The Republic of Slovenia’s 9th Africa Day conference is co-organized with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia, the Chatham House Africa Programme and the European Commission.
Expert discussions at this online conference examine the role of collaborative links between Africa and Europe in accelerating progress on green transition and climate policy initiatives, and in seizing opportunities for long-term economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The conference will be broadcast live on this webpage, on the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpage, and on the Africa Programme Facebook page.
Participants
Speakers include:
HE Dr Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia
HE Professor Victor Harison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, African Union Commission
Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission
HE Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kenya
Mr Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of South Africa
Ambassador Badr Abdel Atty, Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt
Dorothy Ng’ambi Tembo, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre
Jean-Paul Adam, Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Astrid Schomaker, Director for Global Sustainable Development, European Commission Directorate General for Environment
Oureratou Ouedraogo, Deputy Executive Coordinator, African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC)
Ambassador Matjaž Šinkovec, National Coordinator for Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Alice Munyua, Public Policy Adviser, Mozilla
‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, Nigeria
Dr. Sonja Kreibich, Head of Division, Pan-African Issues, African Union, Southern Africa and Great Lakes Region, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Luís Leandro da Silva, Director, Department for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
Ernest Boakai, Key Account Manager, Security Printing Solutions, CETIS, Slovenia
Roman Žnidarič, Executive Director for Security Printing Solutions, CETIS, Slovenia
Dušan Olaj, CEO, Duol, Slovenia
Ms Ana Kalin, Policy Maker and Analyst, Forum for Equitable Development, Slovenia
Chairs include:
Ambassador Igor Jukič, Head, Department for Bilateral Economic Cooperation II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Elizabeth Donnelly, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House
Natalia Al Mansour, Head, Department for Africa and the Middle East, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Bob Dewar CMG, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House
