11 Oct 2007: ISS Expert Round Table, Addis Ababa: Towards the Union Government of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, 11-12 October 2007

ISS Expert Round Table: Towards the Union Government of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Addis Ababa, 11-12 October 2007

Closed Meeting

The Direct Conflict Prevention Programme (DCP) based in the ISS Office in Addis Ababa will convene an Expert Roundtable entitled: “Towards the Union Government of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities”. This roundtable will contribute towards influencing policy debates and consultations on the grand project of forming a Union Government of Africa. The Roundtable will assess the performance of the African Union and its organs and RECs in the integration process at regional and continental level.  It will also identify areas on which, states, the RECs and the AU should focus in order to accelerate the formation of the Union Government. The Roundtable will further look into what form should such a government has and what will be its relations with regional and national structures. The meeting will also attempt to suggest alternative mechanisms for financing the programme and projects of the Union Government. The Roundtable also with the options of galvanizing support from Africans and Diaspora. 

Eventually, DCP will publish a monograph that will contribute towards the policy debate on the formation of the Union Government of Africa. This is a closed meeting and will involve African Union officials, senior diplomats from the Member States of the African Union, academics, and civil society participants.

For enquiries, please contact Ms Yemissrach Tadesse, Yemissrach Tadesse, Tel: +251 11 372 1154/5/6; Fax: +251 11 372 5954, Email: [email protected]