Preparing for the water and energy conference in Libya
The CAADP Team here at the NEPAD Sec is busy making preparing for next week’s ‘Water and Energy Conference: The Challenges of Climate Change’ which is to be held in Sirte, Libya. The conference is scheduled for 15-17 December 2008.
Participants from 53 FAO African Member States will take part in the Conference. Members of Non-Governmental Organizations, farmer and civil society associations, and the private sector will participate in the official Conference and in the various parallel events.
For more info go to: http://www.sirtewaterandenergy.org/
As part of our ongoing work – particularly through CAADP Pillar 1 on water and sustainable land management – the CAADP Team which will be led by Prof. Richard Mkandawire is looking to make some inputs at the conference on issues concerning the high food prices and the strong linkages with energy and climate change.
The conference will also provide us here at CAADP with an opportunity to enhance the CAADP Agenda and to remind key decision makers about their country commitments towards prioritizing agriculture as a genuine avenue for socio-economic development in Africa.
Keep you posted on the developments at the conference.
Best wishes,
Andrew.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I hope the conference will address the various challenges facing Africa. I’m particularly ineterested in lessons that Zambia can draw from the issues at hand, i.e, the energy sector challenges and high food prices.
Zambia has vast water resources but these are under utilised, and we are significantly affected by the current deficit in the energy sector.
We also have a serious problem of high food prices, with our staple food (maize meal) costing close to 15 US dollars for 25 kilogrammes, in an economy where the majority of people survive on less than one US dollar per day, this is serious, and solutions need to be found to save our population, especially in rural areas, from starving!
March 24th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
is there a section that outlines events going on in the area?
April 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Thanks for visiting our site - and for posting a message. For all CAADP related events go to the events section of this site which is under the section on ‘useful resources’.
Best,
Andrew.