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Europaudvalget 2002-03
EUU Alm.del INFO-note I 61
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Europaudvalget

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Folketingets Europaudvalg

Christiansborg, den 28. november 2002

Europaudvalgets sekretariat

Til

udvalgets medlemmer og stedfortrædere

Besøg af Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu,

økonomisk rådgiver for Sydafrikas præsident og formand for

NEPADs styringskomité

Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu besøger København den 29. november 2002 og deltager i et seminar om

NEPAD i Fællessalen, Christiansborg. Professor Nkuhlu har i den forbindelse udtrykt ønske om at mødes

med Folketingets Europaudvalg.

Det er aftalt, at mødet finder sted

fredag den 29. november 2002, kl. 15.00-16.00

i vær. 1-117 (Grønlandsværelset)

Sydafrika har i øjeblikket formandskabet i AU (African Union), og Prof. Nkuhlu er en af drivkrafterne i

The New Partnership For Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Der vedlægges program for seminaret om

NEPAD i fællessalen, deklarationen om NEPAD vedtaget på AU mødet i Durban, Sydafrika 8.-10. juli

2002, og faktablad om NEPAD.

Interesserede medlemmer og stedfortrædere bedes tilmelde sig mødet på vedlagte tilmeldingsblanket til

Europaudvalgets sekretariat, att.: Mette Nielsen, lokal 3615, senest fredag den 29. november, kl. 12.00.

Med venlig hilsen

Søren Koushede

PROGRAMME

EU Presidency Seminar on Africa

Parliament as a Cornerstone of NEPAD

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29 November 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark

Danish Parliament, Faellessal (Conference Room)

08:30-09:30

Registration

09:30-10:30

Opening: African and European Perspectives on NEPAD

Chairperson: Dr. Jan Nico Scholten, President of AWEPA

Hon. Svend Auken, Deputy Speaker of the Danish Parliament

Mr. Poul Grosen, Director UNDP Nordic Office, Denmark

Hon. Speaker Prof. Ali Nouhoum Diallo, ECOWAS Parliament

Ambassador Orla Bakdal, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Denmark

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

NEPAD and the Millenium Development Goals

Chairperson: Hon. Jeppe Kofod, Denmark

Mr. Poul Grosen, Director UNDP Nordic Office, Denmark

Panel: Parliament of Uganda

Parliament of Mozambique

Hon. Jeppe Kofod, Denmark

Discussion

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

NEPAD and the Cotonou Agreement

Chairperson: Hon. Brigitta Gadient, Switzerland

Dr. U. Eid, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and

Development, MP, Germany

Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chairman NEPAD Steering Committee

Panel: ECOWAS Parliament

Parliament of Tanzania

Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Hon. Hans Buttner, Germany

Discussion

15:00-15:15

Break

15:15- 16:15

Prospects for Peace in Central Africa

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Chairperson: Dr. Luc Dhoore, Belgium

16:15-17:15

The International and Parliamentary Response to NEPAD

Chairperson: Pär Granstedt, Vice President AWEPA

Hon. Jeppe Kofod, Denmark

Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu, Chairman NEPAD Steering Committee

Panel: Parliament of Ghana

Parliament of Zambia

Parliament of Rwanda

Discussion

17:15

Closing

Dr. Jan Nico Scholten, President of AWEPA

UNION AFRICAINE

AFRICAN UNION

UNIÃO AFRICANA

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone 517 700 Cables: OAU, ADDIS ABABA

DECLARATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD)

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DECLARATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW

PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD)

1. WE,

the Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, meeting at the 1

Session of our

Assembly in Durban, South Africa, from 8 to 10 July 2002:

2. RECALLING

our decision regarding the then New African Initiative taken at the 37

Session of the Assembly of Heads of

State and Government of the Organization of African Unity in Lusaka, Zambia from 9 to 11 July 2001 (AHG/Decl. 1

(XXXVII);

3. NOTING WITH APPRECIATION

the report provided to us by the Chairperson of the New Partnership for Africa’s

Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee, H.E. President O. Obasanjo of the

Federal Republic of Nigeria, describing the developments in the NEPAD process over the course of the past year;

4. FURTHER NOTING

the document submitted to us by H.E. President Obasanjo entitled "Towards the Implementation of

the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) - Summary of Progress Report and Initial Action

Plan" (hereinafter referred to as "Progress Report and Initial Action Plan"), elaborating the first phase for the

implementation of NEPAD;

5. FURTHER NOTING

the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance submitted by H.E.

President Obasanjo, which seeks to foster a strong statement of reaffirmation by African leaders of their commitment to

the principles and core values of democracy and good political, economic and corporate governance;

6. FURTHER NOTING

the document submitted by H.E. President Obasanjo on the African Peer Review Mechanism

(APRM) which is an instrument that will be voluntarily acceded to by Member States of the African Union for the purpose

of self-monitoring, and which aims to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that will lead to political

stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated regional integration in the continent;

7. EMPHASISING

the long term nature of the NEPAD programme and our determination to use all available resources to

ensure its successful implementation;

8. ENDORSE

the Progress Report and Initial Action Plan and

RECOMMEND

that Member States wishing to do so, should

submit written comments to the Chairman of HSIC;

9. CALL

for the detailed documents relating to each priority area of the Progress Report and Initial Action Plan to be

distributed to all Member States of the African Union;

10. URGE

that the programmes in each priority area be urgently implemented and that each Member State provide assistance

in the further development and implementation of these programmes and in the continued popularization of NEPAD

amongst all sectors of society on the African continent;

11. REAFFIRM

our commitment to the principles and core values contained in the Declaration on Democracy, Political,

Economic and Corporate Governance;

12. ENCOURAGE

all Member States of the African Union to adopt the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and

Corporate Governance and accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism;

13. MANDATE

the Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee of NEPAD and its Steering Committee to

continue the vital task of further elaborating the NEPAD Framework and ensuring the implementation of NEPAD Initial

Action Plan until reviewed at the 2

Assembly of the African Union in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2003;

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14. DECIDE

to increase the number of the members of the Implementation Committee by one per region of the African

Union, thus bringing the total number of members of the Committee to twenty;

15. CALL UPON

the international community to provide continued and enhanced support for our efforts to regenerate the

continent.

WHAT IS NEPAD - THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S

DEVELOPMENT?

BACKGROUND

•

NEPAD is a merger of the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP)

and the OMEGA Plan.

•

The merger was finalised on 3 July 2001.

•

Out of the merger, NAI was born.

•

NAI was approved by the OAU Summit Heads of State and Government on 11 July 2001.

•

The plan was endorsed by the leaders of G8 countries on 20 July 2001.

•

The policy framework was finalised by the Heads of State Implementation Committee (HSIC)

on 23 October 2001, and NEPAD was formed.

WHAT IS NEPAD?

•

NEPAD is a vision and programme of action for the redevelopment of the African continent.

•

NEPAD is a plan that has been conceived and developed by African leaders.

•

NEPAD is a comprehensive integrated development plan that addresses key social, economic

and political priorities in a coherent and balanced manner.

•

NEPAD is a commitment that African leaders are making to African people and to the

international community, to place Africa on a path of sustainable growth.

•

NEPAD is a commitment African leaders are making to accelerate the integration of the African

continent into the global economy.

•

NEPAD is a framework for a new partnership with the rest of the world.

•

NEPAD is a call to the rest of the world to partner Africa in her own development on the basis

of her own agenda and programme of action.

GOALS OF NEPAD

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To promote accelerated growth and sustainable development

•

To eradicate widespread and severe poverty

•

To halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process

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