2009 UNU/UNESCO International Conference on Africa and Globalization: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future

From 28-09-2009 to 29-09-2009 (Japan) 

The Conference aims to provide a forum to take stock of the achievements, successes and failures over the past fifty years and to reflect on ongoing challenges facing Africa and its development today in a globalized world, particularly in the context of the global, financial crisis.
It will be co-hosted by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO and Konrad Osterwalder, Rector of the UNU . Eminent personalities including decision-makers from government, world-renowned experts and civil society representatives will exchange their views about their own personal experiences and reflections about past developments as well as about the new dynamics and their foreseeable impact. They will also share their personal vision of Africa’s role and position in the future global system