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The African Development Forum is an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to establish an African-driven development agenda that reflects a consensus among major partners and that leads to specific programmes for country implementation.
While the economic performance of many African countries has improved over the last five years, this improvement remains fragile. There is need to deepen and sustain it, with emphasis on policy reforms and good governance, taking into account the intensely competitive global environment which requires a shift in planning and delivery of development to larger regional units. New forms of partnerships are needed- partnerships where Africa takes the lead in forming a new, shared vision of the continent, setting the development agenda and implementing it with appropriate support from the international community.
The aim of the African Development Forum is to present the key stakeholders in African development (governments, civil society, the private sector, researchers and academics, intergovernmental organisations and donors) with the results of current research and opinion on key development issues in order to formulate shared goals and priorities, draft action programmes and define the environment that will enable African countries to implement these programmes. The Forum will meet annually on a different development issue. The 1999 Forum is the first, on the theme "The Challenge to Africa of Globalisation and the Information Age". For further information on ADF refer to the paper entitled "Creating the African Development Forum (ADF)".
Tel: +251-1-511408
Fax: +251-1-510512
Address: P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
http://www.uneca.org/adf99/
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