13-14 November 2008
The last Regional Workshop, with regard to the region of Southern Africa was organized, with the participation of SADC, in Gaboron, Botswana.
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5-6 November 2008
In partnership with UMA, the Regional Workshop for North Africa, which is the fourth in the series of the five workshops preparing the Conference, was held in Tunis, Tunisia.
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28-29 October 2008
The Regional Workshop for Central Africa was organized, together with ECCAS, in Douala, Cameroon.
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27-28 October 2008
The Regional Workshop for East Africa was organized, together with IGAD, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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15-17 October 2008
The Regional Workshop for West Africa was organized, together with ECOWAS, in Cotonou, Benin, inaugurating the series of 5 regional workshops serving as a platform to consolidate the National Investment Briefs and involve all stakeholders in the region, including partners, energy authorities, river basin authorities, NGOs and Civil Society.
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7 October 2008
The Second Steering Committee meeting of the Conference took place at the UNECA Headquarters in Addis Ababa in the margin of the joint Meetings of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), African Development Bank (ADB), UN-Water-Africa, and partners on “Carrying forward the Sharm El Sheikh Declaration and Commitments on Water and Sanitation.” It was co-shaired by the President of AMCOW, the AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, and the Permanent Representative of Libya to FAO.
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24-26 September 2008
A meeting between FAO officials and the Libyan Minister of Agriculture and members of National Conference Committee was held in Tripoli to discuss the preparation of the Conference.
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19 September 2008
A Technical Committee Meeting with the participation of representatives from the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was held to discuss progress and planned activities
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26 August 2008
A meeting with the African Development Bank (ADB) was held in Tunis to discuss their active involvement in the process of preparation.
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5-6 August 2008
Meeting with Partners in Addis Ababa - At the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa a delegation from the Executive Secretariat engaged in a 2-day marathon of meetings and discussions with several key partners explaining in brief the overall process of the Sirte Conference, its final configuration, and the related action plan.
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5 June 2008
The First Steering Committee Meeting took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome during the High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.
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3-5 June 2008
High Level Conference – The HLC on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy took place at FAO headquarters, Rome. Heads of State and Government, Ministers of all FAO member countries, heads of UN-system agencies and selected inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations gathered to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security.
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28-30 May 2008
Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development - TICAD took place in Yokohama with the objectives to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and their partners and to mobilize support for African-owned development initiatives.
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2 April 2008
Memorandum of Understanding – An Agreement on the joint organization of the Conference between FAO and the government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has been signed to ensure the timely and smooth conduct of the Sirte 2008 Conference.
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27 January - 2 February 2008
10th Ordinary Session of the African Union Conference
- The Tenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African
Union Heads of State and Government took place in the capital
city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. Following the discussion held
in this occasion, FAO, as a chair of the inter-agency mechanism
(UN-Water), together with the Government of the Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya and partner organizations, initiated the organization
of the Ministerial Conference on “Water for Agriculture
and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change”.
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