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African Development Fund (ADF) plenipotentiaries will meet in Tunis from 7-8 September 2010, within the framework of the ADF-12 replenishment.

Categories: Tunisia, Financial Crisis

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will on September 1, 2010, start a second five-year mandate. Mr. Kaberuka was reelected by acclamation during the institution’s Annual Meetings held from 27-28 May 2010 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Categories: Tunisia

The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition is a first for the Middle East and North Africa. This is the first conference in the region that brings together all aspects of Production and Operations, with the theme of "Sustainable Oil & Gas for the Future - Meeting Technology Challenges."

Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Environment

Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa will focus on regional infrastructure issues at their annual meeting this week in Tunis.

Categories: Tunisia, Infrastructure

In partnership with the Observatory of Sahara and Sahel (OSS), the Stockholm Environment Institute, and the United Nations Environment programme (UNEP), the African Development Bank (AfDB) will on 27 and 28 April 2010 organize a two-day Roundtable on the Economics of Adaptation in Africa. The roundtable will bring together key global experts to develop a common understanding of climate change impacts and adaptation costs estimates. The roundtable is also expected to engender a better understanding of the inter-linkages between adaptation and development.

Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Environment

The main objective of the event is to strengthen the cooperation and partnership efforts in the area of services between Tunisia and several sub-Saharan countries in order to increase intra-African trade, support growth of their economies, and promote economic and social development in Africa.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development

A French parliamentary mission, led by Member of Parliament, Jean-Paul Bacquet, was received on Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Tunis by African Development Bank Group officials where it held a series of discussions. The mission sought to identify how to better coordinate bilateral and multilateral aid, including that delivered by the Bank Group. The delegation also sought to know how to enhance their geographic and sectoral complementarity. Discussions during their meetings also focused on strategic partnerships between the Bank Group and France in priority cooperation areas.

Categories: Tunisia, France, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development, Economic & Financial Governance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 14 April 2010, in Tunis received a Malian delegation led by the country’s energy and water minister, Igor Diarra. The delegation was received on Wednesday afternoon by AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka. Discussions during the meeting focused on AfDB-Mali cooperation as well as the financing of a number of projects in the country.

Categories: Mali, Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation

The African Development Group is will host in Tunis, on 8th-9th April 2010, an important PIDA workshop. PIDA is the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa, a joint initiative lead by the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Secretariat and the African Development Bank (ADB), for the development of infrastructure in Africa.

Categories: Tunisia, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)

In addition to the two days session, the participants are welcome to hold meetings on Friday 26 March in the Bank’s premises with the sectors and regions of their interest to gather further information on partnership and cooperation opportunities.

Categories: Tunisia