African Civil Society Forum 2007

The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) organizes in cooperation with the Economic Commision for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) the African Civil Society Forum "Democratizing Governance at Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDGs" to be held between 22-24 March 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together representatives of national, regional and international NGOs from Africa to explore the most effective ways to partner with and impact on African institutions: the African Union, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). This Forum is part of CONGO's outreach program, in which - in the past five years - we have organized civil society fora (twice in Asia and once in Latin America), aimed at bringing the UN agenda into the regions and the regional input back to the global level. The African Civil Society Forum 2007 will therefore raise NGOs' awareness of the issues on the UN agenda, most notably the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals.

Report

 The REPORT of the African Civil Society Forum 2007 is now available (.pdf). Download here the report chapters: 

1. Introduction: Cover front, Contents & Foreward

2. Good Governance & AfCSF 2007 Highlights

3. Strenghening civil society in Africa and CSO challenges

4. Building UN/NGO Partnerships to Achieve the MDGs

5. Democratizing Good Governance

6. Peace and human security for achieving the MDGs

7. Development: trade, finance, debt relief and investment

8. Gender Perspective in the MDGs and ICT for Development

9. Make things happen: another vision for Africa

10. Financial Report

11. Final Statement & Recommendations

12. List of Participants

13. Credits

Related pages and documents

• Invitation to the African Civil Society Forum 2007 22-24 March 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Registration Form AfCSF 2007 22-24 March 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Program AfCSF 2007 22-24 March 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Press release AfCSF 2007 22-24 March 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia