Draft Programme of Work - Committee of Experts

Wednesday, 26 March
9:00 – 10:00

Opening of the meeting

  • Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the outgoing Bureau of the AU Committee of Experts, Republic of Cameroon

  • Opening remarks by Mr. Getachew Adem, Head Development, Planning & Research Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Chairperson of the outgoing Bureau of the ECA Committee of Experts

  • Opening remarks by Mr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission

  • Opening remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

  • Opening statement by His Excellency, Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

 

10:00 – 10:15 Election of the Bureau
10:15 – 10:30 Adoption of the draft agenda and programme of work
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session I: Overview of recent economic and social developments in Africa
12:15 – 13:15 Session II: Assessment of progress on regional integration in Africa
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00

Session III: Follow up to the last conferences

  • Follow up to the last session of ECA's Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: ECA Annual Report, 2008

  • Follow up to the last session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance (CAMEF II)

16:00– 16:15 Coffee/Tea Break
16:15 – 19:00

Session IV: Follow-up to major AU and UN conferences and summits

  • Climate change: African perspectives for a post-2012 agreement

  • Regional review of financing and development: Perspectives of African countries on the Monterrey Consensus - Survey results

  • Assessing progress in Africa towards the Millennium Development Goals report, 2008

  • Regional review of the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)

19:00 – 21:00 Reception
Thursday, 27 March
09:00 – 10:30 Session IV (Continued): Follow-up to major AU and UN conferences and summits
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45 – 13:00

Session V: Sectoral policy issues

  • Major trade issues:

    • Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations: A comparative assessment of the interim agreements

    • Aid for Trade: Progress on the initiative and report on mandate to ECA

  • Coordination of statistical capacity building efforts in Africa: An African perspective

  • Science and technology for development: Outcome and recommended actions of the Conference on Science With Africa

  • UN system-wide support to the African Union and its New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) programme

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30 Session V (Continued): Sectoral policy issues
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee/Tea Break
16:45 –18:00

Session VI: Statutory issues

  • ECA's Report on the external review of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP)

  • Proposed ECA Strategic Framework Biennial Programme Plan for the period 2010-2011

Friday, 28 March
09:00 – 10:30 Session VII: Presentation and discussion on the theme: Meeting Africa's New Challenges in the 21 st Century
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45 – 12:30 Session VII (Continued): Presentation and discussion on the theme: Meeting Africa's New Challenges in the 21 st Century
12:30 – 13:00 Any other business
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 18:00 Preparation of the draft report by the secretariat
Saturday, 29 March
16:00 – 17:30 Session VIII : Consideration and adoption of the draft report of the Committee of Experts and draft resolutions
17:30 – 18:00

Closing of the meeting

  • Closing remarks by Mr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, AUC
  • Closing remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, ECA
  • Wrap-up by the Chairperson of the Bureau of the Committee of Experts

 

Sunday 30 March
Finalization of the report by the secretariat