"The Governance Dimension of the MDGs

in Africa"

The United Nations University in collaboration with Cornell University is organizing the second symposium of the UNU-Cornell Africa Series, entitled The Governance Dimension of the MDGs in Africa. This second symposium is co-organized with UNU Research and Training Programme on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), UNU Office at the UN in New York (UNU-ONY), Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Institute for African Development at Cornell University.

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The symposium will be held on May 21, 2008 from 9:15am - 6:00pm, in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Penthouse, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event will be video recorded and/or webcast.

The second symposium of the Africa Series will focus on the governance dimension. The Millennium Declaration recognizes governance as critical for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The symposium will contribute to policy analysis of governance and development by not only undertaking a diagnostic study of the state of governance but evaluating the effectiveness of efforts aimed at ensuring good governance.

The Speakers include:

Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director, United Nations University Office in New York

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of international affairs, New School University

Mamoudou Gazibo, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal

Arthur Goldsmith, Professor, University of Massachusetts at Boston

Norbert Mao, Chairman, Gulu District Local Government, Uganda

Penda Mbow, Professor, Department of History, Université Cheick Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal

Muna Ndulo, Director, Institute for African Development, Cornell University

K. Kwasi Prempeh, Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School

Rodrigo Tavares, Associate Research Fellow, UNU CRIS
Abbia Effiong Udofia, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Central Area, Abuja, Nigeria

Nic van de Walle, Director, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University

Please note that additional speakers is yet to be announced.

If you are interested in participating in this symposium, please register latest by May 19, 2008. For questions, please contact Daniela Michael at the United Nations University Office in New York (daniela@ony.unu.edu or +1 212-963-6387).