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The 7th Africa Regional Consultation of the NGO Working Group on the World Bank and Joint Consultation with the World Bank convened in Durban, South Africa, October 1- 5, 2000. Highlights below. For more information contact the NGOWGWB/Africa Region secretariat.

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7th Africa Region Consultation

NGO Working Group on the World Bank and The World Bank Africa Region

The NGO Working Group on the World Bank / Africa Region (NGOWGWB/AR) is a network of African NGOs and civil society organizations (CSOs) interested in engaging the World Bank in dialogue on issues of policy and programs. The NGOWGWB/AR is part of the global NGOWGWB, a decentralized group of regional working groups on the World Bank seeking to amplify the voice of Southern regions in World Bank advocacy.

Meeting in Durban, South Africa, the 7th Africa Regional Consultation focused on the Poverty Reduction Strategy program, a joint effort of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Also on the agenda: information technology and development, NGO capacity building and the International Forum on Capacity Building and HIV/AIDS in Africa. A day-long training was provided by on the final day, by IDASA of Capetown, South Africa, on monitoring national budgets.

 below: TS Muyoya, MWENGO, Zimbabwe, speaking on capacity building and the PRSPs.

Nearly 25 NGO delegates from 15 countries met among themselves for a full-day before meeting with 12 members of the World Bank Africa Region. Resident Mission staff from 9 Africa countries were joined by a senior operation officer, the operations director of the Vice President for Africa and the coordinator of the Participation Thematic Team of the Bank.

left: Charity Musamba, Jubilee 2000, Zambia, continues her point during the coffee break. PRSP country presentations were provided from Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Further information from countries--such as Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar--was brought out by both NGO and World Bank participants during discussions.

Further presentations were provided on participation, capacity building specifically related to PRSPs and related topics.

The NGOWGWB/AR consulted and began planning a monitoring project on participation in PRSPs in several African countries. Additional decisions for action involved capacity building consultations, information technology, deliberate networking and communications among the working group members and their wider networks. NGO participants were largely from national networks and umbrella organizations, with memberships and networks ranging from 15 to 1500 organizations.

From left to right: J. Abdel-Latif, InterAfrica Group; L. Keough, World Bank; C. Sinckler, CPDC and NGOWGWB Global Chair. A full report of the meeting will be available mid-October from the NGOWGWB / Africa secretariat.


Participants
  • Ms. Assetou Kanoute, WARDA, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali
  • Ms. Charity Musamba, Jubilee 2000-Zambia/JCTR, Zambia
  • Mr. Francis Ngang, INADES Formation, Cote d'Ivoire
  • Mr. Hemsing Hurrynag, Development Indian Ocean Network, Mauritius
  • Mr. Jalal Abdel-Latif, InterAfrica Group, Ethiopia
  • Ms. Jane Seruwaji Nalunga, DENIVA, Uganda
  • Mr. Joao Jose Uthui, TEIA, Mozambique
  • Mr. Mamadou Guiro, CONGAD, Senegal
  • Mr. Maxton Grant Tsoka, Centre for Social Research, Malawi
  • Mr. Osita Aniemeka, ICDA, Nigeria
  • Mr. Seabata Motsamai, Lesotho Council of NGOs, Lesotho
  • Mr. Simon Maleka, Kagiso Trust, South Africa
  • Mr. Stephen Kirimi Mwamba, National Council of NGOs-Kenya, Kenya
  • Mr. Strini Moodley, Umtapo Centre, South Africa
  • Mr. Tessera Worq Shimelis, Christian Relief and Development Association, Ethiopia
  • Mr. TS Muyoya, MWENGO, Zimbabwe
  • Mr. Waly Ndiaye, Senegalese Human Rights NGOs, Senegal

    INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

  • Mr. Chris Sinckler, NGOWGWB/Global Chair, Barbados
  • Ms. Angela Woods, Bretton Woods Project, United Kingdom
  • Mr. Rob Mills, EURODAD, Belgium
  • Ms. Rosemary McGee, Institute for Development Studies, United Kingdom
  • Ms. Renee Storteboom, InterAfrica Group (NGOWGWB / Africa secretariat)

    WORLD BANK PARTICIPANTS

  • Mr. Abdoul-Wahab Seyni, Social Development Specialist, Niger
  • Mr. Happy Nkomah, Resident Mission, South Africa
  • Ms. Helen M'Bao, Operations Officer, Zambia
  • Mr. Koffi Marrah, Social Development Specialist, Ghana
  • Mr. Kossi Equida, Social Development Specialist, Togo
  • Ms. Lucienne M'Balpor, NGO Officer, Chad
  • Ms. Lucy Keough, Sr. Operations Officer, Africa Region
  • Mrs. Mary CK Betekerezo, Social Development Specialist, Uganda
  • Mr. Parmesh Shah, Coordinator, Participation Thematic Team
  • Mr. Ted Ahlers, Operations Director, Africa Region Vice President
  • Mrs. Salamata Bal, NGO Officer, Mauritania
  • Mr. Ziva Razafinisalama, Social Development Specialist, Madagascar

    IDASA Training

  • Mr. Albert van Zyl
  • Mrs. Alta Folscher
  • Mrs. Mastoera Sadan


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