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ADS 2025, Sub-theme 2 – International Webinar

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  • Register to participate in the ADS 2025 International Webinars and Youth Dialogues:
  • Sub-theme 1: Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa webinar on 7 May and Youth Stage on 8 May.
  • Sub-theme 2: Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development webinar on 14 May and Youth Stage on 15 May.
  • Sub-theme 3: Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent webinar on 21 May and Youth Stage on 22 May.

Week 2 | Day Three — 14 May

The Africa Dialogue Series (ADS) 2025 second international webinar will focus on the sub-theme “Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development.” The webinar is jointly organized with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Pan African Parliament (PAP) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

The sub-theme will explore perspectives to address the structural challenges associated with Africa’s extractive economic model and strengthen institutions to release the continent’s potential for domestic resource mobilization, which allows African countries to control their own economic and financial resources for sustainable development and durable peace.

Register to attend by clicking this link or the image or scanning the QR code.

Policy Brief

 

Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development.

 

Schedule

9 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. New York (UTC-4)
3 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Geneva/Paris  
4 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Addis Ababa

 

Programme

Times shown are New York local time, UTC-4

  • Moderated by Mr. Said Adejumobi, Director of Strategic Planning, Oversight and Results Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa  

 

9 a.m. - 9.15 a.m.: Opening Remarks   

  • Welcoming Remarks: Ms. Cristina Duarte, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, OSAA  
  • Opening Remarks: Honourable Chief Fortune Zephania Charumbira, President, Pan-African Parliament   
  • Opening Remarks: Mr. Marcel Akpovo, Regional Representative, East Africa Regional Office, and Representative to the African Union, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Opening Remarks: Mr. Said Adejumobi, Director of Strategic Planning, Oversight and Results Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 

 

9.15. a.m. - 10.15. a.m.: Panel Discussion

  • Hon. Suwaibou Touray, Elected Member, Pan-African Parliament 
  • Ms. Mutetsi Oliver, Vice President for East Africa, Pan-African Youth Union   
  • Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla, Head of Research and Policy for the Africa Region, International Development Economics Associates  
  • Dr. Marit Kitaw, former Interim Director, African Minerals Development Centre  

Featured Discussant

  • Prof. Maano Ramutsindela, University of Pretoria-University of Cape Town Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations 

 

10.15 a.m. - 10.25 a.m.: Interactive Dialogue

 

10.25 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.: Closing Remarks  

General Information

Launch Messages

Week 1: 5 - 9 May

Sub-theme 1: Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa

Week 2: 12 - 16 May

Sub-theme 2: Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development

Week 3: 19 - 23 May

Sub-theme 3: Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

30 May

High-level Policy Dialogue

  • HLPD Home
  • HLPD Programme
  • High-level Opening Segment
  • Setting the Stage
  • Interactive Roundtable on the Theme of ADS 2025
  • Closing Segment

Media

  • Press Materials
  • Statements
  • Contact