| 27
- 28 September, 2007
First
Annual African PCC Meeting
Kampala, Uganda —
PPD
Africa Office organized the first
Annual African PCC Meeting in Kampala,
Uganda from 27 to 28 September 2007.
The objectives were to:
-
review the Strategic Plan 2007 –
2011 for Africa
- share
experiences and good practices for
South-South collaboration promotion
The
Meeting was attended by 10 African
PCCs (Benin, Kenya, Mali, Morocco,
Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda
and Zimbabwe), 4 Representatives of
non member states (Ethiopia, Ghana,
South Africa, and Tanzania), 5 representatives
of Hewlett Foundations and staff from
Population Secretariat.
Participants
of the PCC Meeting
The
opening ceremony was graced by the
Minister of State, Youth and Gender
of the Government of the Republic
of Uganda. Under the Chairman of the
Acting Director of Population Secretariat
of Uganda, the Regional Director of
PPD Africa Office, the UNFPA Acting
Representative in Uganda, the Director
of Hewlett Population Program, the
representative of Ugandan Members
of Parliament and the Executive Director
of PPD made speeches at the Opening
Ceremony. Mr Harry S. Jooseery, Executive
Director of PPD reaffirmed the importance
of the PCCs in the Alliance for the
promotion of South-South Collaboration
in order to best serve populations
in need in Member States. As the other
speakers, he described some of the
PCCs’ current efforts to promote
South-South activities and urged participants
to collectively review and advice
on the Strategic Plan for Africa in
the context of South-South Collaboration
for the attainment of the MDGs and
ICPD PoA.
The
Program Overview, Human Resources
Plan, Strategic Business Plan of PPD
and Strategic Plan for Africa were
also shared as a way forward for future
PPD activities. The PCCs individually
presented the SWOT analysis of their
respective countries and were very
appreciative to the accomplishments
and innovative strategies made by
PPD. The 4 Non Member States expressed
their willingness to join as member
of PPD.
In
his Closing Speech, Mr Harry Jooseery
thanks the participants for the hard
and successful works. He also welcomed
the 4 potential new member states
and invited them to attend the Board
Meeting and the International Forum
on “Universal Access to Reproductive
Health for the Attainment of ICPD
Goals and MDGs” scheduled in
Rabat, Morocco from 19 – 22
November 2007.
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