The Third Meeting of the Commission on Promotion of Public-Private Cooperation for TICAD and the Japan-Africa Exchange Year

April 10, 2008

TICAD

  1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold the third meeting of the Commission on Promotion of Public-Private Cooperation for TICAD and the Japan-Africa Exchange Year April 11 (Fri) in Tokyo.  The meeting will be hosted by Mr. Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
     
  2. The Commission on Promotion of Public-Private Cooperation for TICAD and the Japan-Africa Exchange Year was established in December last year for TICAD IV (Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development), to be held in May this year, to share between the public and private sectors as All-Japan their recognition of the present situation of Africa, where there are many unsolved issues such as poverty and development.
     
  3. At the third meeting, recommendations from the private sector will be compiled, taking into account the discussions held at the first and the second meetings in December 2007 and February 2008.
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