14th AGOA Forum August 24-27, 2015 in Libreville, Gabon
AGOA Forum 2015: The 2015 US – sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (known as the AGOA Forum) takes place August 24-27, 2015 in Libreville, Gabon.
- Visit the official Gabonese AGOA Forum 2015 website: www.agoa.ga/
The theme for this year's event is:
“AGOA at 15: Charting a course for a sustainable US-Africa Trade and Investment Partnership”
A more detailed (draft) version of the programme can be downloaded at this link.
MONDAY AUGUST 24, 2015
9:00 – 17:00 Advance Registration (Badge Pick-up)
9:00 – 15:00 Senior African Officials Pre-Forum Preparation Meeting
TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 2015
9:00 – 17:00 Advance Registration (Badge Pick-up)
9:00 – 12:00 African Trade Ministers Consultative Group Meeting
9:00 – 17:00 Private Sector and Civil Society Events& Site Visits
African Women Entrepreneurs Program (AWEP)
17:00 - 19:30 VIP Reception hosted by Private Sector
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 2015
08:45 – 10:15 Ministerial Opening Ceremony
10:45 – 10:55 Readout from African Trade Ministers Consultative Group
10:55 – 11:05 Readout from Civil Society, AWEP, and Private Sector (3 mins each)
11:05 – 12:30 PLENARY 1 –Dialogue on the Current U.S. -Africa Trade and Investment Partnership and Beyond
14:00– 15:30 BREAKOUT Sessions
WORKSHOP 1 – Building capacity to comply with international SPS standards to increase food security, agro-business investment, and AGOA exports
WORKSHOP 2 – How to ensure compliance with standard requirements and modalities to broaden benefits from AGOA
WORKSHOP 3 – Investing in innovative infrastructure solutions through the promotion of public/private partnerships to improve African competitiveness and regional trade
WORKSHOP 4 – Advancing sustainable sourcing and trading in the forestry sector through enhanced public/private partnership: the case of Gabon
16:00 – 17:30 PLENARY 2 – Promoting intra-Africa trade and regional integration through sustainable investments
17:30 – 18:30 USTR Meeting with Trade Ministers
CLOSED – HEADS OF DELEGATION ONLY
THURSDAY August 27, 2015
08:45 - 10:15 PLENARY 3 – Dialogue with U.S. Congressional Members and Staff
10:30 – 11:30 PLENARY 4 – Strategic Public-Private Approaches to Develop Value Chains and Market Linkages to Accelerate Trade Competitiveness and Export Growth
12:00 – 13:30 BREAKOUT 2:
WORKSHOP 5 – Connecting Africa through ICT: Bridging the digital divide
WORKSHOP 6 – Improving global health security: an imperative for accelerating economic growth and expanding trade
WORKSHOP 7 – Youth and Trade Agenda: The way forward
WORKSHOP 8 – Addressing Africa’s Power Deficit
*Note: this session will run till 1400.
Part I (12:00 - 12:45) – Lessons Learned under Power Africa for Attracting Power Sector Investment
Part II (12:45 - 13:15) – Increasing investments in renewable energy for a sustainable solution to Africa’s power shortages
Part III (13:15 - 14:00) – Natural Gas Value Chain
15:00 –16:30 PLENARY 5 – The Missing Middle – Supporting African women entrepreneurs to participate in global supply chains
16:45 – 17:15 Ministerial Closing Ceremony
17:15 - 19:00 Closing Reception
Download related documents
AGOA Forum 2015 - Civil Society Programme
AGOA Forum 2015 Civil Society Programme, as published by the CSO Network.
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