African perspective and position as well as a strategic agenda for lobbying on African governments in the run up to and during the World Summit. The conference was All-African, but hosted by the Eastern African Civil Society Caucus. MORE

C O N T A C T

  

R E S O U R C E S

Kenya Civil Society
Earth Summit 2002 Forum
wssd2002kenya@econewsafrica.org

Heinrich Boell Foundation
East and Horn of Africa Office
nairobi@hbfha.com

[ Press Statement from the Conference -- rtf; 2 pages ]

African Regional PrepComm

PrepComm 
 

The African Regional PrepComm took place October 15-18, 2001, in Nairobi, Kenya. The weekend before, African NGOs met for an African Strategy meeting organised by the Heinrich Boell Foundation as well as a regional stakeholders meeting organised by UNED Forum. MORE

R E S O U R C E S

[ African Ministerial Statement Oct 17-18 2001, Neirobi, Kenya -- ptf; 14 pages ]

[ Addendum to the Statement -- pdf; 10 pages ]

[ Report from the SADC Civil Society core group ]

African NGO Caucus Meeting preceding the African PrepComm

Civil Society 
 

The Heinrich Boell Foundation organised a pan African Caucus Meeting during October 13-14, just before the PrepComm (October 15-18) to prepare African NGOs for the PrepComm. NGO representatives from the Eastern Africa WSSD Focal Point, from SANGOCO and the SADC Civil Society Forum were present as well as representatives from North, West and Central Africa. A policy paper that resulted from the meeting fed into the UNEP NGO Forum and was used as the basis for discussion during the Forum.

R E S O U R C E S

[ African NGO Statement as Input to the African Ministerial Meeting Oct 17-18 2001, Neirobi, Kenya -- pdf; 4 pages ]

[ Report of the African NGO Caucus Meeting Oct 13-14 2001, Nairobi, Kenya -- pdf; 46 pages ]

[ Report of the UNEP NGO Forum Oct 15-16 2001, Nairobi, Kenya -- rtf; 6 pages ]

 

African Forum for Strategic Thinking Towards the WSSD and Beyond

Civil Society 
 

Conference: September 2001 -- Sustainable Development, Governance and Globalisation: An African Forum for Strategic Thinking Towards the Earth Summit 2002 and Beyond -- This forum, organized jointly by Mazingira Institute, African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Africa Peace Forum and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, took place in Nairobi in September 2001. The focus was to facilitate strategic thinking towards sustainable development, governance, and globalisation from an African perspective. The major outputs were a vision and set of values to guide sustainable development amidst the new realities; the major policy issues to address, and the strategy choices or alternative actions that are available and their associated payoffs. An executive summary of the results of the forum was presented at the African Regional PrepComm in Nairobi October 15-18. MORE

R E S O U R C E S

[ Sustainable Development, Governance and Globalisation; background paper for the forum -- [ rtf; 4 pages ]

[ Making the Concern for Africa The First Concern of Africans; proposals towards an African Strategy; presented to African Ministers for Environment at the WSSD Regional PrepComm for Africa, held at UNEP Headquarters October 15-18, 2001 -- [ rtf; 11 pages ]

[ Papers presented at the Forum ]

 

Agenda 21 Review in Africa

Publication 

 

Publication: Review Of Implementation Of The Outputs Of The United Nations Conference On Environment And Development; Overview Of The Changes, Trends And Initiatives Undertaken In Africa: 1992-2001; Background paper by Wagaki Mwangi, issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation; September 2001. MORE

   

 

 

 

C O N T A C T

Heinrich Boell Foundation
Southern Africa Office
Johannesburg, South Africa
hbssa@wn.apc.org

Heinrich Boell Foundation
East and Horn of Africa Office
Naiobi, Kenya
nairobi@hbfha.com

Heinrich Boell Foundation
Western Africa Office
Lagos, Nigeria
hbf_harneit@micro.com.ng


L I N K S

[ Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) by the UN Environment Programme ]

[ South African NGO Boss Urges Real Action at World Summit; PlanetArk Newsstory; May 16 ]

[ African Regional Preparatory Process ]

[ IISD'd coverage on the African Regional PrepComm ]

[ Danish 92 group on African processes ]

[ BirdLife South Africa's Teacher's Guide to the World Summit ]


R E S O U R C E S

[ Africa's Common Position to WSSD Adopted by the OAU Council of Ministers: A Decisive Step forward -- doc ]

[ Can the Global Deal and Africa's Development reinforce each other? Paper by Saliem Fakir, Director of IUCN South Africa -- pdf; 10 pages ]

[ Africa Policy Outlook 2002: Africa’s Priorities Ignored Due To Washington’s War on Terrorism; Foreign Policy in Focus Policy Report ]

[ Aburi Declaration of West African NGOs. February 2002 -- rtf; 3 pages ]

[ Report of the January 2002 African Social Forum, an offspring of the World Social Forum -- pdf; 15 pages ]

[ Preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development Intensify in Africa; by Njogu Barua, Sub Regional Coordinator, East Africa ]

[ Rio+10 Process in Western Africa -- pdf; 7 pages ]

[ ECOWAS Outcome, October 2001 -- rtf; 10 pages ]

[ Africa's priorities for making the people of our planet prosper to eradicate poverty; Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi's speech at the Globe Conference in preparation for the World Summit; Cape Town, October 2001 ]

[ Review Of Implementation Of The Outputs Of The United Nations Conference On Environment And Development; Overview Of The Changes, Trends And Initiatives Undertaken In Africa: 1992-2001; background paper by Wagaki Mwangi, issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, September 2001 ]

[ Making the Concern for Africa The First Concern of Africans; proposals towards an African Strategy; results of the Pan African Forum on Strategic Thinking, presented to African Ministers for Environment at the WSSD Regional PrepComm for Africa, held at UNEP Headquarters October 15-18, 2001 --  rtf; 11 pages ]

[ Africa and the World Trade Organization: The Issues in Brief -- Foreign Policy In Focus Article ]

[ Rio+10 Process in Western Africa -- pdf; 7 pages ]

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