Programme

In this section

The 2012 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (African Development Bank and the African Development Fund) will take place in Arusha, Tanzania, at the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC), from 28 May to 1 June 2012.

The opening ceremony will take place at the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC), on 31May, 2012 at 9 am.

Saturday, 26 May

09:00 am – 05:00 pm Registration of Participants

Sunday, 27 May

09:00 am – 05:00 pm Registration of Participants

Monday, 28 May

07:30 am – 06:00 pm Registration of Participants
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm OPEC Fund – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm BADEA – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Nigeria – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm AFC – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Eximbank India – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm AADFI – Bilateral Meetings
08:00 am – 06:00 pm ICF Summit – Stand
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Room 1 - Bilateral Meetings with clients of Standard Chartered Bank
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Room 2 - Bilateral Meetings with clients of Standard Chartered Bank
08:00 am – 06:00 pm KRVC / OPEV Stand
08:00 am – 06:00 pm Exhibition Hall for OSFU
09:00 am – 12:00 pm Child Soldiers in Africa – Lessons Learnt so far / Linkages to Youth Employment
09:00 am – 05:00 pm PIDA/ Sokoni Exhibition
09:00 am – 05:00 pm African Legal Support facility (ALSF) Stand
09:00 am – 06:00 pm Rating Review Meeting of the AfDB with Fitch Rating Agency
09:00 am – 06:00 pm Meetings of the Organs of the ALSF
10:00 am – 12:00 pm African Economic Outlook 2012 – Promoting Youth Employment
12:00 pm – 02:00 pm Constituency Meeting / Lunch – BDIR04 - Executive Director François KRUGER
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm Interview with the President of the Bank
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm Launch of the 2011 African Development Report and Discussions on Bank Group Strategic Orientations on Private Sector
02:30 pm – 05:30 pm AADFI- Executive Committee Meeting
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Drought Crisis and Food Insecurity in Africa: In Search of a Cure
07:00 pm – 09:00 pm Constituency Dinner – BDIR 09 - Executive Director Hassan Ali KHEDR
08:00 pm – 10:00 pm Dinner – High Level Seminars Speakers

Tuesday, 29 May

07:00 am – 08:00 am Constituency Meeting with OPEV– BDIR13 - Executive Director Christoph KOHLMEYER
07:15 am – 06:00 pm Registration of Participants
08:00 am – 09:30 am Media Breakfast
08:00 am – 06:00 pm AADFI- Annual Workshop
08:00 am – 08:30 am Plenary for the High Level Seminars
08:45 am – 10:15 am High Level Seminar 1: Opportunity and Challenges of the Global Financial Crisis
08:45 am – 10:15 am High Level Seminar 2: Greening the Economy: Opportunity for Growth
09:00 am – 06:00 pm Meetings of the Organs of ALSF
10:30 am – 12:00 pm High Level Seminar 3: Emerging Issues in African Economies
10:30 am – 12:00 pm High Level Seminar 4: Good Financial Governance in Africa
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Declaration: Good Financial Governance in Africa
12:00 pm – 14:00 pm Africa Group 3 Constituency Meeting (Angola, Nigeria, South Africa)
01:00 pm – 03:00 pm Lunch – High Level Seminar
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Panelist Preparation “Building Bridges between Africa and Emerging Countries: Challenges and Opportunities”
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm China – Africa Trade: A win-win Partnership?
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm Remittances, Diaspora and Microfinance for Financial Inclusion
02:00 pm – 04:30 pm AERC-Citi Bank Symposium: Regional Integration: Unlocking Opportunities for Job Creation and Greater Economic Growth
02:30 pm – 04:30 pm Peace and State Building Process in Somalia and South Sudan: A Political Economy Analysis and a Peer to Peer Exchange
02:30 pm – 05:00 pm 14^th Meeting of the Governors Consultative Committee (Closed Session; Open to non-member Governors as observers)
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Building Bridges between Africa and Emerging Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Harnessing Africa’s Demographic Dividend
05:30 pm – 06:30 pm High Level Seminars Closing Event
05:30 pm – 08:30 pm Annual Cocktail of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
05:30 pm – 07:00 pm Constituency meeting - BDIR19 - Executive Director Shahid KHAN
06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Constituency meeting - BDIR 16 - Executive Director Mary MUDUULI
06:30 pm – 08:30 pm Cocktail hosted by Crown Agents (by invitation)
07:00 pm – 08:00 pm Constituency Meeting - BDIR15 – Executive Director Elfatih M. KHALID
07:00 pm – 09:00 pm Constituency Dinner - BDIR 16 - Executive Director Mary MUDUULI
07:00 pm – 09:00 pm Constituency Dinner – BDIR09 - Executive Director Hassan Ali KHEDR
07:30 pm – 09:30 pm Constituency Dinner – BDIR19 - Executive Director Shahid KHAN
07:30 pm – 11:00 pm Dinner - African Sub-Regional Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) - Annual Discussion Forum
08:00 pm – 10:00 pm Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Dinner (Board members only)
08:00 pm – 11:00 pm Constituency Dinner - BDIR15 – Executive Director Elfatih M. KHALID

Wednesday, 30 May

06:45 am – 07:30 am Constituency Meeting – Breakfast – BDIR18 - Executive Director Masahiro KAN
07:30 am Registration of Participants
08:00 am – 08:30 am Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session)
08:00 am – 06:00 pm AADFI General Assembly
08:30 am – 10:30 am Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (Closed Session; Open to non-member Governors as observers)
08:30 am – 06:00 pm Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum
08:30 am – 06:30 pm Private Equity Investment in Africa- In support of Inclusive Growth
09:00 am – 06:00 pm ICF Summit – Plenary Session
09:00 am – 10:00 am Africa Group 1 Constituency Panel Meeting
09:00 am – 10:00 am Meeting with Egypt and Tunisia
09:00 am – 10:30 am Constituency Meeting – BDIR20- Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
09:00 am – 10:30 am U.S.-East Africa Community Infrastructure Project Preparation Roundtable
09:00 am – 11:00 am 2012 African Governance Outlook – Public Financial Governance Reforms: the Recent Progress in Africa
09:00 am – 01:00 pm Inaugural Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Advisory Council Meeting
09:00 am – 05:00 pm Coalition of Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) Board Meeting
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Aid for Trade and Regional Integration
10:00 am – 02:00 pm High Level Roundtable on Africa’s Industrialization
10:30 am – 01:00 pm Africa Group 1 Constituency Meeting
10:30 am – 06:15 pm Constituency Meeting – Head of the Netherlands Delegation with Senior Management – BDIR20 – Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Debate: Africa Transforming Africa
11:00 am – 06:00 pm Official Korean Delegation – Meeting with African Financial Institutions – BDIR 02 – Executive Director Hau Sing TSE
12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Luncheon for Law Seminar Panelists - Executive Director Walter Crawford JONES
12:30 pm – 01:00 pm Constituency Meeting – BDIR20- Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
12:30 pm – 02:00 pm AfDB/Harvard Seminar Lunch
01:00 pm – 03:00 pm Lunch
- 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Financial Presentation
- 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Presentation of the 2012 Review of Development Effectiveness
02:00 pm – 04:30 pm Harnessing the Innovative Capacities of Africa’s Youth: Africa Unbound and Africa 2.0
02:00 pm – 06:00 pm Introduction to MFW4A with the Executive Committee Members
02:30 pm – 06:30 pm PIDA Partners’ Conference
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Economic Structural Transformation in Africa
03:00 pm – 05:00 pm Joint Seminar with Harvard Law School on Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies: Building Africa’s Legal Professions in the Age of Globalization
04:30 pm – 06:30 pm The G20 and the Africa Agenda
04:30 pm – 07:30 pm Agvance Africa: Launch of Agriculture and Agri-Business Fund of Funds
05:00 pm – 06:30 pm AFMI Roundtable Meeting with Banks
05:30 pm – 07:30 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting – BDIR 03 - Executive Director Margit THOMSENN
06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Constituency Office Meeting – BDIR10 - Executive Director Mohit DHOORUNDHUR
07:00 pm – 10:00 pm Constituency Dinner – BDIR10 - Executive Director Mohit DHOORUNDHUR
07:15 pm – 09:30 pm Southern Africa Group 2 Constituency Working Dinner– BDIR7 - Executive Director Mampuya P. TOMBWELE
07:30 pm – 09:45 pm Constituency Working Dinner – BDIR08 - Executive Director Mamadou A. SOW
07:30 pm – 10:30 pm Central Africa Group Constituency Working Dinner - Theme : Regional Integration, foundation for Sustainable Development in Central Africa – BDIR11 – Executive Director André NZAPAYEKE
07:30 pm – 10:30 pm Dinner: African Bankers and Business Leadership Awards (by invitation)

Thursday, 31 May

07:30 am Registration of Participants
07:30 am – 08:30 am Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with VPCOO- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
07:30 am – 09:00 am Constituency Meeting – BDIR04 - Executive Director François KRUGER
07:30 am – 08:30 am Breakfast for the Governors of the North Africa Region
08:00 am – 09:00 am Bilateral Meeting Constituency– BDIR12 - Executive Director Walter Crawford JONES
09:00 am – 10:00 am Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Annual Meetings
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Resource Mobilization: The Imperative of South-South Cooperation
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Rebuilding the State and Governance Institutions in Somalia
10:30 am – 12:30 pm 2012 Africa Capacity Indicators Report ( ACIR)
10:30 am – 01:00 pm Meeting with Standard and Poor’s : Sovereign Rating Methodologies and Benefits
11:00 am – 01:00 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meetings- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
11:00 am – 01:00 pm First Sitting of the Boards of Governors – Consideration and Approval of the:
- Provisional Agenda
- Report of the Joint Steering Committee
- Report of the Governors’ Consultative Committee
- Report of the Standing Committee of the Board of Governors on the Terms and Conditions of Service of Elected Officers
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm Bilateral Constituency Meeting – BDIR20 - Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
12:30 pm – 03:30 pm Luncheon Meeting for Eximbank of India (by invitation)
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch Session: ADF Resource Mobilization from Middle Income Regional Member Countries
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Bilateral Constituency Meeting – BDIR20 - Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Enhancing Private Sector Assistance for Africa (EPSA)
02:00 pm – 05:00 pm Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Dialogue on the 2013-2022 Long Term Strategy of the African Development Group
- Governors Dialogue Group 1
- Governors Dialogue Group 2
- Governors Dialogue Group 3
- Governors Dialogue Group 4
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI): Launch of the AFMI Web Site
02:00 pm – 05:00 pm Embracing the Services Sector as Key Driver of Africa’s Future Economic Growth
02:00 pm – 06:00 pm Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum
02:30 pm – 07:30 pm Constituency Meeting - BDIR 04 – Executive Director François KRUGER
04:00 pm – 06:00 pm African Financing Partnership (AFP) Steering Committee Meeting
04:30 pm – 07:30 pm Rating Review Meeting of the AfDB with Standard and Poor’s (S&P)
05:00 pm – 06:00 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with ONEC- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
05:00 pm – 06:15 pm Constituency Meeting – Bilateral Meeting for Chinese Delegation BDIR 02 - Executive Director Hau Sing TSE
05:30 pm – 07:30 pm Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Dialogue: Most Companies Die Young: What Do They Need to Survive and Grow?
06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with SARC- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
07:30 pm Gala and Cultural Evening (by invitation)

Friday, 1st June

07:30 am Registration of participants
07:30 am – 08:30 am Constituency Working Breakfast – BDIR02 – Executive Director Hau Sing TSE
07:30 am – 09:00 am Constituency Meeting – BDIR13- Executive Director Christoph KOHLMEYER
07:30 am – 11:00 am Constituency Meeting – BDIR04 - Executive Director François KRUGER
08:00 am – 09:00 am Breakfast - Official Launch of the African Guarantee Fund
08:00 am – 09:30 am Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sustainability
08:30 am – 10:15 am Bilateral Meeting with CSOs - Constituency BDIR12- Executive Director Walter C. JONES
09:00 am – 10:00 am Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with VP OIVP- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
09:00 am – 11:30 am Meeting with Moody’s: Benefits of International Rating: : Sovereign, Banks, Utilities. Moody’s outlook on African Sovereigns
09:30 am – 11:00 am The Arab Spring, One Year Later
09:45 am – 10:45 am Launching of the Africa Ecological Footprint Report – Green Infrastructure for Africa’s Ecological Security
10:00 am – 11:00 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with VP CSVP- BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Constituency Meeting – BDIR11- Executive Director André NZAPAYEKE
10:00 am – 06:00 pm Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum
10:00 am – 11:00 pm Constituency Meeting with Fragile States Facility – BDIR13- Executive Director Christoph KOHLMEYER
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Sustainable Energy for all – Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Unlocking North Africa’s Potential through Regional Integration
11:45 am – 01:00 pm Nordic-Indian Constituency Meeting with VP STRG - BDIR03- Executive Director Margit THOMSEN
12:30 pm – 01:00 pm Constituency Meeting – BDIR20- Executive Director Vincenzo ZEZZA
12:30 pm – 02:30 pm Global Economic Governance Network Launch
01:00 pm – 02:30 pm Governors Closing Lunch (by invitation)
03:30 pm – 04:30 pm Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Closing Session of the 2012 Annual Meetings
04:30 pm – 05:00 pm Closing Press Conference (in the ERCU Conference Room)
05:00 pm – 07:00 pm Breaking the Mold: African Women mean Business