Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events 2016
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Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events 2016 Version of May 2016
January 2016 Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events 21 22 Gender is my Agenda meeting (Event at the Africa Union pre-summit) 25 25 Africa pre-16 th Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting February 2016 4 4 Africa Development Goals (ADGs) launch 5 5 54 th Meeting of the Governing Council of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning 8 11 Annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Eastern Africa Nairobi 9 9 ECA Capacity Development Day 10 12 Emerging Leaders in African Mining (ELAM) and Mining Indaba meeting 11 13 Civil registration and vital statistics: Assessment and plans in Africa sharing of experience 18 19 High level policy dialogue on financing development in Africa 19 21 Africa Climate Talks on post COP21 climate agenda Cape Town 2 Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016
23 24 Round table on the African minerals governance framework 24 26 Annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Central Africa 25 26 Annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for West Africa Douala Dakar March 2016 1 4 Annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for North Africa 10 11 Annual session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) for Southern Africa 10 11 ECA-Africa Civil Society Organizations policy dialogue 15 17 High level policy dialogue on financing development in Africa 21 22 African mineral governance framework round table Rabat Lilongwe Rabat 25 30 High-level panel dialogue on migration 25 30 Africa s agenda for urban structural transformation Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016 3
31 Mar. 1 Apr. 17 th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) of UN agencies and organizations working in Africa in support of the African Union and its NEPAD programme 31 Mar. 5 Apr. African Development Week Ninth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration: Committee of Experts Ministerial Segment Caucus meeting of Governors of Central Banks in Africa General Assembly of former African Heads of State Prof. Adebayo Adedeji Annual Lecture Series Meeting of the African Institutes for Remittances Launch of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) - 2016 Launch of the seventh edition of Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA VII) and the African Regional Integration Index Launch of the fourth edition of the African Governance Report (AGR IV) 4 Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016
April 2016 18 22 Fourth United Nations global geospatial information management high level forum 21 22 High level dialogue for development planners Apr. Dec. Launch of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2016 Multiple cities May 2016 4 6 Forum on developmental regionalism and the challenge of economic transformation in Southern Africa 5 6 High level policy dialogue on petroleum and mining contracts negotiations and emerging issues 17 18 Risks in private sector investment in trans-boundary infrastructure in Africa 17 20 The 2016 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) 23 27 Regional consultation on mining and petroleum educational and training institutions Gaborone Kigali Cairo Algiers Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016 5
June 2016 7 9 High level policy dialogue on development planning 7 10 Meeting on gender and climate change in Africa 14 15 Consultative meeting in support of the activities of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) in North Africa 20 23 Policy dialogue on dispute resolution mechanisms for the extractive sector in Country Mining Vision (CMV) countries 22 24 High level policy dialogue on advancing regional integration and poverty eradication through trade Yaounde Rabat Dakar July 2016 11 15 2016 Substantive Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council - High-level segment High-level political forum on sustainable development Annual ministerial review Development cooperation forum 16 18 Africa climate talks on post Conference of Parties (COP21) climate agenda New York 6 Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016
September 2016 19 22 Knowledge forum for Country Mining Vision (CMV) countries on guidelines and indicators for aligning policy and regulatory frameworks to the Africa Mining Vision High level Conference on Conflict and Development for the Great Lakes, Sahel and Horn of Africa Regions Algiers October 2016 Fourth Conference of African ministers responsible for civil registration 5 7 Sixth Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-VI) conference 10 11 Annual meeting of the Subregional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for the United Nations system-wide support to the African Union and its NEPAD programme in Eastern Africa Nouakchott Arusha November 2016 1 2 Annual meeting of the Subregional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for the United Nations system-wide support to the African Union and its NEPAD programme in Central Africa Douala 2 4 African Economic Conference Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016 7
13 17 10 th edition of the African Development Forum (ADF X) on Youth Migration and Africa s Transformation 7 18 22 nd Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) Marrakech 14 17 Conference on land policy in Africa Windhoek 14 17 Knowledge forum for Country Mining Vision (CMV) countries on best practices in transfer pricing and fiscal frameworks for the extractives sector 18 19 Annual meeting of the Subregional Coordination Mechanism (SRCM) for the United Nations System-wide support to the African Union and its NEPAD programme in West Africa 21 22 Launch of the Africa Development Goals Report 26 28 Meeting of Statistical Commission for Africa 28 30 Regional committee meeting of the United Nations global geospatial information management for Africa Tunis Subregional Coordination Mechanism for Eastern and Southern Africa Regional dialogue on Enhancing the contribution of preferential trade agreements to inclusive and equitable trade (Side event at the 3 rd Africa Trade Forum) 8 Calendar of Conferences, Meetings and Events - 2016
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