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September, 2008
National
South-South Workshop on Population
and Sustainable Development held in
Banjul
Banjul, The Gambia —
Partners in Population and Development
and the National Population Commission,
Government of the Republic of The
Gambia jointly organized the “National
South-South Workshop on Population
and Sustainable Development”
on September 4, 2008. The purpose
of the workshop was to advocate and
garner support from key stakeholders
in the field of reproductive health,
family planning and population for
promoting South-South Cooperation
as a modality for change and for creating
a national support structure in The
Gambia.
Opening session of the Workshop
This
National South-South workshop was
opened by Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson,
Minister for Higher Education, Research,
Science and Technology of The Gambia
and was attended by Mr. Harry Jooseery,
Executive Director of PPD, Ms. Fatou
Jassey Kuyateh, Permanent Secretary,
Office of the Vice President, Mr.
Saikou Trawally, the Director of Population
Affairs, National Population Commission
and also PPD PCC for The Gambia, and
Mr. Barnabas Yisa, Country Representative,
UNFPA.
Executive
Director of PPD in his address thanked
the Government of the Republic of
The Gambia for their sustained efforts
towards supporting PPD and the cause
of South-South Cooperation. He also
lauded The Gambia’s significant
achievements in the fields of population,
family planning and reproductive health,
particularly the integration of the
MDGs and the ICPD Program of Action
with the National Population and National
Reproductive Health and Youth policies.
The
Executive Director also paid a courtesy
visit to the Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson,
Minister of Higher Education and Ms.
Fatou Jassey Kuyateh the Permanent
Secretary to the Office of the Vice
President and briefed them on the
PPD initiative in setting up a National
Task Force to promote South-South
Cooperation in The Gambia.
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