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| First
Annual African PCC Meeting |
| Date
: 27-28 September, 2007 |
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PPD
Africa Office organized the first Annual African PCC
Meeting in Kampala, Uganda from 27 to 28 September 2007.
The objectives were to:
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review the Strategic Plan 2007 – 2011 for Africa
- share
experiences and good practices for South-South collaboration
promotion
The
Meeting was attended by 10 African PCCs (Benin, Kenya,
Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda and
Zimbabwe), 4 Representatives of non member states (Ethiopia,
Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania), 5 representatives
of Hewlett Foundations and staff from Population Secretariat.
Participants
of the PCC Meeting
The
opening ceremony was graced by the Minister of State,
Youth and Gender of the Government of the Republic of
Uganda. Under the Chairman of the Acting Director of
Population Secretariat of Uganda, the Regional Director
of PPD Africa Office, the UNFPA Acting Representative
in Uganda, the Director of Hewlett Population Program,
the representative of Ugandan Members of Parliament
and the Executive Director of PPD made speeches at the
Opening Ceremony. Mr Harry S. Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD reaffirmed the importance of the PCCs in the
Alliance for the promotion of South-South Collaboration
in order to best serve populations in need in Member
States. As the other speakers, he described some of
the PCCs’ current efforts to promote South-South
activities and urged participants to collectively review
and advice on the Strategic Plan for Africa in the context
of South-South Collaboration for the attainment of the
MDGs and ICPD PoA.
The
Program Overview, Human Resources Plan, Strategic Business
Plan of PPD and Strategic Plan for Africa were also
shared as a way forward for future PPD activities. The
PCCs individually presented the SWOT analysis of their
respective countries and were very appreciative to the
accomplishments and innovative strategies made by PPD.
The 4 Non Member States expressed their willingness
to join as member of PPD.
In
his Closing Speech, Mr Harry Jooseery thanks the participants
for the hard and successful works. He also welcomed
the 4 potential new member states and invited them to
attend the Board Meeting and the International Forum
on “Universal Access to Reproductive Health for
the Attainment of ICPD Goals and MDGs” scheduled
in Rabat, Morocco from 19 – 22 November 2007.
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