28 & 29 September, 2009
Africa and Globalization: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future
The conference aims to provide a forum to take stock of the achievements, successes and failures over the past fifty years and to reflect on ongoing challenges facing Africa and its development today in a globalized world, particularly in the context of financial crisis. Leading personalities including decision-makers from government, world-renowned experts and civil society representatives will exchange their views about their own personal experiences, reflections about past developments as well as about the new dynamics and their foreseeable impact. They will also share their personal vision for Africa’s role and position in the future global system.
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“Priority Africa” provides a portal to the scope and variety of the UNU’s Africa-focused work, including research, policy studies and capacity development initiatives, as well as dissemination initiatives.
About the Conference Organizers
UNU · The United Nations University (UNU) is an autonomous organ of the United Nations established by the General Assembly. In its 30-plus years of operation, the university has grown to encompass UNU Centre in Tokyo, a global network of research and training centres and programmes, liaison offices at UN Headquarters and UNESCO Headquarters, and 21 UNU associated institutions.
The UNU operates as an international community of scholars with the mission of contributing to efforts to resolve the pressing problems that are a concern of the United Nations, its peoples and member states. UNU research, capacity development, and dissemination activities are focused within five thematic areas: peace and security; good governance; economic and social development; environment and sustainability; and science, technology, and society.
UNESCO · The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations system. According to its constitution, the Organization’s main objective is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the world’s nations through education, the sciences, culture, and communication and information in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion. UNESCO pursues its action through five programme sectors: education; natural sciences; social and human sciences; culture; and communication and information. The Organization is headquartered in Paris, with over 50 field offices and several specialized institutes and centres throughout the world. Founded in 1946, UNESCO currently has 193 Member States and six Associate Members. The Director-General is Koïchiro Matsuura (Japan). More information is available at www.unesco.org.
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