AFAX Events

AFAX organises and takes part in a  number of events during which it strives to put forward viewpoints that contribute to meeting its objectives. These take the form of:

Conferences and workshops - on topical issues of concern to the diaspora community as well as to the wider African community. A wide spectrum of socio-economic and political issues are covered and the organisation ensures that key policy makers, academics and civil society representatives are present during these events. To date, AFAX has organised 11 conferences/workshops on issues such as the African heritage, the relevance of aid to the continent, the African economy, impact of African professionals in their host society, etc.. In addition to its target group of Africans in the diaspora, these events have attracted members of the African diplomatic corps in Brussels, representatives from the Belgian public and private sector, NGOs and international institutions (EU and World Bank)

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Diaspora Forum -  on a yearly basis, AFAX organises one large-scale event that seeks to bring together the African diaspora with other key governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in view of adressing the challenges and opportunities of channelling  resources for the Africa's development. The first diaspora forum - DiaForum 2006 - will be held in June 2006 in association with the World Bank Representation to the EU and the Belgium-Luxembourg-ACP Chamber of Commerce.                                                   more>>>

Capacity building - This consists essentially of events that have the potential of contributing to the develoment and/or improvement of capacity at the private and public sector levels in the continent.

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