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.

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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) 

• 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)

• 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