Chatham House Africa Programme
News and Events Update May 2008
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Belgium: senior diplomats on priorities in the Great Lakes 9th May
Germany’s resurgent engagement with Africa 12th May
British policy to Africa under Labour– Book launch 12th May
Learning from the fight against HIV 19th May
Kenya’s role in counter-terrorism 19th May
UK Government launch of new Congo development strategy 19th May
Major new report on growth & development launch 21st May
News
Both the Sudanese Foreign Minister and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States spoke at Chatham House last month and discussed the crisis in Darfur and the strained North-South agreement in Sudan . The Foreign Minister’s meeting was under the Chatham House Rule, but he gave an opening statement on the record which will shortly be on the Chatham House website - www.chathamhouse.org.uk/africa.
Chatham House is at the centre of a growing number of international policy research networks devoted to supporting more informed policy in an ever more complex global policy environment. The newest of these networks is the Europe Africa Research Network (EARN), a joint initiative by political research institutes across the African and European Unions to address common challenges. Chatham House and the Mozambican Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) are leading on governance work for the network and we hope this will evolve into a significant and effective tool for improved policy making across our two continents.
Outreach continues in other directions too. The Head of the Africa Programme Alex Vines recently briefed American lawmakers in Washington DC on the growing role of China in Africa . In a few days time Africa Programme Coordinator Lizzy Donnelly will travel to Washington to support the Chair of the Nigeria All Party Parliamentary Group, John Robertson MP, as he builds consensus between the UK and US legislatures on how best to support Nigeria . Meanwhile, Associate Fellow Sally Healy OBE is in Canada to brief officials there on the emerging outcomes of our Horn of Africa work, the report on which is to be launched in June.
Last month saw Chatham House launch a briefing paper addressing the worrying global food scarcity, which is impacting Africa particularly heavily. The paper – Rising food Prices: Drivers and Implications, by Alex Evans, is available from our website, alongside all our other publications and public meeting transcripts – www.chathamhouse.org.uk.
Events
All the events below take place at Chatham House unless otherwise stated. Entry is free of charge but is sometimes restricted. If you would like to attend please e-mail Ahmed Soliman: asoliman@chathamhouse.org.uk
Friday 9th May 1000 - 1130, Chatham House
Belgian Priorities in the Great Lakes Region
Speakers:
Guy Trouveroy, Africa Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium
Jozef Smets, Belgian Special Envoy for the Great Lakes
Following a high level visit to the region by three senior Belgian government ministers, Mr Trouveroy and Mr Smets will discuss their impressions from the visit and Belgium ’s policy to the region.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 12th May 1500 - 1600, Chatham House
Germany’s Foreign Policy towards Africa
Speakers:
Matthias Mülmenstädt, Director for Africa, Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Africa was in 2007 a focus of Germany ’s EU and G8 Presidencies. Germany is once again deepening its engagement in Africa including in Angola , which benefited in 2007 from a US$ 1 billion credit line directed to the post conflict reconstruction effort and the opening in 2008 of a direct air link to Frankfurt by Lufthansa. Mr Mülmenstädt was appointed Director for Africa , German Federal Foreign Office in 2007. He will explain Germany ’s growing interest in Africa over the last couple of years and what is driving it.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 12th May 1730 - 1830, with reception after, Chatham House
Britain in Africa – Book Launch
This event is held in association with the Royal African Society and Zed Books
Speakers:
Tom Porteous, Author and UK Director of Human Rights Watch
Justin Forsyth, Special Advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Why has Africa become a priority for New Labour’s foreign policy? What interests and values is the UK seeking to promote? Why has aid to Africa more than tripled over the past decade? How has the UK ’s involvement in counter-terrorism affected its aims in Africa ? Expanding on an article originally written for International Affairs, Tom Porteous, who was a conflict management advisor to the FCO from 2001 to 2003, sets out the balance sheet of Britain’s Africa policy since 1997 and explores its disconnects.
Monday 19th May 1100 – 1230
Sustainable development and HIV
Speakers:
Jenni Gillies, Group HIV Consultant, SABMiller
Dr. Brian Brink, Vice President Health, AngloAmerican
HIV is a major threat to growth in the developing world and there is a growing awareness of the role of work place HIV reduction strategies in combating the spread of HIV. SABMiller and AngloAmerican are acknowledged to be pioneers in developing successful, innovative workplace strategies. In recent years both companies have been encouraging other employers to take workplace HIV reduction seriously whether they are government, private, or NGO sector. This meeting is intended to stimulate frank and open discussion regarding best practice and ideas for improving HIV reduction strategies in the work place.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 19th May 1300 – 1400
Civil society, aid and security in Kenya post- 9/11
Speakers:
Jude Howell - Director of the Centre for Civil Society at LSE
Jeremy Lind - Researcher for The `Global War on Terror', Non-Governmental Public Action and Aid project
Kenya is considered strategically important in the 'Global War on Terror' that was declared in the aftermath of 9/11. The Kenyan government, under considerable diplomatic and aid pressure to cooperate, has instituted a new counter-terrorism regime. Counter-terrorism measures have proven divisive in Kenya and have been implemented against a shifting political backdrop and the fragmentation of civil society around ethnic and regional interests, as was seen in its response to the recent post-election violence.
The meeting will examine the impacts of post-9/11 counter-terrorism measures, laws and practices on civil society in Kenya as well as its responses to these new structures. The talk will also highlight the role of aid in counter-terrorism in Kenya and the challenges faced by democracy, governance and human rights groups in this context.
Monday 19th May 1600 – 1700, Parliament
Launch of the DFID Country Strategy for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Held jointly with the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes
Speakers:
Douglas Alexander MP – Secretary of State , UK Department for International Development
Oliver Kamitatu – Minister of Planning, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Eric Joyce MP – Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes
To be followed by the launch of the APPG’s “ Congo : Unheard Voices” exhibition
Please note this meeting is to be held in Parliament, room to be confirmed by email to rsvps.
Wednesday 21st May 1100 – 1230
The Growth Report
The Panel:
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times (Moderator)
Michael Spence, Commission Chair, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus Stanford University
Lord Browne of Madingley, Commissioner and former Chief Executive Officer, BP
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Commissioner, Former Finance Minister, Nigeria , Managing Director, World Bank
Professor Anthony J. Venables, Professor of Economics, the University of Oxford and Chief Economist, UK Department for International Development.
What does it take to achieve high, sustainable and inclusive growth in developing Countries such as in Africa ? An Examination of Lessons Learned and Key Policy Ingredients for Inclusive Growth.
This event will launch the 'Growth Report' - the result of two years work by some of the world's leading policy makers and economists on the requirements for sustained and inclusive growth in developing countries.
The Commission is supported by the Governments of Australia, Sweden , the Netherlands , and United Kingdom and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the World Bank Group.
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The work of the Africa Programme is principally supported by:
FCO, SHELL INTERNATIONAL, BHP BILLITON , SABMILLER, BG GROUP, SAVE THE CHILDREN, BP, ONE WORLD ACTION , ROC OIL, BANCO AFRICANO DE INVESTIMENTOS, DE LA RUE, DEBEERS, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, MARATHON, MWANA AFRICA, LIMJE, ANGLO AMERICAN, STATOIL, EXXONMOBIL, CHRISTIAN AID, CRS, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY, GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK, , REVENUEWATCH, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, VIRGIN NIGERIA, DFID, THE STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION
Many thanks for your support.
Best wishes,
Tom Cargill
Africa Programme Manager
Chatham House
The Royal Institute of International Affairs
10 St James’s Square
SW1Y 4LE
0207 957 5718
News and Events Update May 2008
Scroll down for more information on:
Belgium: senior diplomats on priorities in the Great Lakes 9th May
Germany’s resurgent engagement with Africa 12th May
British policy to Africa under Labour– Book launch 12th May
Learning from the fight against HIV 19th May
Kenya’s role in counter-terrorism 19th May
UK Government launch of new Congo development strategy 19th May
Major new report on growth & development launch 21st May
News
Both the Sudanese Foreign Minister and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States spoke at Chatham House last month and discussed the crisis in Darfur and the strained North-South agreement in Sudan . The Foreign Minister’s meeting was under the Chatham House Rule, but he gave an opening statement on the record which will shortly be on the Chatham House website - www.chathamhouse.org.uk/africa.
Chatham House is at the centre of a growing number of international policy research networks devoted to supporting more informed policy in an ever more complex global policy environment. The newest of these networks is the Europe Africa Research Network (EARN), a joint initiative by political research institutes across the African and European Unions to address common challenges. Chatham House and the Mozambican Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) are leading on governance work for the network and we hope this will evolve into a significant and effective tool for improved policy making across our two continents.
Outreach continues in other directions too. The Head of the Africa Programme Alex Vines recently briefed American lawmakers in Washington DC on the growing role of China in Africa . In a few days time Africa Programme Coordinator Lizzy Donnelly will travel to Washington to support the Chair of the Nigeria All Party Parliamentary Group, John Robertson MP, as he builds consensus between the UK and US legislatures on how best to support Nigeria . Meanwhile, Associate Fellow Sally Healy OBE is in Canada to brief officials there on the emerging outcomes of our Horn of Africa work, the report on which is to be launched in June.
Last month saw Chatham House launch a briefing paper addressing the worrying global food scarcity, which is impacting Africa particularly heavily. The paper – Rising food Prices: Drivers and Implications, by Alex Evans, is available from our website, alongside all our other publications and public meeting transcripts – www.chathamhouse.org.uk.
Events
All the events below take place at Chatham House unless otherwise stated. Entry is free of charge but is sometimes restricted. If you would like to attend please e-mail Ahmed Soliman: asoliman@chathamhouse.org.uk
Friday 9th May 1000 - 1130, Chatham House
Belgian Priorities in the Great Lakes Region
Speakers:
Guy Trouveroy, Africa Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium
Jozef Smets, Belgian Special Envoy for the Great Lakes
Following a high level visit to the region by three senior Belgian government ministers, Mr Trouveroy and Mr Smets will discuss their impressions from the visit and Belgium ’s policy to the region.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 12th May 1500 - 1600, Chatham House
Germany’s Foreign Policy towards Africa
Speakers:
Matthias Mülmenstädt, Director for Africa, Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Africa was in 2007 a focus of Germany ’s EU and G8 Presidencies. Germany is once again deepening its engagement in Africa including in Angola , which benefited in 2007 from a US$ 1 billion credit line directed to the post conflict reconstruction effort and the opening in 2008 of a direct air link to Frankfurt by Lufthansa. Mr Mülmenstädt was appointed Director for Africa , German Federal Foreign Office in 2007. He will explain Germany ’s growing interest in Africa over the last couple of years and what is driving it.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 12th May 1730 - 1830, with reception after, Chatham House
Britain in Africa – Book Launch
This event is held in association with the Royal African Society and Zed Books
Speakers:
Tom Porteous, Author and UK Director of Human Rights Watch
Justin Forsyth, Special Advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Why has Africa become a priority for New Labour’s foreign policy? What interests and values is the UK seeking to promote? Why has aid to Africa more than tripled over the past decade? How has the UK ’s involvement in counter-terrorism affected its aims in Africa ? Expanding on an article originally written for International Affairs, Tom Porteous, who was a conflict management advisor to the FCO from 2001 to 2003, sets out the balance sheet of Britain’s Africa policy since 1997 and explores its disconnects.
Monday 19th May 1100 – 1230
Sustainable development and HIV
Speakers:
Jenni Gillies, Group HIV Consultant, SABMiller
Dr. Brian Brink, Vice President Health, AngloAmerican
HIV is a major threat to growth in the developing world and there is a growing awareness of the role of work place HIV reduction strategies in combating the spread of HIV. SABMiller and AngloAmerican are acknowledged to be pioneers in developing successful, innovative workplace strategies. In recent years both companies have been encouraging other employers to take workplace HIV reduction seriously whether they are government, private, or NGO sector. This meeting is intended to stimulate frank and open discussion regarding best practice and ideas for improving HIV reduction strategies in the work place.
Space at this meeting is limited and entry restricted. If you would like to attend please apply to the email above.
Monday 19th May 1300 – 1400
Civil society, aid and security in Kenya post- 9/11
Speakers:
Jude Howell - Director of the Centre for Civil Society at LSE
Jeremy Lind - Researcher for The `Global War on Terror', Non-Governmental Public Action and Aid project
Kenya is considered strategically important in the 'Global War on Terror' that was declared in the aftermath of 9/11. The Kenyan government, under considerable diplomatic and aid pressure to cooperate, has instituted a new counter-terrorism regime. Counter-terrorism measures have proven divisive in Kenya and have been implemented against a shifting political backdrop and the fragmentation of civil society around ethnic and regional interests, as was seen in its response to the recent post-election violence.
The meeting will examine the impacts of post-9/11 counter-terrorism measures, laws and practices on civil society in Kenya as well as its responses to these new structures. The talk will also highlight the role of aid in counter-terrorism in Kenya and the challenges faced by democracy, governance and human rights groups in this context.
Monday 19th May 1600 – 1700, Parliament
Launch of the DFID Country Strategy for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Held jointly with the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes
Speakers:
Douglas Alexander MP – Secretary of State , UK Department for International Development
Oliver Kamitatu – Minister of Planning, Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Eric Joyce MP – Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes
To be followed by the launch of the APPG’s “ Congo : Unheard Voices” exhibition
Please note this meeting is to be held in Parliament, room to be confirmed by email to rsvps.
Wednesday 21st May 1100 – 1230
The Growth Report
The Panel:
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times (Moderator)
Michael Spence, Commission Chair, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus Stanford University
Lord Browne of Madingley, Commissioner and former Chief Executive Officer, BP
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Commissioner, Former Finance Minister, Nigeria , Managing Director, World Bank
Professor Anthony J. Venables, Professor of Economics, the University of Oxford and Chief Economist, UK Department for International Development.
What does it take to achieve high, sustainable and inclusive growth in developing Countries such as in Africa ? An Examination of Lessons Learned and Key Policy Ingredients for Inclusive Growth.
This event will launch the 'Growth Report' - the result of two years work by some of the world's leading policy makers and economists on the requirements for sustained and inclusive growth in developing countries.
The Commission is supported by the Governments of Australia, Sweden , the Netherlands , and United Kingdom and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the World Bank Group.
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The work of the Africa Programme is principally supported by:
FCO, SHELL INTERNATIONAL, BHP BILLITON , SABMILLER, BG GROUP, SAVE THE CHILDREN, BP, ONE WORLD ACTION , ROC OIL, BANCO AFRICANO DE INVESTIMENTOS, DE LA RUE, DEBEERS, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, MARATHON, MWANA AFRICA, LIMJE, ANGLO AMERICAN, STATOIL, EXXONMOBIL, CHRISTIAN AID, CRS, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY, GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK, , REVENUEWATCH, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, VIRGIN NIGERIA, DFID, THE STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION
Many thanks for your support.
Best wishes,
Tom Cargill
Africa Programme Manager
Chatham House
The Royal Institute of International Affairs
10 St James’s Square
SW1Y 4LE
0207 957 5718
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