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Libreville, the Republic of Gabon – 09 December 2015. The 1st Meeting of the African Union Customs Experts on the Development of a Trade Facilitation Strategy for Africa, commenced today in Libreville. The Meeting is organized in line with the Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT), and fast tracking the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017 and also taking into account the conclusions of the 9th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2013.

Paris, France 8 December 2015 – The joint Pan African lead institutions brought together African ministers; representatives of their leaders and policymakers to plan the way forward under a new climate change agreement in Paris while upholding Africa’s priorities through regional solidarity on the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) during the 2015 United National Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21) Africa Day event today.

On 27 November 2015, the Director of CIDO and Head of the AU ECOSOCC Secretariat, Dr. Jinmi Adisa met with a high-level delegation from the China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE), led by Mr. Shi Guohi, Deputy Secretary-General of CNIE.
The meeting was held as a follow-up to the 4th China-Africa People’s Forum which took place on 26 August 2015 in Yiwu, China, under the formal auspices of CNIE and AU ECOSOCC.
The objective of the meeting was therefore to initiate planning for the implementation of the Forum’s outcomes over the next year 3-year period.