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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], +221 33 820 14 20

Habibatou GOLOGO, Media Specialist, UNFPA, [email protected], +221 77 740 09 56

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], +221 77 503 86 59

 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

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.: +221 33 859 82 33 Email: [email protected]

Habibatou Gologo Tel.: +221 77 740 0956 Email: [email protected]

 CREFAT

Loty Diallo Tel.: +221 77 609 71 36 Email: [email protected]

 Government

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.: +221 33 859 82 33 Email: [email protected]

Habibatou Gologo Tel.: +221 77 740 0956 Email : [email protected]

CREFAT

Loty DialloTel.: +221 77 609 71 36 Email: [email protected]

Gouvernement