ANI Presentation - AfricaRecruit

A New Approach To African IssuesTHE 1 st GLOBAL NETWORKOF AFRICAN CITIZENSFOR PANAFRICAN DEVELOPMENTAvenir Nepad International - 27, rue saint Guillaume - 75007 Paris - FranceTel:33 6 26 15 36 77 - E-Mail: AvenirNepadInt@aol.com - www.avenir-nepad.orgLast up dateMarch 2005

OUR MISSIONAvenir Nepad International (ANI), an organization based in Paris, FranceTwo main priorities: to mobilise the African Diaspora worldwide,and build capacity through participative contribution from all citizenscAdvocate in western countries so that western policy makers takeAfrica’s future into consideration during decisive debatesPromoting actions that keep NEPAD a central priority for AfricangovernmentsBringing together the intelligentsia and active actors wishing to tpromote socio-cultural, cultural, and economic developmentTraining and informing citizens’ hands-on approaches aboutactions that can help implement NEPAD in Africa

OBJECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL NETWORKPutting in place an intercontinental platform for civil societiesworking on African Union and its economic branch, NEPADContributing to the reinforcement decentralisation of cooperationbetween international agencies, local authorities, private sector r andafrican diaspora Reaching out to Africa’s 5 subregions, , beyond cultural, social,national and sometimes ethnic differencesEncouraging the African diaspora to become the 6 th dynamicregional force

OUR RESOURCESHundreds of participating members beyond national borders,mainly motivated and skilled African citizens from diverseprofessional and social backgroundsLocal offices in Africa to support and develop our actionsWest Africa: : Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger,Senegal, TogoCentral Africa: : Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo, GabonEast Africa: : DjiboutiSouthern Africa: : Under developmentLocal offices in western countries to actively lobby: Belgium,Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United KingdomOffices under creation: Algeria, Comoros, Madagascar, Morocco,South Africa, USA

ANI’s RECENT ACTIONS… 11/04 – At the initiative of theSA Embassy in Brussels, ANImoderated a meeting betweenThe Great Lakes Diaspora andPresident Thabo Mbeki 05/04 – Two day debate on a moreparticipative approach to development.Publication of a white paper sponsoredby French Ministry of Cooperation andthe NEPAD Secretary

ANI’s RECENT ACTIONS… 04/03 – ANI organised a workshopon the assessment of NEPAD’sinitiatives, chaired by PresidentAbdoulaye Wade 02/03 – Presentation of ANI’s visionat the France Africa Summit on theinvitation of President Jacques Chirac

RECENT ACTIONS IN LOCAL OFFICESBENIN – Training around the “local good governance” in highschools and collegesTOGO – Conference cycle about cultural policy and developmentsponsored by UNESCO and the French Foreign MinistryDRC – Vulgarization program of Nepad with local radios

GUIDELINES FOR 2005Setting up African diaspora participative permanent platform Daysagainst AIDS (January)Official reception of ANI at the NEPAD Secretariat in South Africa(February)The French Diaspora Tour : understanding the mechanism ofFrench decentralized authorities to improve participation of thediaspora in cooperation programmes in Africa (March-May)May)Global meeting of african offices in Yaounde : Evaluation of localgood governance project, NTIC, perspectives (August)Speaker series and conferences at the Sciences Po and at theParis Chamber of Commerce

THEY SAY ABOUT ANI« Avenir Nepad International has succeeded to impose by itsdynamism, conscientiousness and the quality of its work »,Xavier Darcos, French Minister of Cooperation, avril 2004« It is to be congratulated and I would like to see different socialactors do the same…. . We have designed a framework and eachone at his level should fully embrace it », His ExcellencyAbdoulaye Wade, Feb 2003

Avenir Nepad OFFICES WORLDWIDE…Mali: launch in the presenceof the Canadian AmbassadorDRC: board meetingSpain: launchCanada: team members

Avenir Nepad OFFICES IN AFRICA…Ivory Coast: team withNorbert Tricaud, incharge of internationalrelations commissionGuinea:team membersBenin and Togo team members at a meeting in Lome

MEETNGS with…ACP secretary generalSA First ladyDominique de Villepin,French Interior MinisterAminata Traoré, ex ministerof Culture, MaliJack Lang, speaker ofCommission of Africa, France

Contacts in LOCAL OFFICESWest Africa:Benin, Dossou SOKENOU - +229 06 02 42Burkina Faso, Hyppolyte OUEDRAOGO - amus@cenatrin.bfIvory Coast, Maurice SYLLA - ongnatureplus@yahoo.frGuinea, Abou SAMAKE - abousorro@yahoo.frMali, Modibo DIAKITE - nepad_avenirmali@yahoo.frNiger, Ismaël MOHAMED KHAILOU - ismoha2000@yahoo.frSenegal, Mouhamadou Lamine MBAYE - mlmbaye@ifrance.comTogo, Maxime ADADZI - +28 91 89 998Central Africa:Cameroon, Pamphile BEDOUNG - nepad_cameroun@yahoo.frCongo, Etanislas NGODI - avenirnepad_congo@yahoo.frDemocratic Republic of Congo, Alain LUBELLO - avenirnepad_rdc@yahoo.frCentral African Republic, Viviane GOKOUZOU - vivigok@yahoo.frGabon, Thanguy NZUE OBAME - Thanguy@coopgabon.netEast Africa:Djibouti, ADAWE Omar Houssein - adaweo@yahoo.fr

Contacts in LOCAL OFFICESEurope:Belgium, Alfred BATOTCHOU - batotchou@yahoo.frGermany, Lisa ANDELA KOBLA - andelalisa@yahoo.comItaly, Hervé KABORE - hervekabore@hotmail.comSpain, Charles E. BABENA - charlesbabena@yahoo.frUnited Kingdom, Hallouche HADI - hadi@avenir-nepad-UK.orgAmerica:Canada, Amara KABA - kabamara@yahoo.ca

ANY QUESTIONS ?To contact usAvenir Nepad International27, rue saint Guillaume75007 Paris - FranceTel: 33 6 26 15 36 77E-Mail:AvenirNepadInt@aol.comaol.comwww.avenir-nepad.comnepad.comThank you…© copyright 2005 – Avenir NEPAD International / all rights reserved / unauthorized use and disclosure strictly forbidden