| PPD
Africa Strategy Development
Workshop
Partners
in Population and Development
(PPD) organized a 4-days workshop
for the development of PPD Africa
Strategy at the Kampala Sheraton
Hotel, Uganda from 23 to 26
February 2007. The workshop
brought together eminent strategy
development experts in the field
of reproductive health, population
and development, representatives
of major stakeholders in Africa
such as PPD African Member States,
IPPF Africa Regional Office,
African Union, UNFPA Technical
Support Division, UNFPA.
Participants
of the PPD Africa Strategy Development
Workshop
Africa
Division represented by Director
of UNFPA CST Harare and a Consultant
of Hewlett Foundation. The Executive
Director, Director of Africa
Regional Office and officials
of both the offices participated
the workshop. A renowned strategic
planning consultant with decades
of experience in the strategy
development particularly for
the Africa region facilitated
the 4-days strategic planning
exercise. The intensive planning
exercise produced a draft strategy
document, which is now being
reviewed and revised by all
concerned, which will be submitted
to the Board during its 2007
Annual Meeting for approval.
National
Workshop on South-South Cooperation
in Sustainable Development
in Kampala, Uganda.
Partners
in Population and Development
(PPD), in collaboration with
Population Secretariat, Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development of the Government
of Uganda organized a workshop
on “South-South Cooperation
in Sustainable Development”
on 22nd of February 2007 at
the Grand Imperial Hotel,
Kampala, Uganda. The main
purposes of the workshop were
to:
- Create
a greater awareness about
South-South Collaboration
Initiatives of Partners
in Population and Development
and examine how South-South
cooperation can ensure sustainable
development for the developing
countries, and,
- Formally
announce the opening of
PPD Africa Regional Office
in Kampala, Uganda
The
workshop was attended by 10
Members of Parliament, Journalists
from print and electronic media,
representatives from Universities
(Makerare), different Government
Ministries and Departments,
UN Agencies, Word Bank, WHO,
UNFPA, USAID, NGOs, Civil Society
Organizations, eminent professionals
and experts in the field of
reproductive health, population
and development.
Dr.
Jotham Musinguzi, Director of
PPD Africa Office delivered
an Address of Welcome and made
a comprehensive presentation
on the Reproductive Health,
Population and Development scenarios
in Uganda and other countries
in Sub-Saharan African Region.
Mr. Harry Sangeet Jooseery,
PPD Executive Director made
a Keynote presentation on “South-South
Cooperation in Ensuring Sustainable
Development in the Developing
Countries”. The presentations
were followed by a session on
discussions, questions and answers
chaired by one of the leading
members of the Ugandan parliament.
In response to spontaneous queries
from the audience, the panelists
Messrs Jooseery and Musinguzi
explained how South-South Cooperation
and particularly the PPD Africa
Office would contribute to the
attainment of sustainable development
of the Southern countries, particularly
Uganda and other Sub-Saharan
African nations.
The
Closing Ceremony was chaired
by H.E. Dr. Omwony Ojwok, Honorable
Minister of State for Finance,
Planning and Population Development
of the Government of Uganda
and Board Member and Treasurer
of PPD. The Minister formally
announced the opening of the
PPD Africa Office in Kampala
and expressed the commitment
of the Government of Uganda
to extend all necessary support
and assistance including Office
Space, administrative support
services and related logistics
to the PPD Africa Office in
Kampala.
H.E
Dr. Omwony Ojwok giving closing
speech in the workshop.
In his left Dr. Jotham Musinguzi,
Director of PPD Africa office
and
in the right Mr. Harry Sangeet
Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD
The
closure of the workshop was
followed by a Press Conference
where the journalists from the
country’s leading print
and electronic media spoke with
the Minister of State, PPD Executive
Director and the Director of
PPD Africa Regional Office.
International
Conference on Muslim Religious
Leaders to Support Population
and Development to Achieve MDGs.
Mr.
Harry Sangeet Jooseery, Executive
Director attended and delivered
a speech at the “International
Conference on Muslim Religious
Leaders to Support Population
and Development to Achieve MDGs”
held in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
from 12 – 16 February
2007. The conference brought
together, among others, the
senior Muslim Religious Leaders,
Islamic Scholars and Jurisprudents
from Muslim Countries of Asia
and Middle East, who command
profound respect and loyalty
of their followers in those
countries, to deliberate on
how they can effectively contribute
to the attainment of MDGs.
Mr.
Harry Sangeet Jooseery with
other participants of the Conference
In
his speech, citing quotations
from Islamic Religious scriptures,
Mr. Jooseery underscored the
importance and sought cooperation
of the religious leadership
in bringing out concrete changes
in the socio-economic arena
contributing to the attainment
of MDGs for improvement of the
living conditions of the people.
Mr. Jooseery also explained
how South-South Cooperation
in Population and Development
can squarely contribute to the
development, peace, prosperity
of mankind, which is the ultimate
objectives of all divine injunctions
and religious schools of thought
revealed and recorded in human
history. His speech was greatly
applauded by the audience and
the religious leaders expressed
their willingness to extend
their support and cooperation
to the strengthening of population
and development endeavors and
promotion of South-South collaboration
of PPD.
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