| What is Civic Commission For Africa? |
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"Civic Commission for Africa (C-CfA)" is a tool for
bringing the voices of African Civil Society to the international arena
to be created in Japan in 2008, in order to facilitate the advocacy efforts
of the African Civil Society vis-a-vis the international community for
realising "pro-poor, pro-civic centered development".
■□ Profile of C-CfA
► Leaflet presenting C-CfA（pdf): English
► Outline（pdf): English French
► Please click here to read about the media coverage during TICAD IV and Toyako G8 Summit
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| 【2007】 |
■□June 2007 Co-organise the workshop: "Partnership for Africa towards 2008 TICAD: how can Africa, International and Japanese civil societies create effective partnership for achieving pro-poor policy in Africa towards 2008?" at "Alternative Summit" (In Germany)
► Please click here to see the details
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■□June 2007 Meeting of C-CfA Steering Committee (In Ghana)
On the occasion of AU Summit, various meetings of CSOs were held in Accra. C-CfA organised also its first meeting in which some members and TCSF staff have met each other for the first time. In the meeting, they discussed about its administrative system, the principals of its activities, the schedule and others. They have also held a meeting with local NGOs.
► Please click here to see the programme of the meeting
► Please click here to download the minutes
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■□ August and September 2007 Preparation of country by country “voices of civil society”
In each country, “voices of civil society” were prepared with the initiative of C-CfA members.
► The Voices of Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Mozambique and Madagascar are downloadable from here.
Voices from
Benin Voices from
Cameroon Voices from
Ghana Voices
from Mozambique Voices from
Madagascar
Furthermore, by assembling these Voices and adding opinions, the position paper of C-CfA was created.
► Please click here to download the paper English French
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■□ September 2007 Send the announcement of the C-CfA’s formation to Japanese ministry of foreign affaires
► To download this announcement, please click here
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■□ September and October 2007 Participation to “Africa-Asia NGO Network Workshop” organised by JICA
(In Kenya and Japan)
Many C-CfA members have participated to these workshops organised in Nairobi and Tokyo, of which the secretariat was placed in TCSF. The documents adopted in these workshops are as follows:
In Nairobi Workshop
- “Voices of African Civil Society” (written based on the position paper
of C-CfA)
- “Joint Solidarity Statement by Asian and African CSO’s to our Governments,
Development Partners and the International Community”
In Tokyo workshop
- “Voices of African and Japanese Civil Society towards 2008 TICAD IV” (written based on the documents adopted in Nairobi Workshop)
► Please click here to read these papers and the presentation documents
► Please click here to read these papers and the presentation documents
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■□ October 2007 Participation to the international symposium organised by TNnet “Re-thinking
African development from point of view of civil society - What can TICAD
do to achieve the millennium development goals ?”
In this symposium, to which participated about 300 people, including African diplomatic corps, international organisations’ staff and experts, the representatives of C-CfA and other delegates have presented the recommendations from point of view of civil society about the subjects which will be covered by TICAD: investment and economic growth, human security, protection of environment and climate change.
► To download the presentation documents, please click here
(investment, economic growth) (human security) (environment, climate change)
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■□ October and November 2007 Participation to TICAD IV Regional Preparatory Meeting
(In Tunisia and Zambia)
Some members of C-CfA have participated in its civil society session, organised thanks to the facilitation by TNnet. In the session, people discussed from point of view of civil society about the subjects which will be covered by TICAD and wrote up the recommendations. They are presented during the plenary by the C-CfA members who chaired each session.
► To download the reports, please click here Zambia Meeting Tunisia meeting
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| 【2008】 |
■□ January 2008 Ethiopian member of C-CfA has co-organised the “Ethiopia-Japan Partnership
Seminar”
(In Ethiopia)
► Please click here to see the details
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■□February and March 2008 Participation to the writing of “Voices of civil society”
“Voices of African and Japanese civil society towards 2008 TICAD IV”, drafted on October in the “Africa-Asia NGO Network Workshop” in which many members of C-CfA have participated, was finalized as “Voices 2008：Recommendations from African and Japanese Civil Society to TICAD IV” after the discussion among more than 100 organisations including Tnnet members and African NGOs.
All C-CfA members have participated in this discussion through mailing list and the writing of this paper.
► To download the paper, please click here
(Eng full text) (summary in Eng) (summary in french)
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■□March 2008 Participation to TICAD Ministerial Preparatory Meeting （In Gabon）
Some members of C-CfA have moved to Gabon to participate in TICAD Ministerial Preparatory Meeting.
“Voices 2008：Recommendations from African and Japanese Civil Society to TICAD IV” in which all C-CfA members had been involved in, was introduced in its civil session and the summary of the session was presented in the plenary by the chairman of C-CfA as representative of African and Japanese civil societies.
► Please click here to read the press releases
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■□May 2008 Visit to Japan on the occasion of TICAD IV
Some C-CfA members have visited Japan on the occasion of TICAD IV. They participated in “People's TICAD - TICAD which everyone can participate -“ organised by TNnet just before TICAD and also the civic session of TICAD. In the main meeting of TICAD, they participated as observers. Furthermore, during it’s programme “dialogue with civil societies”, the chairman of C-CfA made his speech as representative of African, Japanese and international civil societies.
► Please click here to read this speech and the recommendations by civil societies
► Please click here to read about the media coverage during TICAD IV
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■□July 2008 Visit to Japan on the occasion of Toyako G8 Summit
Some C-CfA members have visited Japan on the occasion of G8 Summit. In Tokyo and at the international media centre of Toyako Summit in Hokkaido, they introduced to media the current situation in Africa and explained to them ideal form of African aid.
► Please click here to read about the media coverage during Toyako G8 Summit
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