Youth_UNIDO-AU-Meeting_Provisional List of

UNIDO
AFRICAN
UNION
YEN
UNOWA
UNIDO/AU High Level Consultative Meeting on
Productive and Decent Work for Youth in West Africa with emphasis on the Mano
River Union (MRU)
in cooperation with
the Secretary-General’s Youth Employment Network (YEN) and
the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)
Accra, Ghana, 19-20 February 2007
Provisional list of participants
Confirmed as of 13 February 2007
Convenors:
Mr. Kandeh Kolleh YUMKELLA, Director-General of UNIDO
H.E. Ms. Elizabeth TANKEU, Commissioner for Trade and Industries, African Union
In cooperation with:
Mr. Ahmedou OULD-ABDALLAH, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West
Africa, UNOWA
Mr. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, ILO
Ms. Regina Monticone, Secretary-General’s Youth Employment Network
H.E. Mr. Alan KYEREMATEN, Minister for Trade, Industry and President’s Special
Initiatives, Ghana
H.E. Mr. Kiridi BANGOURA, Minister of Youth and Sport, Guinea
H.E. Mr. Kazaliou BALDE, Ministre de l’Industrie, du Commerce et des Petites et Moyennes
Entreprises, Guinée
H.E. Mr. Denis BRIGHT, Ministyer of Youth and Sport, Sierra Leone
H.E. Dr. Kadi SESAY, Minister for Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone
H.E. Ms. Amah Marie TEHOUA, Ministre de l’Industrie et du Secteur Privé, Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Mr. Samuel E. HARE, Deputy Minister for Youth Services, Liberia
H.E. Mr. Moses P. ROBERTS, Assistant Minister for Industry, Liberia
Mr. Aliou DIALLO, Secretary-General, Mano River Union Secretariat
Mr. Michel KAMANO, Président du Conseil Économique et Social, Guinée
Mr. Mansour Cama, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, Président de la Confédération Nationale
des Employeurs du Sénégal (CNES)
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Mr. Jude AIDOO, Senior Specialist on Youth Employment, YEN/UNOWA/UNIDO
Mr. Akmel P. AKPA, Adviser to the Director-General, UNIDO
Mr. Ernest Noba ALLAI, UNIDO Representative for Guinea and Liberia
Ms. Regina AMADI-NJOKU, Regional Director for Africa, ILO
Ms. Evelyn BENJAMIN-SAMPSON, Gender and Youth Officer, Organisation of African
Trade Union Unity (OATUU), Ghana
Ms. Laura BREWER, Senior Policy Specialist, YEN
Ms. Lovetta BUCKLE, Coordinator, Young Women Leaders Association, Sierra Leone
Ms. Alessandra CABRAS, Political Officer, UNOWA
Ms. Sina CHUMA-MKANDAWIRE, Director for ILO, Abuja Nigeria
Mr. Jeffrey A. CROCHANE, Chief, Office of Trade and Investment, USAID
Ms. Nancy Elizabeth DA COSTA, Project Assistant, Special Programme Group, UNIDO
Mr. Sana DARBOE, Former administrative and finance Director of the Gambian AGETIP
(GAMWORKS)
Mr. Alain DHERSIGNY, Chef du Bureau des Politiques Educatives et d'Insertion
Professionnelle, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, France
Ms. Aissata DOUCOURÉ, Director of Industrial Cooperation, Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Abdoul Mazid DIALLO, Vice-président de l’Association des formateurs pour le
Développement de l’entrepreunariat des Jeunes (AFODE), Guinée
Mr. Youssouf DIALLO, Président par intérim du Conseil National du Patronat, Guinée
Mr. Hervé Ludovic DE LYS, Head of Regional Support Office, UN OCHA, Senegal
Mr. Emmanuel EDUDZIE, YES Coordinator, Ghana
Mr. Lawrence EGULU, Senior Economist, ILO
Mr. Ayoup Z. ELRASHDI, Senor Policy Officer on Industry, AU
Mr. Mohamed GASSAMA, Employment Specialist, ILO
Mr. Thomas HAAHR, DG Development, European Commission
Ms. Fatou HAIDARA, Director, Special Programme Group, UNIDO
Mr. James HALLOWELL, YES Coordinator, Sierra Leone
Mr. Seiichiro HISAKAWA, Unit Chief, Rural and Women Entrepreneurship and Human
Security Unit, UNIDO
Mr. Syed Asif HASNAIN, Deputy to the Director, Special Programme Group, UNIDO
Mr. Hans HOFMEIJER, Deputy Regional Director for Africa, ILO
Ms. Doris HRIBERNIGG, Focal Point, Human Security Coordination, UNIDO
Mr. Josiah JOEKAI, Jr. Program Coordinator, Youth Crime Watch, Liberia
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Mr. Mats KARLSSON, Country Director, World Bank
Mr. Richard Michael KENNEDY, Senior Planning Officer, Strategic Planning and
Coordination Group, UNIDO
Mr. Mougo KOMENAN, Director of Industrial Activities and Technological Innovation, Côte
d’Ivoire
Mr. Anthony KOROMA, Director of Youth, Ministry of Youth and Sport, Sierra Leone
Mr. Joe KOROMA, Head of UNIDO Operations in Sierra Leone
Mr. Komla Mawuena KUOMI, President, Commission Youth Employment Network, Togo
Mr. Agerico Ong LACANLALE, Director, Strategic Planning and Coordination Group,
UNIDO
Ms. Florence LASBENNES, Chef du Bureau des Politiques de Développement, Economique
et Agricole, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, France
Mr. Franklyn LISK, Visiting Fellow, University of Warwick
Ms. Tarana LOUMABEKA, Senior Policy Officer on Trade, AU
Mr. Friedrich G. MAHLER, Head of Region, Nestlé Central West Africa
Ms. Catherine MARTIN, Private Sector Development Advisor, DfID Ghana
Mr. James MWEDA, Executive True Christian Youth Outreach of Zambia
Mr. Gustave B. NEYA, Officer in charge of youth programmes implementation, ECOWAS
Mr. Alain NICKELS, UNIDO Representative for Senegal
Mr. Modou B. NJIE, Events Coordinator, UNIDO
Mr. Chibuzo NWACHUKWU, Adolescent Development Network, Nigeria
Mr. Youssuf OOMAR, UNICEF Representative, Côte d’Ivoire
Ms. Osayi Alile ORUENE, Executive Director, FATE Foundation, Nigeria
Mr. Alessandro PARLATORE, UNIDO Representative for Côte d’Ivoire
Mr. Joseph PEACOCK, YMCA, The Gambia
Ms. Hopolang PHORORO, Youth Employment Specialist, ILO
Ms. Sara SPANT, Technical Officer, YEN
Ms. Julia ROHE, Associate Expert, Human Security Coordination, UNIDO
Ms. Giovanna ROSSIGNOTTI, Youth Coordinator, ILO
Mr. Alhaji Yunisa Alim SESAY, General Manager, First Foreign Exchange, Sierra Leone
Mr. Abraham SESSAY, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Liberia
Ms. Hadizatou Rosine SORI-COULIBALY, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident
Representative, Togo
Ms. Irma. SPECHT, Director, Transition International
Ms. Zeynep TALUY GROSSRUCK, Director, Private Sector Development Branch, UNIDO
Mr. Simon TARO, Director, Centre for the Development of Youth and Sports, ECOWAS
Mr. Sidikiba TRAORE, Manager, Carrefour Jeunesse, Côte d’Ivoire
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Mr. Abdarhamane TRAORET, Country Representative, Hope 87
Mr. Felix Ugbor, Chief, Africa Programme, UNIDO
Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto, Deputy to the Director-General, Managing Director of the Programme
Coordination and Field Operations Division, UNIDO
Mr. Magatte Wade, Founder and CEO, AGETIP, Senegal
Mr. Alphonso K.WEAH, Executive Director, Youth for Community Academic and
Development Services (YOCADS), Liberia
Mr. David Woollcombe, Peace Child International