AFRICA’S NON STATE ACTORS JOIN HISTORIC TICAD VI

Press release on Non State Actors sensitisation meeting on the 2016 Nairobi Kenya Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development – TICAD VI: 

Held under the banner of the pan African civil society body – Civic Commission for Africa (CCfA) in collaboration with the government of Kenya, UNDP, AU CIDO, and other Kenya based CSO partners - the two-day meeting from 9 – 10 June 2016 at Hotel Royal Orchid, in Nairobi, Kenya brought together Africa’s Non State Actors to “bring African voices” to the 2016 TICAD VI.

The TICAD VI Summit due to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 27-28 August 2016 is a watershed moment in the23 year history of this multilateral partnership framework between Africa and Japan, as it affirms and underpins the principle of “African ownership”.
It is precisely consistent with this value proposition that Africa’s civil society organisations held the consultative meeting to reduce the three Pillars - INDUSTRIALISATION; HEALTH, WATER & SANITATION and SOCIAL SECURITY- into a Non State Actors Declaration for onward transmission to the Ministerial Meeting due in Banjul, The Gambia from 16 to 17 June 2016, which will in turn blend these views together with those of African governments, into a draft Nairobi Declaration.

The Nairobi Declaration will be signed at the TICAD VI Summit later in August 28th by all the African Heads of State and Government, the Prime Minister of Japan and other co-organizers of TICAD, African Union Commission, World Bank, UNOSAA, UNDP and other partners and players in the TICAD process.

CCfA President
Ms Maungo T. Mooki