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VIIIth International Forum on African Perspectives 

 
 
Jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre and the African Development Bank
 
Friday 27 June 2008
 
Centre de conférences Pierre Mendès France
Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Employment - 139 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris – M° Bercy
 
 
 
  
Preliminary Agenda
 
08:00-09:15
Registration – tea/coffee
Opening
 
09:15-10:00
 
Ángel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD
Donald Kaberuka,President, African Development Bank
 
I. Africa: A New Emerging Markets Frontier?
Facilitator: Mishal Hussein, BBC News, London*
 
10:00-10:30
 
Introduction to the African Economic Outlook
 
Louis Kasekende, Chief Economist, African Development Bank
Javier Santiso, Director, OECD Development Centre
 
10:30-12:00
Round Table
 
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Minister of Investment, Egypt*
Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance, South Africa*
Salah Eddine Mezouar, Minister of Economy and Finance, Morocco
Bruno Lafont, CEO, Lafarge, France
Roger Agnelli, CEO, Vale
Rami Antaki, Vice Chairman, Telecel Globe Ltd
Mark Rennard, Executive Vice President, Africa, ME, Asia, France Telecom
 
12:00-13:00
Questions & Answers
13:00-14:30
Lunch
 
Investing in Africa’s Youth: The Challenge of Skills Development
Facilitator: Louis Keumayou, President, Association de la Presse Panafricaine (APPA)
 
14:30-15:00
 
 
 
 
 
Presentation of the main findings of the African Economic Outlook
 
Tom Hurley, Director, Human Development Department, African Development Bank
Lucia Wegner, Project Manager, African Economic Outlook, OECD Development Centre
  
15:00-16:30
Round Table
 
Aires Bonifacio Ali, Minister of Education and Culture, Mozambique
Sadok Korbi, Minister of Education, Tunisia*
Ibrahima N’Diaye, Minister of Labour and Vocational Education, Mali
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Minister of Education, South Africa
Moustapha Sourang, Minister of Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Senegal
Pierre Henri Coffi, President, Réseau des fonds de formation professionnelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
Raitt Marshall, General Manager, MOZAL
Nolitha  Fakude, Executive Director, Sasol, South Africa
Remi Boyer,Vice President, CSR,  ArcelorMittal
 
16:30-17:30
 
Questions & Answers
Concluding remarks
 
17:30-18:00
 
Christine Lagarde,Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment, France*
Jean-Michel Severino, Director General, French Development Agency*
 

 

* to be confirmed

 

Registration: http://www.oecd.org/dev/forumafricain