Events Calendar
- From: 24/03/2011
- To: 26/03/2011
- Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) will organize a workshop to review Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) initiatives and experiences in Africa, from March 24-26, in Ouagadougou. The workshop will guide preparations of studies on TVSD for the 2011 ADEA Triennial, which will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 in the Burkinabe capital.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Education
- From: 22/03/2011
- To: 24/03/2011
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Increasing women’s access to infrastructure services (energy, transport, water and irrigation), is crucial for women’s economic empowerment and well-being. In 2007 the Multilateral Development Banks Working Group on Gender agreed to jointly enhance the efforts to mainstream a gender perspective into their respective operations in these sectors. To this end it initiated regional workshops to build the capacity of sector experts in the client countries and respective institutions.
- From: 21/03/2011
- To: 22/03/2011
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The Bank is committed to Africa’s transformation to a green economy. To this end, the Bank will from 21-22 March 2011, host an international seminar on strategic environment and social assessments (SESA). The seminar aims at deepening the AfDB’s implementation of more environmentally and socially sustainable projects and programmes. Coodinated by the Compliance and Safeguards Division, the seminar will bring together at Hotel Sharaton, Tunis, leading international agencies involved in implementing strategic environmental and social assessments.
Categories: Tunisia, Quality Assurance & Results, Quality Assurance & Results Dept (ORQR)
- From: 08/03/2011
- To: 15/03/2011
- Location: South Africa
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka will undertake an official visit to South Africa from 8 to 15 March 2011. During the visit, President Kaberuka will hold high-level talks with South African Authorities on issues of common interest to the Bank and South Africa. The program of the mission includes among others, high level discussions on the pace of global recovery, emerging risks, and South Africa’s leadership role in the C-10 group of African countries and in advancing the African agenda at the G20, as well as a roundtable discussion with South African financial institutions.
Categories: South Africa, President's Corner
- Date: 08/03/2011
The African Development Bank (AfDB) celebrated the centenary of International Women's Day on 8 March 2011 in Tunis and the field offices, with the active participation of Ms. Lalla Ben Barka, Director General Assistant UNESCO, and Zohra Ben Lakhdar, physics professor at Tunis University and winner of the 2005 L'Oreal UNESCO Women in Science.
Categories: Gender
- From: 02/03/2011
- To: 03/03/2011
- Location: Paris
The African Development Bank is participating in the 5th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in Paris from 2 – 3 March 2011. Leaders from governments, companies and civil society organizations will share views on how EITI has created a platform for dialogue, built trust, improved governance and enhanced the business environment in EITI countries. Together hundreds of EITI stakeholders will address future challenges and EITI’s future prospects.
Categories: France, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Sector Operations
- From: 11/02/2011
- To: 12/02/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The African Legal Support Facility (ASLF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) will jointly launch a capacity building project in international commercial law on the 11 and 12 February in Kigali, Rwanda. The importance of leveraging the rule of law to serve economic development, better governance and improved business climate on the continent will be addressed.
Categories: Rwanda, African Legal Support Facility, President's Corner
- From: 08/02/2011
- To: 09/02/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB), a founding member of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), will participate in the ACBF Summit marking its 20th anniversary, from 8-9 February 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda, on the theme, “The Future of Africa is Now! The Critical Role of Capacity Development”.
Categories: Rwanda
- From: 07/02/2011
- To: 10/02/2011
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Private Sector Department is actively participating in the 2011 Mining Indaba conference held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa and organized by Mining Indaba LLC.
Categories: South Africa, Private Sector Development
- From: 30/01/2011
- To: 31/01/2011
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 16th African Union (AU) heads of state and government summit, scheduled from 30-31 January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the theme, “Towards greater unity and integration through shared values”.
Categories: Ethiopia, Regional Integration, Climate Change, Fragile States Facility, Infrastructure, President's Corner
