The Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) will be convened in 2016.  TICAD is an international forum for summit and ministerial level policy dialogue on African development.  Since 1993, Japan has been leading and co-organizing the conference with the World Bank, African Union (AU), the United Nations and the UNDP. TICAD I was held in 1993, and until 2013, 5 conferences were held in Tokyo and Yokohama every five years. Going forward, the conference is planned to be convened in every three years, and the next round in 2016 will be held in Africa for the first time.

As a lead up tothe TICAD VI, the World Bank Tokyo Office organized a series of seminars to discuss TICAD and various aspects of African development. 

On the first of the series, we welcomed His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mr. Belmiro Jose
Malate, the Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique to Japan, who is playing an important role in the African Diplomatic Corps in Tokyo (ADC) on the TICAD, to speak about the potential of advanced Africa-Japan partnership with a view to
the next TICAD being held in Africa for the first time.

Program:

Opening Remarks

Yasusuke Tsukagoshi
Special Representative, Japan, the World Bank Tokyo Office

Keynote Speech

H.E. Mr. Belmiro Jose Malate
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique

Comments

Keiichi Shirato
Senior Analyst, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute

Mark R. Lundell
Country Director Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, and Seychelles

Presentation Material: Mozambique: World Bank Program Summary (PDF)

Closing Remarks

Kaoru Takahashi
Board Member, Japan Citizen's Network for TICAD / Secretary General, Wateraid Japan

Organizer:

World Bank Tokyo Office

Supporter:

Japan Citizen's Network for TICAD