GRAND DIPLOMATIC NORTH-SOUTH CONFERENCE
FIRST EDITION 4 July 2008
The Paris declaration
on aid efficiency
The program:
The Paris declaration in pdf format:
An overview of the conference:
(all documents are in French, the summary of recommendations
is in English too)
Ginette KARIREKINYANA,
President director general of ACECI.
Word of welcome and introduction to the conference
theme.
MP
Denis LEBEL, representative of the government
of Canada: opening statement.
MP
Mahamane OUSMANE, Speaker of ECOWAS parliament,
Speaker of Niger's National Assembly: inaugural address.
MP
Mahama SAWADOGO, chair of the 'Commission
Coopération et Développement' of the 'Assemblée
Parlementaire de la Francophonie':
Face à la cherté de la vie, quelle est
la stratégie nationale pour la gestion de l'aide
et le développement au Burkina Faso?
André
BEAUDOIN, Union des Producteurs Agricoles -
Développement International, Quebec, Canada.
Prof. Yao
ASSOGBA, Université du Québec
en Outaouais, Canada
Le développement humain minimum garanti (DHMG)
comme éthique du développement.
The professor could not make
it to Quebec, and his contribution was read by Prof.
Dany Rondeau.
Sylvie
PERRAS, Canadian Council for International
Co-operation, Coordinator of the Africa-Canada Forum,
described how Canadian civil society has been involved
in the Paris declaration process, together with their
partners in the South. She also made a critical analysis
of North-South relations within civil society, and formulated
several recommendations.
Pamphile
MUDEREGA, Executive Seceretary of the National
Committee for the Coordination of Aid(CNCA), Burundi.
La gestion des aides et leur impact sur la population
menacée par la faim et la pauvreté au Burundi.
MP
Schadrack NIYONKURU, National Assembly,
Burundi, and member of the Pan-African Parliament.
Le rôle du parlement dans
la gestion de l'aide publique au Burundi.
Guy DES AULNIERS,
Africa programme officer, Development and Peace, Montreal,
Canada
Father
Térence NTITANGIRAGEZA, national
director of the "Centre pour l'Entraide et le Développement",
Caritas-Burundi.
La gestion des aides et leur impact sur la population
menacée par la faim et la pauvreté au Burundi.
Dany RONDEAU,
member of ACECI's board of directors:
summary of the day.
Her Excellency
MsNana Aicha Mouctari FOUMAKOYE, Ambassador
of Niger Republic to Canada:
In her closing remarks, the Ambassador
has congratulated ACECI with the conference initiative,
and has invited the agency, as a sign of reciprocity,
to organise the third edition of its Grand diplomatic
North-South conferences in Niger in 2009.
ACECI.
Powerpoint presentation.
La Déclaration de Paris et la gestion de la Coopération
Nord-Sud.
ACECI.
Summary of recommendations, distilled from the exchanges.
