African Development: TICAD Process
What is TICAD?
Japan co-hosted Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in 1993 (TICAD I), 1998 (TICAD II) and 2003 (TICAD III) in Tokyo. The co-organizers of TICAD are UN (OSSA (Office of the Special Advisor on Africa) and UNDP). TICAD was launched to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners. Since its inception, TICAD has provided fundamental and comprehensive policy and guideline on African development.
In the early 90's, when 'aid fatigue' set in after the Cold War, Japan launched TICAD in order to refocus international attention on the importance and urgency of African development issues. Japan has stressed the importance of 'Africa's ownership' of its development as well as of the 'partnership' between Africa and the international community. A central feature of TICAD is the cooperation between Asia and Africa.
TICAD IV was held on 28-30 May 2008, in Yokohama, Japan.
TICAD IV (May 28-30, 2008)
- Official Documents
- Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
- Working Lunch hosted by Mrs. Kiyoko Fukuda, wife of Prime Minister (Outline) (Address by Mrs. Fukuda)
- Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura
Towards a Vibrant Africa/TICAD IV (Pamphlet) [PDF]
TICAD Related Conferences and Meetings
- TICAD Ministerial Conference on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (March 2007, Nairobi, Kenya)
- TICAD Fourth Asia-Africa Business Forum (February, 2007, Dares Salaam Tanzania)
- TICAD Consolidation of Peace Conference (February, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- TICAD Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference (TICAD-AATIC) (November, 2004, Tokyo)
- TICAD III (September 29 - October 1, 2003)
- TICAD Ministerial Meeting (December 3-4, 2001)
- TICAD II (1998)
- TICAD I (1993)
TICAD IV Related Events
- The Tenth Meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum (April 2008)
- The First Laureates of Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Decided (March 2008)
- Opening Remarks by Mr. Yasuhide Nakayama, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan at the "Fourth Annual Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa" (March 13, 2008)
- Japan-Africa Journalists Symposium on African Development (4 March) [PDF]
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