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12 - 16 November 2007

Third Conference of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology Location: Mombasa, Kenya

Working documents for the Conference: Aide memoire: African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology Draft agenda: Expert's meeting Draft programme: Expert's meeting Draft agenda: Ministerial meeting Draft programme: Ministerial meeting Report of the meeting of AMCOST Bureau, 8 June 2007, Pretoria, South Africa Africa's Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action Implementation Strategy African Network on Water Sciences and Technology: Business Plan African Energy Research and Innovation Network: Business Plan Proposal to establish a high level science and technology panel on climate change Outcome of the Conference of African Women in Science and Technology The Johannesburg Declaration of the first African Union Conference of Women in Science and Technology, August 2007 Progress report: on Research Policy Framework, Capacity Building for the African Policymakers and the Formation of the Pan African Intellectual Property Organisation (PAIPO) African Consolidated Framework for Intellectual Property, Individual and Community Rights Framework on Bioprospecting African Union Scientific Award Science, Technology and Innovation for Industrialisation: Articulating an African Union Vision Outcome of the African Regional Workshop on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms African Model Law on Safety in Biotechnology African Model Law on Safety in Biotechnology - Report

29-30 January 2007

African Union Summit 2007 Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Decisions - 10th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council Language options: English and French Decisions and Declarations - 8th Ordinary Session of the Assembly Language options: English and French Read more about the AU summit in SciDev.Net's dedicated news focus

20-24 November 2006

Extraordinary Conference of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology Location: Cairo, Egypt Details of proceedings Inter-Ministerial Dialogue Summary Report Cairo Declaration Presentation: The African Biotechnology Panel: Building Capacities for Science and Technology by Ismail Serageldin Report of the Meeting of Experts Report of the Meeting of the Ministers Resolutions of the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue between AMCOW and AMCOST on establishing African Network of Centres of Excellence in Water Sciences and Technology

25-28 July 2006

Fourth Meeting of the AU/NEPAD African High-Level Panel on Biotechnology Location: Nairobi, Kenya Draft programme | Press release

29 - 30 September 2005

Second African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology Location: Dakar, Senegal The Second African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology gave its approval to a broad-ranging five-year "consolidated plan of action" for promoting science and technology across Africa. The meeting was attended by ministerial delegations from more than 30 African countries, as well as representatives of a number of Western governments, who have been supporting the plan of action as a framework for providing financial support for individual scientific and technological initiatives.