The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development

Event

آب/أغسطس 28, 2019 - 08:00 - آب/أغسطس 30, 2019 - 17:15

WHAT: The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) Summit is under the theme: “Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and Innovation.”
WHEN: 28th – 30th August, 2019
WHERE: Yokohama, Japan, at the Pacifico Convention Plaza
WHO: The African Union, The Government of Japan, United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (UNOSAA), United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank the World Bank
The TICAD 7 Summit will adopt the “Yokohama Declaration”, the “Actions for Implementation of the Yokohama Declaration 2019” as well as the Report on the implementation of the TICAD V Yokohama Action Plan (2013 – 2015) and TICAD VI Nairobi Action Plan (2016 - 2019).
The Summit is expected to serve as a platform to ensure African Union’s ownership of the TICAD process notably, the inclusion of African Union’s strategic vision, aspirations and priority areas as enshrined in the AU Agenda 2063 and its First Ten Year Implementation Plan.
The Official African Union side events are as follows:

The Official African Union side events are as follows:

	Date	Time	Event	Venue
1	Monday, 26 August 2019	13:00 pm -12:00pm	“The African Kaizen Initiative (AKI)” by AUDA-NEPAD and JICA	Silk
2	Tuesday, 27 August 2019	13:00pm -12:00pm	Africa’s Socio-economic Transformation through Innovation	Silk
3	Wednesday, 28 August 2019	15:30pm - 17:00pm	“Plastic Pollution Solutions for Development in Africa” by AUC and UNEP	TBC
4		15:30pm - 17:00pm	Early Childhood Education: A Foundation for Human Capital Development and Improving the Wealth of Nations.	Yokohama Convention Center
5	Thursday, 29 August 2019	09:00am -10:40pm	"Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa” by AUC, UNHCR and UNOSAA	Silk
6		10:00am -12:00pm	“Realizing African Industrial Development and Regional Value Chains under AfCFTA” by AUC and UNCTAD	Annex hall F 201
7		10:00am -12:00pm	Unleashing the Potential of Africa’s Young People” by AUC and UNICEF	Exhibition Hall B-B02
8		16:00pm -18:00pm	“Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa” (IFNA) by AUDA-NEPAD and JICA	Silk
9		15:30pm– 17:00pm	High-Level Policy Dialogue on Strategic Investment in Africa: Food Systems and Innovation	Exhibition Hall B-B07 Pacifico Yokohama
10		10:30am– 12:00pm	Achieving Sustainable Financing for Health in Africa	Exhibition Hall B-B07
11		18:00 – 19:30pm	Africa’s Development Dynamic: Policies for Productive Transformation.	Exhibition Hall B.B03
12	Friday 30 August 2019	10:30 – 15:00	High Level Policy Dialogue on Innovative Financial Instruments for Natural Disaster Risk and Health	Exhibition Hall B Pacifico Yokohama

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Media Advisory

Media Advisory (English)

Event Resources

المرفق	الحجم
37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_en.pdf	218.04 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_fr.pdf	205.91 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_ar.pdf	684.33 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_po.pdf	408.43 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_en.pdf	524.23 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_fr.pdf	368.72 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_ar.pdf	764.1 كيلوبايت
37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_po.pdf	318.46 كيلوبايت

Event References

TICAD7: High Level Dialogue on Africa's Development Dynamics - Achieving Productive Transformation

High-Level Side Event on “Plastic Pollution Solutions for Development in Africa

Event Documents

Media Advisory (English)

37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_en.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_fr.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_ar.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_action_plan_po.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_en.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_fr.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_ar.pdf

37188-wd-yokohama_declaration_po.pdf

Event References

Events

TICAD7: High Level Dialogue on Africa's Development Dynamics - Achieving Productive Transformation

TICAD7: Africa's Development Dynamics - Achieving Productive Transformation

2019-08-29 - 2019-08-29

High-Level Side Event on “Plastic Pollution Solutions for Development in Africa

2019-08-28 - 2019-08-30

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)

Japan

Agenda 2063

Flagship Projects

Integrated High Speed Train Network

Connecting African capitals and commercial centers through a High-Speed Train Network; facilitating the movement of goods, factor services and people as well as reducing transport costs and relieving congestion of current and future systems through increased rail connectivity.

African Commodities Strategy

Transforming Africa from a raw materials supplier by enabling countries to add value, extract higher rents from commodities, integrate into global value chains promote diversification anchored in value addition and local content development.

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa’s trading position in the global market by strengthening Africa’s common voice and policy space in global trade negotiations.

The African Passport & Free Movement of People

Removing restrictions on Africans’ ability to travel, work and live within their own continent by transforming restrictive laws and promoting visa free travel to enhance movement of all African citizens in all African countries.

Silencing the Guns by 2020

Ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence, violent conflicts and preventing genocide in the continent by 2020.

The Grand Inga Dam Project

Generating an estimated 43,200MW of power to support current regional power pools and their combined service to transform Africa from traditional to modern sources of energy and ensure access to clean and affordable electricity.

Single African Air-Transport Market

Promoting intra-regional connectivity between the capital cities of Africa by creating a single unified air transport market in Africa, as an impetus to the continent’s economic integration and growth agenda.

African Economic Forum

Multi-stakeholder meeting bringing together the Africa’s policy makers, private sector, academia and civil society to reflect on accelerating Africa’s socio- economic development and transformation by harnessing its vast resources.

African Financial Institutions

Accelerating integration and economic development through the establishment of organisations which will play a pivotal role in the mobilization of resources and management of the African financial sector.

The Pan African e-Network

Transforming Africa into an e-Society by implementing policies and strategies that lead to transformative e-applications and services in Africa such as broad band terrestrial infrastructure, cyber security and revolutionary bio and nanotechnology industries.

Africa Outer Space Strategy

Strengthening Africa’s use of outer space to bolster development in critical sectors such as agriculture, disaster management, remote sensing, climate forecast, banking and finance, defense and security.

African Virtual & e-University

Using ICT based programmes to increase access to tertiary and continuing education in Africa by reaching large numbers of students and professionals in multiple sites simultaneously.

Cyber Security

Incorporating emerging technologies in Africa’s development plans and ensuring these technologies are used for the benefit of African individuals, institutions and nation states by ensuring data protection and safety online.

Great African Museum

Preserving and promoting African cultural heritage by creating awareness of Africa’s vast, dynamic and diverse cultural artefacts and Africa’s continuing influence on world cultures in art, music, language, science, and so on.

Encyclopaedia Africana

Provide an authoritative resource on the authentic history of Africa and African life.

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Agenda 2063

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