[AU-Monitor] Latest update on the CSO Pre-Summit and the Women Pre-Summit Meetings

[Happy James Tumwebaze]

Dear Firoze,

thanks for these updates. a CSO-Pre-Summit is definitely welcome but when 
it goes into Jan 20 to 21, our WSF2007 Nairobi plans may be disadvantaged. 
hence Jan 17 and 18 is the best alternative and least inconvenient as far 
as WSF2007 is concerned, insufficient planning granted.

Happy James
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At 03:25 PM 1/6/2007 +0000, Firoze Manji wrote:
>Dear All
>
>Latest update on the CSO Pre-Summit and the Women Pre-Summit Meetings:
>
>
>1-    CSO Pre-summit
>The  reason the Commission were not willing to organize a CSO meeting  in 
>addis  seems  to  be  purely  financial.  We have learnt from a  reliable 
>source  that  the Danish Government has just offered to help  financially 
>for  the  CSO  pre-meeting  therefore  there  is  a  chance to have it. A 
>tentative  date  (17,  18  January)  has been  suggested but likely to be 
>pushed  to  20,  21  for  lack of
>preparation. We will have confirmation this week when Dr. Adisa  resumes work.
>
>2-    Women pre- summit
>
>The  Gender  Directorate still no planning anything because of lack  of 
>staff  but  we have learn that Femmes Africa Solidarité a Senegal  based 
>NGO will  be organizing a pre-summit around 23, 24 (to be  confirmed). 
>They have submitted a proposal the Gender directorate  that seems to 
>agreed on it. ( I have received a confidential copy of  the proposal). 
>Following is their contact: Femmes Africa Solidarite  (FAS). Tel. (221) 
>860 2048 Fax: (221) 860 2047 E-mail: fas- ong at sentoo.sn  or infodk at fasngo.org
>
>Firoze
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