ISSUE 49: MAY-JULY 2008
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Next Africa series conference to focus on MDGs
The UNU-Cornell Africa Series of conferences continues May 21 when leading scholars from around the world gather at UN headquarters in New York for an event called The Governance Dimensions of MDGs in Africa.
A collaboration between UNU Office at the UN, New York, Cornell University, UNU centre for Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and UNU Food and Nutrition Programme (UNU-FNP), The UNU-Cornell Africa Series is mapping out the state of scientific and policy knowledge in four critical areas: Food and Nutrition system (November 2007); The Governance Dimension of the MDGs in Africa (May 2008); HIV/AIDS and Public Health; and Environment and Sustainability (both scheduled for later this year). A final event, to take place in fall 2008, will outline the lessons learned from the preceding events and make policy recommendations.
Through the UNU-Cornell Africa Series process, UNU and Cornell, in cooperation with UN agencies and academic institutions in Africa, will contribute to advance fundamental knowledge and policy formation and strengthen future capacity development initiatives in the region. This joint effort will also inform the high-level meeting on Africa’s Development Needs, which will be held during the 2008 UN General Assembly.
The governance event on May 21 will look at the conceptual, institutional and policy framework to address the implementation problems linked to the MDGs.
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