“Voices of African Civil Society” towards 2008
1. INTRODUCTION
African Civil Society Communiqué to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japanese Civil Society, Government of Japan and the G8, Done at Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi Kenya,September 17 and 18, 2007
We the undersigned organisations from all regions of Africa appreciate the Africa-Asia NGO
network workshop which aims to;
• Support the creation of an African-Asian NGO network
• Strengthen advocacy efforts of African Civil Society towards TICAD IV and promote TICAD IV
• Build and strengthen an African NGO-JICA network for future formulation of partnership
projects in the African region
Given the diversity of our group and constituencies we serve, there is a consensus that the current situation in state and pace of development is undesirable and to that end, we are presenting suggestions to our governments, TICAD, the Government of Japan and the G8. This paperoutlines our collective views, perspectives and recommendations aimed at enhancing African
development.
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