Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Decolonization
Development
Education
Environment
Extreme poverty
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
International Law
International Security
Least Developed Countries
Peace and Security
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Water
Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Research
Social Development:
Conflict
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Capacity-building
Climate change
Disaster management and vulnerability
Gender equality
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sustainable development for Africa
Technology
Trade and environment
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2006 |
| Organizational structure: |
The offices of the Executive Secretariat of the Forum are located in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. The Principal Organs of the Africa Forum are the General Assembly and the Executive Secretariat. The Principal Officers are the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson and the Executive Secretary. Currently, the Chairperson of the Forum is His Excellency (HE) Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former President of the Republic of Mozambique while the Vice Chairperson is HE Nicephore D Soglo, former President of the Republic of Benin. |
| Number and type of members: |
Presently, the Africa Forum has a total of thirty-five (33) former Heads of State and Government and eight (8) other African leaders. These include two former Secretaries General of the United Nations and three former Secretaries General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). It also includes one former United Nations-Under Secretary General (USG) and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), one former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| Funding structure: |
Grants from Governments
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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