Draft Programme of Work - Committee of Experts

Tuesday, 18 May
10:00 - 10:30 hours:Opening Session
  • Opening remarks by Outgoing Chairman of the Bureau of Committee of Experts
  • Statement by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa
  • Welcoming Remarks by the Minister of Finance, Uganda
10:30 - 11:00 hours: Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 - 11:15 hours:Election of the Bureau, Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work

The election of a new Bureau will be followed by a short statement by the new Chairperson of the Commission and the adoption of the agenda and programme of work

11:15 - 13:00 hours:Session I

Overview of recent economic and social conditions in Africa

13:00 - 15:00 hours:Lunch Break
15:00 - 18:00 hours: Session II

Discussions on the theme of the Conference: Mainstreaming trade policy in national development strategies

  
Wednesday, 19 May
 Session III
09:00 - 10:00 hours: Progress report on ECA/OECD's ongoing work on monitoring mutual reviews of development effectiveness
10:00 - 11:00 hours: Brief report on the outcome of the Experts Group Meeting on Africa's external debt
11:00 - 11:30 hours:Coffee/Tea Break
 Session IV
11:30 - 13:30 hours:Statutory Issues:
  • Consideration of the Annual Report on the work of ECA, 2004 including reports of subsidiary bodies that have held meetings since May 2003
  • Consideration of the report on the external review of ECA's work since 1996
  • Note by the secretariat on the proposals for enhancing the effectiveness of the United Nations Trust Fund for African Development
  • Other statutory issues
13:30 - 15:00 hours:Lunch Break
 Session V
15:00 - 17:00 hours:Proposed Biennial Programme Plan for the biennium 2006-2007
 Any other business
  
Thursday, 20 May
 Session VI
16:00 - 18:00 hours:Adoption of the Report
 Closure of the meeting
  • Wrap-up by the Chairman
  • Closing remarks by Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, ECA