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Index
Excerpts
from articles on ~
Globalism
&
NEPAD
- New Partnership for Africa’s Development
See also
The Aspen
Institute
What is nepad? "The NEPAD strategic framework document arises from a mandate given to the five initiating Heads of State (Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa) by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to develop an integrated socio-economic development framework for Africa. The 37th Summit of the OAU in July 2001 formally adopted the strategic framework document.
http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/home.php
In the next link, notice the key elements of Total
Quality Management -- the new
communitarian "systems"
designed to manage every part of the world:
Rwanda: NEPAD, Rwanda Sign Memo:
"The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Rwanda Development Gateway (RDG) which will enable the two institutions
exchange valuable information.
...the presidential advisor on NEPAD, Francis Gatare said that it was a pleasure for the country to have the two institutions signing a
memorandum of cooperation.
... In the last cabinet retreat, members agreed that the
partnership
between different institutions in the country was essential and that there was need to create
inter-dependent
relations amongst
private and government institutions,' Gatare
said.... 'They (RDG) will help us in
accessing information that we may need
for our work,' Gatare disclosed....
"Canisus Karurangwa, the Vice Rector of the National University of Rwanda who signed the memorandum on behalf of RDG, said that the memorandum had opened a wider door to Rwanda in ICT Development, and that this had lead to the digital divide success."
COMMISSION ON GLOBALISATION: 2000 - 2004:
INTRODUCTION
THE COMMISSION ON GLOBALISATION:
The proposal for an international and cross-sectoral Commission on Globalisation grew out of
State of the World Forum 2000, convened September 4-10, 2000 in New York. The conference was a multi-stakeholder “post Seattle” dialogue on globalization and coincided with the
UN Millennium Summit of Heads of State. ... The Commission was the result of those discussions and considerations, and was designed to be a four-year enterprise.
In August 2004, the Commission on Globalisation completed its activities...
[T]he Commission convened, worked together, and built a global network....
The purpose
of the Commission on Globalisation was to undertake an inclusive
and comprehensive multi-stakeholder inquiry... and to develop
integrated thought and action leading to specific
recommendations for governance and policy-making at a global
level that promoted greater social equity, environmental
stability, enhanced security, and sustainable economic
growth....
The goal
of the Commission was to develop
an interconnected web of
dynamic partners and projects worldwide...
united in the common efforts to create a
more humane future for humanity.
The Commission sought to fulfill its mission through its:
Global Leadership Network:
a diverse and committed network of innovative leaders from
around the world, serving in their personal capacities, and
dedicated to collaborative engagement in the constructive
reform of the global system....
Cross-Sectoral Deliberations:
the establishment of high-level, multi-stakeholder,
consultative mechanisms, in and through which senior
decision-makers from civil society, government and the
corporate sector could debate, dialogue, and
deliberate on the critical challenges and opportunities
central to the future of globalization and its impact on
human development...
Public Engagement:
... the dissemination of the Commission’s findings...
with the intent of promoting public discourse and
comment, as well as more democratic decision-making on
issues of critical importance....
The Commission network met again
for its Second Annual Meeting in Mexico City December 4-7, 2002.
Over 150 Co-Chairs, Commissioners and specially invited guests
participated and discussed issues including... free trade and social
equity, migration... and pathways to a sustainable
civilization. ...
The Commission was established to
engage in “dialogue-and-action”
[PRAXIS] as a single integrated concept....
The
Commission catalyzed, supported and/or assisted in the
development of the following projects by various Co-Chairs and
Commissioners:
Ethical
Globalization Initiative - with
Co-Chair Mary Robinson, which resulted in a new
organization and collaboration between the Aspen
Institute, Columbia University and the International
Council for Human Rights Policy to mainstrean the human
rights agenda.
G8 NePAD
- with Commissioners Gordon Smith and Barry Carin, who
worked within the context of the G8 and NePAD commitments
on African development, and with the support of the
Mott Foundation and the International Development
Research Centre, to establish specific projects fulfilling
the NePAD vision.
Access
- a partnership between Hewlett Packard, the Hewlett
Foundation, Center for Global Development, Klaus Schwab
Foundation, Medley Global Advisors and State of the World
Forum,...
International
Interfaith Investment Group -
...developed in an active collaboration with Citigroup,
the Mott Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, the Pilkington
Trust, and major
religious institutions
to develop common socially
and environmentally sensitive guidelines for religious
institutional investment. ...
Learning and
Education -...to formulate more
effective educational and learning policies within the G8
commitments on education and the ongoing work of UNESCO
NEPAD's e-school Project kicks off in Rwanda:
The initiative dubbed "e-schools" is intended to lead to a steady and sustainable process in which young Africans graduate from primary and secondary schools equipped with skills which will enable them to function as equals in the emerging knowledge economy and information society of the 21st century.
The initiative would involve establishment of an Africa-wide satellite network that will connect the schools to the internet as well as points within each country from which, educational content will be fed to the schools on a continuous basis.
...Nepad’s e-schools initiative has assigned technology giants Cisco Systems and Microsoft to supply and install the digital ICT equipment in 6 Rwandan schools.
Saturday May 6, 2006
Africa review governance programme moving slowly
:
Africa’s plan to open governments to closer scrutiny and make them more accountable is moving slowly due to a manpower shortage and a reluctance to punish countries that do not conform, analysts said on Thursday.
As South Africa launched its draft self-assessment, joining Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana, it was increasingly clear that basic problems such as crime, unemployment, graft and poor financial management were dogging the continental project.
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) — under which governments rate each other’s economic performance and advise on how to improve — is a core project of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the 53-member African Union’s (AU) homegrown economic recovery plan.
The APRM has won acclaim from G8 wealthy nations which have pledged support for well-run countries. But it has strong critics in Africa who say it is being implemented too slowly and too gingerly to force real change in poorly-run countries.
RWANDA: Top world leaders converge for governance summit
:
“Under the peer-review mechanism--an African instrument aimed at encouraging good governance practices in individual countries-such a function is a moment of truth. It is when all government leaders humble themselves, take in positive criticisms and commit themselves to go and do what is missing in their governments,” Musoni said.
The meeting, to take place at Intercontinental Hotel, will be held under the theme: ‘Implementing the African Peer Review Mechanism—Challenges and Opportunities’, and over 350 delegates from 32 African countries and beyond are expected to attend, organisers say.
Francis Gatare, President Paul Kagame’s Permanent Representative to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), said some arrivals were registered as early as Saturday. Those already in town in include officials from the South Africa-based APRM Secretariat and several other technical delegations.
Africa's growth to take centre stage at WEF meeting
:
South African President Thabo Mbeki, Armando Guebuza of Mozambique and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania are among the leaders joining about 650 participants for the three-day conference.
"The general environment in Africa probably could not have been better. For three years in a row Africa as a continent has grown at more than 5%," the WEF's Africa director Haiko Alfeld said.
...Alfeld admitted that despite being given great prominence at previous WEF meetings, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) economic rescue plan "seems to have disappeared from the public discourse".
"I cannot speak on behalf of business ... but clearly there is a sense of disillusionment at the lack of progress and the lack of steam of Nepad," he said.
Nepad is a home-grown plan, proposed to pull the continent out of poverty by encouraging investment, and in return embrace key principles such as good governance and public and financial accountability.
Four years ago at the end of the WEF's meeting in Durban, the plan received strong backing from businesses, with about 130 major companies signing up to it, with
others following suit.
Sent by researcher
Susan Conway. Thank you, Susan!
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