High Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investment in Land in Africa (Lusaka, 4-5 Oct 2011)

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Launch of the ECA Framework and Guidelines for Land Policy in Africa in Lilongwe, Malawi, 28 October 2010 (photo courtesy of ECA)
High Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investment in Land in Africa  

Lusaka, Zambia
4-5 October 2011

Organised by the LPI (Land Policy Initiative) Consortium, the High Level Policy Forum on Land Based Foreign Direct Investments in Africa aims to reach an appropriate perspectives and concrete actions on how to address the issue of land-based investments in the African continent in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.

The forum will gather:

• Multidisciplinary expertise from the continent, including experts from government agencies, regional economic communities, civil society organizations, private sector; and traditional chiefs
• Eminent African personalities, including African former Heads of State and Government
• African Ministers in charge of land
• Representatives of development partners

These invitees will reflect on concrete actions to be undertaken in order to maximise the benefits of investments in the African agricultural sector, while minimising the associated risks.

Register by 15 August 2011

The event builds on the outcomes of a side-event on Foreign Direct Investments in Land in Africa organised by the African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (MOB) Land Policy Initiative Consortium, in collaboration with the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) during the annual meeting of AfDB on 7 June 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Contact : [email protected] -  fax: +251-115-51 03 65
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