From 2003-12-09 to 2003-12-14

Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Summary:
The Pan-African Implementation and Partnership Conference will address the implication of the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development on regional water initiatives, as well as the continent's role in the implementation of the Summit's outcomes. Most importantly, the conference will provide a platform for African countries, the international community and United Nations agencies to reaffirm their commitment to solving Africa's water crisis. The aim of the Pan-African conference is to determine how to collectively implement the actions envisaged in the African Water Vision 2025, the NEPAD water agenda, the World Summit's targets and the Millennium Development Goals on water. The objective is to focus attention on the implementation requirements, in Africa, of the many regional and international targets in the water sector. The Pan-African Conference will seek to secure inter and intra-African commitments to the implementation of targets and build international solidarity in the form of concrete partnerships.

Organizers: UNESCO/IHP, UN Water-Africa, African Water Task Force and the Ministry of Water Resources of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia
Contact Name: Emmanuel Naah
E-mail: emmanuel.naah@unesco.unon.org
URL: http://www.uneca.org/panafcon/