Welcome to the Africa Partnership Forum website

The Africa Partnership Forum (APF) was established in November 2003 in the wake of the Evian Summit as a way of broadening the existing high-level G8/NEPAD dialogue to include Africa's major bilateral and multilateral development partners. The APF's mission is to strengthen partnership efforts in favour of Africa's development. More...

11th APF Meeting, Addis Ababa, 17-18 November, 2008

Africa, G8 and OECD identify actions needed to keep Africa on growth track despite global downturn

The 11th meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum took place in Addis Ababa from 17-18 November 2008, hosted by the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. More News…

Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness:  A unique exercise in mutual accountability

First launched in 2005 as the world’s first international “mutual accountability” process, the “Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness” (MRDE) is a unique consultation mechanism between African leaders and policymakers and their OECD counterparts to monitor each others’ performance in delivering on their respective commitments to Africa’s development, to promote dialogue and to agree future priority actions.  Expert ECA and OECD task teams – in collaboration with a range of international experts and development stakeholders -- are now preparing the follow-up 2008 MRDE Report.  More news…

10th APF Meeting, Tokyo, 7-8 April, 2008:  “Making a Vibrant Africa a Reality through TICAD IV and the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit”  

More than 150 high-level representatives from Africa, G8 and OECD countries came together for the 10th meeting of the APF in Tokyo on 7-8 April to discuss key issues affecting development in Africa.  More

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OECD:  Active in Africa

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