Travel grants to three conferences in Africa / The Africa Commission Denmark is staging conferences in Maputo, Accra and Nairobi

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 20, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At the first meeting of the Africa Commission in Copenhagen on 16 April it was decided to set up five thematic conferences in various places in Africa during the next half year. Here the participants will discuss and investigate various aspects of the Commission’s focus on youth and employment.

 

The first conference has just been held Ouagadougou. Here the theme was “youth and education”. In August and September three more conferences will take place:

 

“Women and employment” in Maputo, Mozambique, 15 August

“Youth and employment” in Accra, Ghana, 5 September

“Climate Change” in Nairobi, Kenya, 18 September

 

On these conferences some 100 participants as well as members of the Africa Commission will discuss the various themes in order to provide very concrete and detailed recommendations for the further work of the Africa Commission based on input from African governments, civil society and private sector partners.

 

The participants will represent a broad range of actors such as youth organizations, employers’ and employee’s associations, NGO’s and networks, universities as well as representatives from ministries, international and regional organizations.

 

The Africa Commission has a limited number of travel grants available for international media-representatives who want to cover one of these conferences. It is possible to extend the stay in the various countries for a few days.

 

The travel grant will pay for a return ticket (economy class) to the city, hotel-accommodations, local transport and – if necessary – interpretation. The participants must pay all other expenses, including food and telephone, themselves.

 

Reporters wanting to apply for a travel grant must write a short application to Head of Communication, Mr. Bjarke Larsen, the Secretariat of the Africa Commission, by e-mail bjalar@um.dk no later than Monday 30 June at 08.00 AM. Please briefly describe your professional background and your journalistic intentions for going to the conference. Free lance journalists must be able to document that they have made arrangements with one or more media(s) to report from the trip.

 

Do not hesitate to contact Head of Communication, Mr. Bjarke Larsen, phone +45 33 92 03 83, mobile: + 45 25 28 37 62, if you have any questions.

 

You can also visit the webpage of the Africa Commission: www.africacommission.um.dk

 

The Africa Commission of Denmark is member of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization.

 

SOURCE : Africa Commission of Denmark