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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE FINAL

CONFÉRENCE INTERNATIONALE DES RÉSEAUX DE PARLEMENTAIRES EN POPULATION ET DÉVELOPPEMENT SUR LE THÈME « DIVIDENDE DÉMOGRAPHIQUE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT DE L’AFRIQUE » DU 24 AU 26 NOVEMBRE 2016, À DAKAR, SÉNÉGAL

Dividende démographique et développement de l’Afrique ; les parlementaires africains s’engagent  

À l’initiative conjointe du Réseau des Parlementaires pour la Population et le Développement du Sénégal et du Forum des Parlementaires Africains en Population et Développement (FPA), une Conférence Internationale des Réseaux de Parlementaires en Population et Développement s’est tenue à l’Hôtel Radisson, à Dakar, au Sénégal, les 25 et 26 novembre 2016, sur le thème « Dividende démographique et développement de l’Afrique ». A l’issue des travaux, une Déclaration de Dakar sur l’engagement des parlementaires africains pour la mise en œuvre de la feuille de route de l’Union Africaine sur le Dividende Démographique a été adoptée, et un plan d’action a été ébauché.

Organisée avec le soutien des partenaires techniques et financiers incluant l’UNFPA, l’IPPF, le Japon (ODA), le Royaume-Uni (DFID), l’agence américaine pour l’aide au développement USAID, le Service Social International (SSI) et la France à travers le fonds Muskoka,  la Conférence de Dakar constitue une « étape décisive dans le processus de plaidoyer et de dialogue politique en préparation aux deux Sommets de 2017 de l’Union Africaine consacrés à « l’exploitation du dividende démographique en investissant dans la jeunesse ».  

La Conférence a été précédée par la tenue de l’Assemblée Générale du FPA, le 24 novembre, avec au terme des travaux de cette journée, l’élection d’un nouveau Comité Exécutif et celle de l’Honorable Marie Rose Nguini Effa, du Cameroun, comme Présidente. Au cours de l’Assemblée Générale, M. Lucien Kouakou, Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’International Planned Parenthood Federation/ARO (IPPF), a souligné le rôle déterminant des parlementaires dans l'organisation et la conduite des efforts en vue de tirer parti du dividende démographique. Abdou Mbow, vice-Président de l’Assemblée Nationale sénégalaise, a quant à lui rappelé combien la jeunesse de la population du continent africain constitue un formidable capital pour son développement et a assuré du soutien de l’État sénégalais aux initiatives du FPA. Après examen et avant clôture de l’Assemblée Générale, le projet de Déclaration de Dakar a été adopté à l’unanimité.

La Conférence a été ouverte, au nom de M. Moustapha Niasse, Président de l’Assemblée Nationale du Sénégal, par l’Honorable Awa Guèye, 2ème vice-Présidente de l’Assemblée Nationale, et clôturée par M. Moustapha Cissé Lô, 1er vice-Président de l’Assemblée Nationale. La cérémonie d’ouverture s’est déroulée en présence de M. Mabingué Ngom, Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population (UNFPA) , M. Lucien Kouakou, Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’IPPF,  l’Honorable Marie Rose Nguini Effa, Présidente du FPA, l’Honorable Mously Diakhaté, Présidente du Réseau des Parlementaires pour la Population et le Développement du Sénégal, ainsi que les vice-Présidents de l’Assemblée Nationale du Bénin et du Zimbabwe.

M. Mabingué Ngom, Directeur Régional de l’UNFPA, a rappelé les actions de plaidoyer et de dialogue politique menées par le bureau régional de l’UNFPA « avec l’Union Africaine, auprès de l’ensemble des parties-prenantes et acteurs clés, dans le cadre d’un processus consultatif conduit avec les organisations de jeunes et de femmes, les organisations de la société civile, les leaders religieux, la communauté scientifique, les partenaires au développement techniques et financiers, ainsi que les agences du système des Nations Unies. Ont également été impliqués les leaders d’opinion et décideurs politiques nationaux, le Forum des Parlementaires Africains, le Forum Economique Mondial, les institutions financières (Banque Africaine de Développement, Banque Mondiale), les organisations internationales, régionales, et sous régionales, les chefs d’États et de Gouvernements, ainsi que les parlementaires.  

En séances plénières et à travers des sessions thématiques, plus d’une centaine de participants en provenance d’une quarantaine de pays se sont penchés sur diverses problématiques relatives au dividende démographique (éducation, santé, emploi, autonomisation des femmes et des jeunes) pour définir les contours d’un Plan d’Action qui sera le cadre de référence de leur contribution à la mobilisation des États africains, en faisant du dividende démographique la trame de la marche vers « l’Afrique que nous voulons en 2063 » et l’atteinte des Objectifs du Développement Durable, en droite ligne avec l’Agenda 2063 de l’Union Africaine et l’Agenda 2030 des Nations Unies.

Le Forum des Parlementaires Africains en Population et Développement a réaffirmé, à Dakar, son engagement à poursuivre les efforts de promotion du programme d’action de la Conférence Internationale sur la Population et le Développement (CIPD) de 1994. Les parlementaires Africains continueront à apporter leur contribution pour exploiter le dividende démographique pour le développement de l’Afrique à travers la Déclaration de Dakar, qui s’engage à :

- élaborer, renforcer et mettre en œuvre des législations, des politiques et des programmes nationaux appropriés, qui donnent la priorité à la planification familiale et s’attaquent à toutes les barrières à l’accès et à l’utilisation de la contraception pour éliminer les grossesses non planifiées et réduire la fécondité;

- abroger les lois et les politiques qui entravent les droits et l’autonomisation des femmes et des filles, adopter et appliquer des lois qui protègent contre toutes les formes de discrimination et contre les traitements inhumains, telles que la violence sexuelle et sexiste et les pratiques nuisibles comme le mariage des enfants et les mutilations génitales féminines ;

- promouvoir et la promulguer des lois qui visent à accroître les budgets et à financer de façon adéquate l’accès universel à des services de SSR complets, de qualité et intégrés, afin de répondre aux besoins des adolescents, des jeunes et de garantir le bien-être des groupes vulnérables ;

- promouvoir, adopter et promulguer des lois qui visent à fournir à tous les jeunes et en particulier aux adolescentes, une éducation sexuelle complète, adaptée à leur âge et à leur sexe et fondée sur les droits, afin de réduire le nombre de grossesses chez les adolescentes et leur vulnérabilité aux infections sexuellement transmissibles et garantir leur autonomisation ;

- promouvoir et appliquer des lois qui réforment le système éducatif et mettent l’accent sur l’innovation, le développement des compétences, la science, la technologie et l’entrepreneuriat ;

- promouvoir et promulguer des lois qui visent à favoriser des réformes économiques qui permettent de créer plus d’emplois de qualité et d’améliorer l’innovation et la productivité du secteur informel, qui est le plus grand employeur de jeunes et de femmes ;

- suivre la mise en œuvre des programmes et la reddition de comptes quant à l’utilisation des ressources publiques ;

- ratifier et domestiquer des instruments juridiques et des cadres politiques internationaux, tels que la Charte africaine de la jeunesse et le Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples sur les droits des femmes en Afrique ;

- promouvoir et créer des partenariats entre les réseaux de parlementaires du monde entier sur la population et le développement, et en particulier sur la coopération Sud-Sud, afin de relever les défis en matière de population et de développement.

Médias Presse

Papa Boubacar SAMBE, Attaché de presse Agence BAANTOU, mé[email protected] [phone] / [phone]

Habibatou GOLOGO, Spécialiste Média, UNFPA, [email protected] [phone]

Ndèye NIANG, Chargée des Relations extérieures et Communication, UNFPA, [email protected] [phone]

Khadidiatou GAYE, Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Plan, [email protected] [phone]

 Note aux éditeurs

FORUM DES PARLEMENTAIRES AFRICAINS EN POPULATION ET DEVELOPPEMENT (FPA)

Créé en décembre 2012, le FPA travaille à promouvoir l’agenda de la Conférence Internationale sur la Population et le Développement (CIPD) et à prendre des mesures législatives pour la mise en œuvre de programmes d’actions et de politiques, notamment  en matière de dignité et droits humains et de santé, y compris l’accès universel à la santé sexuelle et reproductive.

FONDS DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA POPULATION (UNFPA)

L'UNFPA, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population, réalise un monde où chaque grossesse est désirée, chaque accouchement est sans danger, et le potentiel de chaque jeune est accompli.

L'UNFPA accroît les possibilités pour les femmes et les jeunes de mener une vie saine et productive.

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION (IPPF)

Créé en 1952, l’IPPF se mobilise pour que les droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction soient considérés en tant que droits humains fondamentaux. Sa mission est de contribuer à l’amélioration de la qualité de vie des femmes et des hommes en agissant pour la santé et les droits sexuels au niveau politique et sur le terrain auprès des populations.

RESEAU SENEGALAIS DES PARLEMENTAIRES EN POPULATION ET DEVELOPPEMENT (RSPPD)

Créé à la suite de l’organisation de la CIPD 1994, à l’initiative d’un groupe restreint de députés, appuyé par l’UNFPA, le RSPPD avait pour objectif initial de prendre en charge, sur le terrain des activités parlementaires, les conclusions et les recommandations de la CIPD. Il œuvre pour la prise en charge des enjeux et/ou problèmes majeurs et urgents de développement pour le bien-être de populations. C’est par ailleurs sous l’impulsion de ce réseau que ses sont installés la quasi-totalité des Réseaux en Population et Développement des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre.

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FINAL PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PARLIAMENTARY NETWORKS ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE THEME DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND AND AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 24 TO 26, 2016, DAKAR, SENEGAL

African parliamentarians pledge support to harness the demographic dividend for the development of the continent

November 30, 2016 -  

A joint initiative of the Senegalese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development and of the Africa Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA), the International Conference of Parliamentary Networks on Population and Development on the theme “Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development” took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, from November 24 to 26, 2016. The Dakar Declaration, on African Parliamentarians’ commitment on the implementation of the African Union’s 2017 Roadmap on the demographic dividend was adopted, with a proposed action plan.  

Organized with technical and financial support from UNFPA, IPPF, Japan’s ODA, the United Kingdom DFID, USAID, the International Social Service, and the French Muskoka Fund, the Conference of Dakar marks a crucial milestone in the advocacy process and political dialogues in preparation for the two African Union Summits scheduled in 2017, on the theme “Harnessing demographic dividend through investments in the youth”.  

 The conference was preceded by the General Assembly of the FPA, held on November 24, during which a new executive committee was elected with Honorable Marie Rose Nguini Effa, from Cameroon, voted as its new Chair. At the General Assembly, Mr. Lucien Kouakou, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Regional Director, highlighted the importance of the voice and efforts of Parliamentarians in efforts to harness the demographic dividend. Abdou Mbow, vice President of the Senegal National Assembly, assured of Senegal’s readiness to support the initiatives of the FPA to turn Africa's phenomenal youth bulge into a capital for development. The closing of the General Assembly followed after unanimous adoption of the draft Dakar Declaration.

The conference was officially opened by Honorable Awa Guèye, 2nd vice President of the National Assembly of Senegal, on behalf of His Excellency Honorable Moustapha Niasse, President of the National Assembly of Senegal, and closed by Honorable Moustapha Cissé Lô, 1st vice President of the National Assembly of Senegal. The opening ceremony was held in the presence of Mr. Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director of UNFPA West and Central Africa Region, Mr. Lucien Kouakou, Regional Director of IPPF Africa Regional Office, Honorable Marie Rose Nguini Effa, Chair of the FPA, Honorable Mously Diakhaté, President of the Senegalese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development, and the vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Benin and Zimbabwe.  

Mr. Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director of UNFPA West and Central Africa Region, drew attention to the advocacy and political dialogue efforts undertaken through UNFPA, with the African Union, to mobilize stakeholders and conduct consultations with youth and women organizations, civil society organizations, religious leaders, the scientific community, technical and financial partners for development, and UN agencies. The process also involved working closely with key opinion leaders and national policy-makers, the Africa Parliamentary Forum, the World Economic Forum, financial institutions (African Development Bank, World Bank), international, regional and sub-regional organizations, heads of States and Governments, and of course, parliamentarians.      

The two-day plenary sessions and thematic commissions brought together over one hundred participants, from 40 countries, to consider various issues related to the demographic dividend (education, health, employment, youth and women empowerment) and to draft a joint Action Plan in the form of a strategic framework to firm up the contribution of African governments to fully harness the demographic dividend for the development of Africa and set in motion the policies outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the AU’s Agenda 2063.

The Africa Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development reaffirmed, in Dakar, its commitment in ensuring that efforts will be pursued to continue implementing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Program of Action. African parliamentarians pledged support to harness the demographic dividend for the development of the continent through the Dakar Declaration, which commits to:

- Develop, strengthen and implement appropriate legislation, support national policies and programs which prioritizes voluntary family planning and address all barriers of access and use of contraception such as the availability of reproductive health commodities and supplies to eliminate unplanned pregnancies and reduce fertility;

- Repeal laws and policies that inhibit women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment; hence enact enforceable laws that protects women and support survivors against all forms of discrimination and inhumane treatment such as sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation;

- Propose and advocate laws to increase budgetary allocations to adequately finance universal access to comprehensive, quality and integrated sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services that respond to the needs of adolescents, youth, and the wellbeing of vulnerable groups including persons with disability ;

- Support our countries to ensure the effective and full implementation of continental and global level instruments such as the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development, AU Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by ensuring robust monitoring and accountability frameworks that are adhered to by each of our countries;

- Propose and advocate legislation to ensure provision of age-appropriate and gender-sensitive, rights-based comprehensive sexuality education for all young people, particularly adolescent girls, as a way of reducing their vulnerability to adolescent pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and ensuring their empowerment;

- Propose and advocate laws to reform the education system and focus on innovation, skills development, science, technology and entrepreneurship;

- Propose and advocate laws that allow and encourage women to participate in the political sphere, particularly at policy and decision-making levels;

- Propose and advocate legislation related to economic reforms that would create more quality jobs and enhance innovation and productivity of the informal sector, which is the biggest employer of youth and women;

- Monitor program implementation and accountability in the use of public resources;

- Ratify and domesticate International/legal instruments and policy frameworks such as the African Youth Charter and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and;

- Promote and initiate partnerships among population and development networks of parliamentarians worldwide and particularly south-south cooperation to address population and development challenges.    

    Media Contacts

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Habibatou GOLOGO, Media Specialist, UNFPA, [email protected], [phone]

Ndèye NIANG, External Relations and Communication Officer, UNFPA, [email protected], + 221 77 554 80 42

Khadidiatou GAYE, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning, [email protected], [phone]

 Note to editors

AFRICA PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT - FPA

Launched in December 2012, the aim of the FPA is to ensure parliaments assist in implementing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Agenda 2014 and Beyond by adopting initiatives in population policies and harmonization of African legislation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. Since UNFPA started working in 1969, the number – and rate – of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been halved. Families are smaller and healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION - IPPF

Founded in 1952, the IPPF is a global non-governmental organization with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, especially the under-served.

SENEGALESE PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Founded following the organization of the ICPD 1994, on the initiative of a small group of Members of Parliament supported by UNFPA, the initial objective of the RSPPD was to take on conclusions and recommendations of the ICPD in regard to Parliamentarian matters. It works to tackle major and urgent development issues and / or problems for the well-being of populations. It is also under the impetus of this network that most Networks in Population and Development of the countries of West and Central Africa were started.

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Summary Report : International Conference of Parliamentary Networks on Population and Development , 24-26 November, in Dakar (Senegal)

The Senegalese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development (PNPD) and the Africa Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA) - with technical and financial support from UNFPA, IPPF, Japan, DFID, USAID, and International Social Service Saturday, November 27th, 2016 concluded a three-day International Conference of Parliamentarian Networks on Population and Development.

Held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, the theme of the conference “Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development” is in line with the African Union’s 2017 Roadmap on the demographic dividend.

The demographic dividend can be defined as the benefit that can arise when a country has a relatively large proportion of working-age population due to declining fertility, and effectively invests in their health, empowerment, education and employment through public action and private sector involvement. 

The central importance of the demographic dividend to Africa’s transformative development has been repeatedly acknowledged by African leaders at the highest level and in key ministerial platforms. Over the last ten years, it has become evident that a demographic dividend lens offers a strategic basis for focusing and prioritizing investments in people in general and youth in particular, in order to achieve sustainable development, inclusive economic growth and to build "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena”.

The overall objective of the conference was to enable African Parliamentary Networks on Population and Development to define the content and terms of their specific contribution in addressing major and pressing challenges and or issues associated with harnessing the demographic dividend especially through investment in young people.

General Assembly opening

The conference was preceded by the General Assembly of the African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development held on November 24 in which a new executive committee and standing committees were duly elected.

At the General Assembly, the representative of the IPPF Regional Director Lucien Kouakou highlighted the importance of the voice and efforts of Parliamentarians in achieving the set goals on Demographic Dividend.

Mabingue Ngom, the UNFPA Regional Director of West and Central Africa said more than twenty years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which confirmed the close link between population issues and development dynamics, it is clear that our continent is still confronted with Demographic challenges, the consequences of which affect the dynamics of progress and the aspirations of families and individuals for well-being.

“For example, in Africa a woman runs 120 times more risk of dying from complications related to pregnancy than a woman living in a developed country. Similarly, a child born in a developed country is 20 times more likely to celebrate its fifth birthday. Women and girls also suffer from different forms of gender-based violence such as marriages of minors, early pregnancy and genital mutilation’ he said. 

He said in Africa, only one married woman in four uses a modern method of contraception against one married woman in two as regards the world average. This situation he said is exacerbated by the high prevalence of early marriages and teenage pregnancies that affect girls' education, reduce their contribution to productivity, and mortgage their future and that of their families.

Abdou Mbowe, Vice President of the Senegal National Assembly on behalf of the Speaker Moustapha Niass, said the population structure of almost all countries in Africa, and in particular the importance of young people, invites us to reflect and exchange on this issue.

For the families, he said a young population represents a dependency, a burden on the expenditure of education, health. He said to regard young people as a burden would be a grave misjudgment. Above all, they are, above all, a formidable capital for development, potential architects of the transformation of society. 

Like many developing countries, he said Senegal has an age pyramid characterized by a broad base reflecting the high proportion of young people. The results of the last census of 2013 indicate that the population aged 10 to 24 years represents 32% of the total population. He assured of Senegal’s readiness to support the initiatives of the Parliamentarians' Networks on Population and Development in its quest for a solution to the problems.

The Assembly then adopted the Constitutional Regulations of the Forum and discussed matters arising from 2014 General Assembly & adopts 2014 minutes.

Sam Ntelamo, the Representative of the IPPF Liaison office at AU gives Progress Report on IPPF/UNFPA support to FPA on Population and Development 2013-2016. He also briefed the Assembly on the executive & standing committees elections guidelines.

Eight candidates from all four Africa's region were nominated to contest for new executive committee of Africa Parliamentary Network on Population & Development.

Hon. Nguini Effa Marie Rose from Cameroon was elected as new chair of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Network on Population &Development while Hon. Paul Chibingu, Malawian National Assembly member was elected Vice Chair.

 After a bid of impasse from the West Africa Region on the nomination of members of the Standing committee of African Parliamentary Network on Population and Development, a Francophone & Lusophone was finally nominated to contest as the English Speaking countries withdrew.

 After the election, the new President took over office and presided over the Reviewing of the Draft Dakar Declaration on Demographic Dividend & Development in Africa which was unanimously adopted and followed by the closing of the General Assembly.

During the closing of the General Assembly, the IPPF Regional Director Lucien Kuakou urged the new executive to work hard in realizing the objectives set in achieving the set goals on Demographic Dividend.

Jocelyn Fenard, Representative of the UNFPA Regional Director assured of his offices continued support In the realization of the set objectives on Demographic Dividend.

 Hon. Mously Diakhateh, President of Senegal Parliamentary Network on Population & Development assured that his country will take a lead role in the harnessing Demographic Dividend in Africa.

“Parliaments and their networks on “population and development”, have an important role to play in mobilizing efforts to take advantage of the Demographic Dividend in Africa. In particular, we need to deliver a clear message in support of the action of executive branches in our respective countries” she said.

Hon. Nguini Effa Marie Rose, the new chair of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Network on Population & Development thanked Senegal for the hospitality and hosting the event. She assured that her team will deliver to the best of their ability and called on all networks to work and support the new executive.

International Conference

The General Assembly was followed by the two days International Conference to reflect on the pillars that aim to operationalize the interventions of MPs within the framework of AU Roadmap on the Demographic Dividend.

Speaking during the opening of the International Conference, Mously Diakhateh, the President of Senegal Parliamentary Network on Population & Development told delegates to make serious discussions towards achieving strategic frameworks to harness the demographic.

Hon. Nguini Effa Marie Rose, the new chair of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Network on Population & Development thanked UNFPA for its vision and commitment to bring the MPs on board to move forward on SRHR and Population agendas. She also thanked all the donors like Japan, USAID and UK for the continued support.

 Lucien Kouakou, IPP Africa Regional Director said if we really want no one behind and also the Africa we want, we should more than ever work together based on the comparative advantage and build a world in which any individual, any couple, any community and any national remain behind and especially to achieve the Africa we want by 2063. 

“Let us remain committed to this end. The linkages between family planning, demographic transition, and economic growth are overwhelming. As a global provider of sexual and reproductive health services, count IPPF as your strategic partner, given our programmes that are within reach to mostly the young people in all the corners of Africa. I quote Dalai Lama: his vision “Every one of us can be a force of Good”

Mabingue Ngom, the UNFPA Regional Director of West and Central Africa said since the 2000s, prospects for economic development in Africa have been promising; Most African countries have dynamic economic growth rates, exceeding 5%. He said the review of the Millennium Development Goals covering the period 1990 - 2015 reveals that there are genuine successes to be celebrated in the region, including the reduction of the maternal mortality rate from 1,000 to 679 per 100,000 live births in Africa West and Central.

He said these encouraging trends suggest that in the end, Africa can break the cycle of poverty and enter the era of prosperity. The chances of an Africa free from poverty are there, however, serious risks persist and are mainly of two kinds.

 First, the most visible long-term risk, which poses a major threat in the 21st century, is undoubtedly climate change. We already suffer the consequences in terms of food insecurity and climate displacements in the region - more than 800 000 in 2015 alone. The Lake Chad Basin is characteristic in this respect” he said.

Secondly, the most dangerous, risk, under the full control of Africa and the Africans themselves, is indeed the delay of the demographic transition towards the decline in mortality and birth rates which are among the Higher in the world. “Indeed, Africa is singled out by a rate of population growth estimated at 2.5%, twice as large as the global average of 1.2%. However, 11 African countries have a population growth of more than 3%, including 9 countries in the West and Central Africa region” he said.

Madam Awa Gueye, the First Vice President of the National Assembly of Senegal on behalf of Speaker Moustapha Niass, welcome delegates to Dakar and assured of his office’s support at all times. She said an increasingly large and increasingly young population is already causing harmful consequences that undermine the value of investments made.

 “It must also be said that the youth crisis is today a serious threat to peace, stability and security. It is clear that these two main risks - climate and demographic are linked. The demographic challenge is a variable within our reach, for it is clear that Africa will not be able to absorb the thousands of additional people without questioning the resilience of already fragile socio-economic systems or affecting Precarious balances in terms of peace, stability, and security of the countries of the continent but also of the rest of the world”.

This was followed by a plenary panel session discussing various actions towards demographic dividend, population and development. Four Commissions were also created in parallel session to discuss the four pillars of the African Road Map on Demographic Dividend. They are Employment and Entrepreneurship, Education and Skills Development, Health and Wellbeing, Human Rights, Governance and Youth Empowerment.

The overall objective of the roadmap is to guide and facilitate the implementation of the theme of the year 2017 by Member states, Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) and partners through key deliverables, milestones and concrete actions as stated by the Assembly Decision (Assembly/AU/Dec. 601(XXVI).

In particular, the roadmap spells out the necessary areas for key investments (labeled as pillars), that are needed for countries to maximize their potential to harness a demographic dividend in the decades ahead. Under each pillar, key actions and areas of investments have been defined in line with relevant and strategic AU policy instruments and frameworks to position countries towards harnessing the demographic dividend and ensuring the full implementation of both Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

On the second day of the conference, Saturday, November 26th, the day began with the drafting of the Dakar Declaration on the Parliamentary commitments on the implementation of the African Union roadmap on Demographic dividend. They also elaborated on the Parliamentary Action Plan for the implementation of the African Union Road map on Demographic Dividend and setting the roles and responsibilities of the African Parliamentary Forum and Networks for the implementation of the Action plan.

A discussion on the Dakar Declaration was held, followed by the adoption of the Parliamentary Action Plan for the implementation of the African Union Road map on Demographic Dividend and the adoption of the Dakar Declaration on the Parliamentary commitments on the implementation of the African Union roadmap on Demographic dividend.

In the Dakar Declaration, the Parliamentary Networks welcomed the decision of African Union Heads of State and Government to devote the theme of the year 2017 to “Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in youth” and the development of a roadmap with concrete deliverables and milestones that will guide countries and regional economic communities towards realizing the demographic dividend.

They commit to develop, strengthen and implement appropriate legislation, support national policies and programmes which prioritizes voluntary family planning and address all barriers of access and use of contraception such as the availability of reproductive health commodities and supplies to eliminate unplanned pregnancies and reduce fertility. They also commit to propose and advocate legislation related to economic reforms that would create more quality jobs and enhance innovation and productivity of the informal sector which is the biggest employer of youth and women.

This was followed by the closing ceremony of the 2016 conference.

Mously Diakhateh, President of Senegal Parliamentary Network on Population and Development insisted that now is the time to take action saying the year 2017 is the year of investment for youths; therefore imperative, through the priorities identified, to plan now rigorously the actions to be carried out and to ensure the implementation of the road map drawn up on the basis of the Dakar Declaration. She stressed the need for coordinated action that will enable all to monitor and evaluate the roadmap on a regular basis in order to capitalize on the achievements, identify constraints and readjust as necessary.

 Gibril Fall, a youth leader urged leaders to invest more on youth to close the gap. He said the young people are the foundation of the future of Africa and the investments made in recent years in their favor is a welcomed move. He then reminded youths that it is incumbent upon them to be the actors of the "Africa you want" by the end of the year 2063”.

Lucien Kouakou, the Regional Director of IPPF assured of his organisation’s continued support to the Forum. He said the implementation of the Dakar Declaration, with particular emphasis on the development of human capital in order to significantly improve the living conditions of populations, young people and women, must be the concern of everyone. “To achieve this, through a participatory and inclusive process, we will have to engage all the players in our respective countries to commit themselves and make the 2063 agenda a superiority” he noted.

Hon. Nguini Effa Marie Rose from Cameroon was elected as new chair of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Network on Population and Development thanked member networks for the trust bestowed on her to chair the Forum. 

Jocelyn Fenard on behalf of Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director of UNFPA, West and Central Africa thanked IPPF, Japan, Great Britain and USAID for the financial support. He said in the absence of a much more rapid demographic transition, Africa is inevitably facing an explosion of its population. The total fertility rate is 5.5 in West and Central Africa, the highest in the world and more than twice the global average of 2.5. In the region only 1 in 4 married women uses a modern method of contraception against 1 in 2 married women on average in the world.

 Moustapha Cisse Lo, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Senegal declaring the conference officially closed thanked the organizer for choosing Dakar as the host country. He assured of their National Assembly’s total support towards realizing the objectives on Demographic dividend. He highlighted the unending efforts of President Macky Sall towards youth empowerment and employment.

He said young people represent the potential for economic and social progress that can now lead our countries to the path of emergence. For young people to be the solution, not the problem, countries should be able to exploit the young people to meet the demographic dividend.

“While it is true that the distribution of wealth is far from optimal, he said it is important to note that it is the rapid growth of the population that has most affected the efforts made by countries to improve living conditions of African populations. Indeed, this phenomenon is particularly evident in key sectors such as education, training or health, but also and above all in the field of creating productive or decent jobs. This situation makes Africa the only region in the world that has not yet completed its demographic transition” he concluded.

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PRESS RELEASE

Parliamentary Networks on Population and Development meet in Dakar to firm up their contribution to the continental effort to harness the demographic dividend for the development of Africa.  

From November 24 to 26, 2016,  the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar will play host to the International Conference of Parliamentary Networks on Population and Development on the theme “Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development”, in line with the African Union’s 2017 Roadmap on the demographic dividend.

The conference will consider Employment and Entrepreneurship, Education and Skills Development, Health and Wellbeing, Human Rights, Governance and Youth Empowerment. It will be preceded by the General Assembly of the African Parliamentary Forum, on November 24.

The event will be presided over by His Excellency Honorable Moustapha Niasse, President of the National Assembly of Senegal. Keynote speakers will include Mr. Mabingue NGOM, Regional Director for West and Central Africa of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Honourable Chris BARYOMUNSI, State Minister for Housing of the Republic of Uganda, President of the African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development and Mr. Lucien KOUAKOU, Regional Director for Africa for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

In September 2015, the international community adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the 17 global goals and 169 targets. The Heads of State of the African Union also made a complementary commitment within the framework of Agenda 2063, which offers a vision and a continental plan of action for “the Africa We Want”. They must now develop and implement policies for effective transformation of this human potential and thus positively change the image of the continent. They adopted as theme of the year and as topic of discussions at the two African Union Summits scheduled in 2017: “Harnessing demographic dividend through investments in the youth”.

Members of Parliaments and their networks on “population and development”, have an important role to play in mobilizing efforts to take advantage of the Demographic Dividend in Africa. Building on the promise of the “Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend” initiative and the Ouagadougou Partnership on Family Planning, it is now necessary to engage all stakeholders to ensure young people the right to access basic services - education, health, employment - and in particular to allow access to voluntary family planning services to a greater number of girls and women who need it.

To prepare for the implementation of the African Union 2017 Roadmap, the Senegalese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development (PNPD) and the Africa Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA) - with technical and financial support from UNFPA, IPPF, Japan, DFID, USAID, and International Social Service – are organizing an international conference of parliamentarians under the theme “Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development”.

As pointed out in the AU’s Agenda 2063, “no society can reach its full potential, unless it empowers women and removes all obstacles to women’s full participation in all areas of human endeavors. Africa must provide an enabling environment for its children and young people to flourish and reach their full potential”. In order to fully harness the demographic dividend, Africa needs an evolving, strategic and sustainable roadmap to set in motion, as swiftly as possible, policies outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the AU’s Agenda 2063.

Media Contacts

BAANTOU Agency, Influences & Public relations, mé[email protected], [phone]

Habibatou GOLOGO, Media Specialist, UNFPA, [email protected], [phone]

Ndeye NIANG, External Relations and Communication Officer, UNFPA, [email protected], + 221 77 554 80 42

Mme Khadidiatou GAYE, Directorate of Development of Human Capital, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning, [email protected], [phone]

 Note to editors

AFRICA PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT- IFPA

Launched in December 2012, the aim of the FPA is to ensure parliaments assist in implementing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Agenda 2014 and Beyond by adopting initiatives in population policies and harmonization of African legislation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

UNFPA – UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. Since UNFPA started working in 1969, the number – and rate – of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been halved. Families are smaller and healthier. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before.

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION - IPPF

Founded in 1952, the IPPF is a global non-governmental organization with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, especially the under-served.

SENEGALESE PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Founded following the organization of the ICPD 1994, on the initiative of a small group of Members of Parliament supported by UNFPA, the initial objective of the RSPPD was to take on conclusions and recommendations of the ICPD in regard to Parliamentarian matters. It works to tackle major and urgent development issues and / or problems for the well-being of populations. It is also under the impetus of this network that most Networks in Population and Development of the countries of West and Central Africa were started.

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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE

Les Réseaux de Parlementaires en Population et Développement se réunissent à Dakar pour concrétiser leur contribution aux engagements pris pour exploiter le dividende démographique pour le développement de l’Afrique

Du 24 au 26 novembre 2016, se tient à Dakar, à l’Hôtel Radisson Blu, la Conférence Internationale des Réseaux de Parlementaires en Population et Développement sur le thème « Dividende Démographique et Développement de l'Afrique » dans le contexte de la feuille de route 2017 de l’Union Africaine sur le dividende démographique.

Cette conférence portera sur Emploi et Entreprenariat, Education et Développement des Compétences, Santé et Bien-Etre, Droits, Gouvernance et Autonomisation des Jeunes. Elle sera précédée, le 24 novembre, de l’Assemblée Générale du Forum des Parlementaires Africains (FPA).

Sous la présidence effective de l’Honorable Moustapha Niasse Président de l’Assemblée Nationale Les principaux intervenants seront M. Mabingue NGOM, Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre, Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population (UNFPA), l’Honorable Chris BARYOMUNSI, Ministre d’Etat chargé de l’Habitat de la République de l’Ouganda, Président du Forum des Parlementaires Africain sur la Population et le Développement et M. Lucien Kouakou, Directeur Régional pour l’Afrique de l’International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

En septembre 2015, la communauté internationale a adopté le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030 dans lequel 17 objectifs de développement durable ont été fixés. Les Chefs d'Etats de l'Union Africaine se sont aussi engagés sur l'Agenda 2063 qui offre une vision et un plan d’action continentaux de « l’Afrique que nous voulons ». Ils doivent maintenant élaborer et mettre en œuvre les politiques pour une transformation effective de ce potentiel humain et ainsi changer positivement l’image du continent. Ils ont adopté comme thème de l’année et comme point d’orientation des deux Sommets de l’Union Africaine prévus en 2017 : «Tirer pleinement profit du dividende démographique en investissant dans la jeunesse» .

Les membres des parlements et ceux de leurs réseaux en « population et développement », ont un rôle important à jouer dans l'organisation et la conduite des efforts en vue de tirer parti du dividende démographique en Afrique. Fort des succès de l’initiative « Autonomisation des femmes et dividende démographique au Sahel » et du Partenariat de Ouagadougou, il est maintenant nécessaire d'engager toutes les parties prenantes pour garantir aux jeunes le droit et l’accès aux services essentiels - éducation, santé, emploi - et en particulier pour permettre l’accès aux services de planification familiale volontaire à un plus grand nombre de filles et de femmes qui le désirent.

Afin de se préparer à la mise en œuvre de la feuille de route de l'Union Africaine 2017, le Réseau Sénégalais des Parlementaires sur la Population et le Développement (RPPD) et le Forum des Parlementaires Africains en Population et Développement (FPA) - avec l’appui technique et financier du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population (UNFPA), de l’International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), du Japon, de l’USAID, de DiFD et du Service Social International, organisent une conférence internationale des parlementaires sur le thème : «Dividende Démographique et Développement de l'Afrique ».

Comme le rappelle l'Agenda 2063 de l'Union Africaine, « aucune société ne peut atteindre son plein potentiel, si elle n’autonomise pas les femmes, si elle n’élimine pas tous les obstacles à la pleine participation des femmes à tous les domaines de l’activité humaine. L’Afrique doit offrir un environnement propice à ses enfants et à ses jeunes pour qu’ils s’épanouissent et atteignent leur plein potentiel ». Pour profiter pleinement du dividende démographique, l'Afrique a besoin d'une feuille de route évolutive, stratégique et durable pour mettre en œuvre aussi rapidement que possible les politiques énoncées dans l’Agenda 2030 sur le Développement Durable et l’Agenda 2063 de l’Union Africaine.

Médias Presse

Agence BAANTOU, Influences & Relations publiques, Papa Boubacar Sambe, Attaché de presse mé[email protected] [phone] / [phone]

Habibatou GOLOGO, Spécialiste Média, UNFPA, [email protected] [phone]

Ndeye NIANG, Chargée des Relations extérieures et Communication, UNFPA, [email protected] [phone]

Khadidiatou GAYE, Direction du Développement du capital humain, Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Plan, [email protected] [phone]

 Note aux éditeurs

FORUM DES PARLEMENTAIRES AFRICAINS EN POPULATION ET DEVELOPPEMENT - FPA

Créé en décembre 2012, le FPA travaille à promouvoir l’agenda de la Conférence Internationale sur la Population et le Développement (CIPD) et à prendre des mesures législatives pour la mise en œuvre de programmes d’actions et de politiques, notamment  en matière de dignité et droits humains et de santé, y compris l’accès universel à la santé sexuelle et reproductive.

UNFPA – FONDS DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA POPULATION

L'UNFPA, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population, réalise un monde où chaque grossesse est désirée, chaque accouchement est sans danger, et le potentiel de chaque jeune est accompli.

L'UNFPA accroît les possibilités pour les femmes et les jeunes de mener une vie saine et productive.

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION (IPPF)

Créé en 1952, l’IPPF se mobilise pour que les droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction soient considérés en tant que droits humains fondamentaux. Sa mission est de contribuer à l’amélioration de la qualité de vie des femmes et des hommes en agissant pour la santé et les droits sexuels au niveau politique et sur le terrain auprès des populations.

RESEAU SENEGALAIS DES PARLEMENTAIRES EN POPULATION ET DEVELOPPEMENT - RSPPD

Créé à la suite de l’organisation de la CIPD 1994, à l’initiative d’un groupe restreint de députés, appuyé par l’UNFPA, le RSPPD avait pour objectif initial de prendre en charge, sur le terrain des activités parlementaires, les conclusions et les recommandations de la CIPD. Il œuvre pour la prise en charge des enjeux et/ou problèmes majeurs et urgents de développement pour le bien-être de populations. C’est par ailleurs sous l’impulsion de ce réseau que ses sont installés la quasi-totalité des Réseaux en Population et Développement des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre.

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MEDIA ADVISORY

Harnessing the Demographic Dividend and investing in our future by putting Africa’s young people first

12 June 2016. Senegal is hosting the 11th Global Meeting of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) Network from 20 to 24 June 2016. The deliberations will take place in Dakar (King Fahd Palace Hotel) and Saly (Lamantin Resort). This important gathering is taking place for the first time on the African continent, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Senegal H.E Macky Sall. Dakar follows other major capital cities such as Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2010, Barcelona (Spain) in 2012 and Beijing (China) in 2014.

 As part of this special event, UNFPA, the United Nations Fund of Population, the Research Center for Economics and Applied Finance of the University of Thiès (CREFAT) and the Government of the Republic of Senegal are organizing a high-level symposium on the Demographic Dividend and Africa’s Development on June 20, 2016, in Dakar, Senegal.

Special guests and confirmed keynote speakers

Several eminent persons, including current and former heads of state and government: H.E Mahammad Boune Abdallah Dionne, Prime Minister of Senegal; Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; H.R.H. Yahaya Haliru, Emir of Shonga; H.E. Yakubu Gowon, Former President (Nigeria); H.E. Armando Emílio Guebuza, Former President (Mozambique); H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Former President (Tanzania); H.E. Karl Auguste Offmann, Former President (Mauritius); Madame Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Prize Laureate (Liberia); H.E. Aminata Toure, Special Envoy to the President and Former Prime Minister (Senegal) and over 15 ministers from several African countries.

Access to an evidence-based and action-oriented interactive platform

Through knowledge-sharing sessions, engaged leaders, advocates, thinkers, opinion formers, researchers and expert practitioners from around the world will concretise joint actions and expand existing initiatives and partnerships to accelerate the development of human capital and thus ensure young people contribution to the well-being of their families and the transformation of African and the rest of the world.

Why should you join the opening of the NTA meeting and the high-level symposium on June 20th?

Beyond the discussions, this is a unique opportunity to be part of insightful and high-level decision-making that will be turned into tangible actions in support of the African Union 2063 Agenda and the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Goals).

 Get more information about this unique event

The programme, including the agenda, the guest speakers’ biographies and other details are available here:

·       http://www.symposiumdd2016.org/

·       https://crefat.univ-thies.sn/nta11/en/index.php#services

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About the NTA Global Meeting:

The event aims to “bring together experts from research centers around the world who are at the forefront of research on demographic and economic issues (demographic dividend, aging, women's empowerment, gender, generational accounting, pensions, etc.).” The Center for Research in Applied Economics and Finance from the University of Thiès (CREFAT) is the convening organization of the conference on NTA in collaboration with its partners: the Center for the Economics and Demography of aging –(CEDA), the University of California -Berkeley, the East-West Center and the University of Hawaii.

 The objective of the NTA project “is to improve the understanding of how the structure of population growth and changing age influences the economic, gender, generational equity, public finance and other important aspects of macroeconomics.” The project consists of research teams based at universities, research institutions and government agencies in 48 countries worldwide, with the task of building accounts for “measuring how people at each age level produce, consume, share resources and save for their future”. CREFAT is one of such research teams.

 About the High-level Symposium:

UNFPA, in close collaboration with the CREFAT and with the support of the Government of the Republic of Senegal, is organizing this special event that will serve as the high-level interactive segment of the 11th NTA meeting.

 The Symposium aims to provide a space for networking and constructive exchange; to agree on the outline elements of a framework for action, based on evidence and experience; to provide information for the African Union roadmap on leveraging the demographic dividend.

To meet these objectives, interactive panel exchanges will be structured around three sessions: “Demographic Dividend around the world: Lessons and Perspectives”; “Demographic Dividend in Africa: Policies and Interventions”; and “Sustainable Development in Africa: Voices of Eminent Elders/Persons.

 UNFPA works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

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For more information contact:

UNFPA-United Nations Population Fund

Nelson Muffuh Tel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]

Habibatou Gologo Tel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]

 CREFAT

Loty Diallo Tel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]

 Government

Abdou Faye Tel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

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AVIS AUX MEDIAS

La jeunesse africaine au premier plan pour exploiter le dividende démographique et investir dans notre futur

12 juin 2016. Le Sénégal a le privilège d’organiser la 11e Conférence Internationale du Réseau NTA (National Transfer Accounts - Comptes de transferts Nationaux), prévue du 20 au 24 juin 2016. Les discussions auront lieu à Dakar (Hôtel King Fahd Palace) et à Saly (Lamantin Resort). Pour la première fois, le continent africain accueille cette importante rencontre, sous le haut patronage du Président de la République du Sénégal, S.E. Macky Sall. Dakar abrite cette importante rencontre après Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) en 2010, Barcelone (Espagne) en 2012 et Beijing (Chine) en 2014.

Dans le cadre de cet événement spécial, l’UNFPA, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population, Le Centre de Recherche en Économie et Finance Appliquées de l’Université de Thiès (CREFAT) et le Gouvernement du Sénégal, organisent un symposium de haut niveau sur le dividende démographique et le développement de l'Afrique, le 20 juin, 2016, à Dakar, Sénégal.

Des invités d’honneur et conférenciers confirmés

Plusieurs éminentes personnalités parmi lesquels des chefs d'Etat et de Gouvernement actuels et anciens: S.E. Mahammad Boune Abdallah Dionne, Premier ministre du Sénégal; Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Directeur exécutif de l’UNFPA; S.A.R. Yahaya Haliru, Emir de Shonga; S.E. Yakubu Gowon, ancien Président (Nigeria); S.E. Armando Emílio Guebuza, ancien Président (Mozambique); S.E. Jakaya Kikwete, ancien Président (Tanzanie); S.E. Karl Auguste Offmann, ancien Président (Maurice); et plus de 15 ministres de plusieurs pays d’Afrique.

 Un accès à une plate-forme orientée vers l'action

Grâce à des séances de partage des connaissances, les dirigeants, avocats, penseurs, leaders d'opinion, chercheurs et praticiens experts du monde entier pourront concrétiser des actions communes et élargir les initiatives et les partenariats existants afin d’accélérer le développement du capital humain et d'assurer ainsi la contribution des jeunes au bien-être des familles et la transformation de l'Afrique et du reste du monde.

Pourquoi devriez-vous prendre part au symposium du 20 Juin?

Au-delà des discussions, ce colloque est une occasion unique de faire partie des conversations pertinentes et des décisions de haut niveau qui, transformées en actions concrètes, façonneront l'avenir du continent africain et auront un impact durable sur le bien-être des populations.

Plus d'informations sur cet événement unique

Le programme comprenant l’agenda, les biographies des conférenciers et invités spéciaux, ainsi que les autres détails sont disponibles ici :

·       http://www.symposiumdd2016.org/

·       https://crefat.univ-thies.sn/nta11/en/index.php#services

A propos de la Conférence Internationale du Réseau NTA

La conférence NTA vise à « rassembler les chercheurs et centres de recherche à travers le monde qui sont à la pointe de la recherche sur les questions de démographie et d’économie (dividende démographique, vieillissement de la population, autonomisation des femmes, genre, comptabilité générationnelle, pensions de retraite etc.) ». Le Centre de Recherche en Économie et Finance Appliquées de l’Université de Thiès (CREFAT) est le maître d’œuvre organisateur de la conférence sur les NTA, en collaboration avec ses partenaires que sont : le Centre pour l’Economie et la Démographie du Vieillissement (Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging -CEDA), l’Université de Californie -Berkeley, le Centre Est-Ouest (East-West Center), l’Université de Hawaï.

L’objectif du projet NTA « est d’améliorer la compréhension sur comment la croissance de la population et le changement de la structure par âge influence le développement économique, le genre, l’équité générationnelle, les finances publiques et d’autres importants aspects de la macroéconomie ». Le projet est composé d’équipes de recherche basées dans les universités, les institutions de recherche et les agences gouvernementales dans 48 pays à travers le monde, avec pour rôle de construire des comptes permettant de « mesurer comment les gens à chaque niveau d’âge produisent, consomment, partagent les ressources et épargnent pour leur futur ». Le CREFAT est l’une de ces équipes de recherche.

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A propos du symposium de haut niveau

Organisé sous l’égide de l’UNFPA, le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population, en collaboration avec le Gouvernement du Sénégal et le CREFAT, le symposium servira de segment politique introductif à la 11e Conférence scientifique sur les NTA « Comptes de Transferts Nationaux – National Transfer Accounts (NTA)».

 L’objectif du symposium est d’offrir un espace de rencontres et d’échanges constructifs ; s’accorder sur un cadre d’actions basé sur les évidences et les leçons apprises ; informer la feuille de route du sommet de l’Union Africaine sur le dividende démographique.

Pour répondre à ces questions de politiques et de programmes, des échanges interactifs seront structurés autour de trois sessions : « Dividende Démographique dans le monde : situations et perspectives » ; «Dividende Démographique en Afrique : politiques et interventions» ; et «Développement Durable en Afrique : la Voix des Sages».

UNFPA œuvre à réaliser un monde un monde où chaque grossesse est désirée, chaque accouchement sans danger et le potentiel de chaque jeune accompli.  

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Pour des informations supplémentaires, prière contacter :

UNFPA-Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population

Nelson MuffuhTel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]

Habibatou Gologo Tel.: [phone] Email : [email protected]

CREFAT

Loty DialloTel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]

Gouvernement

Abdou Faye Tel.: [phone] Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]