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Date	Events/Milestones
21 January 2005	ADVAD website launch
28 January 2005	African Diaspora Final Consultation on Submission to Commission for Africa (CfA)
26 February 2005	ADVAD’s first Annual General Meeting
19 April 2005	African Diaspora forum With Political Parties
23 May 2005	ADVAD and BOND CfA Consultation Meeting
24 June 2005	ADVAD Extraordinary General Meeting
18 January 2006	The Africa Agenda: Reviewing 2005, Looking to 2006"

News Updates

[24 June 2005] -- ADVAD holds en extraordinary general meeting to hear the progress report, constitutional matters, planning the ad3 participation and other issues. Be part of the ADVAD phenomena; be a member; and come along. [Click here for more information]

[23 May 2005] -- Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector will take place in the United Nations Headquarters, New York, 23-24 June 2005. [Click here for Information Note]

[14 May 2005] -- ADVAD alongside the British Overseas Network Development (BOND) and in collaboration with the Commission for Africa Secretariat are organising further consultation event on Commission for Africa, post-report phase. The aim of this phase of the consultation is to identify practical strategies for NGOs to work both with the Commission for Africa and independently to assist in the implementation of the recommendations made in the CfA report. ADVAD and BOND are the leading UK networks for NGOs with international development and they have held previous consultations on and with the CfA. [The date for this event will be announced soon]

[21 April 2005] -- The meeting organised by African Diaspora Voices (ADVAD) on 19 April 2005 took place in Praxis headquarters at Bethnal Green. The representatives of the three main British parties spelled out their respective parties' General Election manifesto, what they mean to the African Diaspora in the UK. the panel of speakers included Paul Boateng MP for the Labour Party, James Clively for the Conservative Party, Simon Hughes MP, for the Liberal Democrats. The panel was moderated by Charles Aniagolu, the former BBC and CNN Presenter. Top of the agenda of the panellists and the participants were issues of asylum and immigration, employment, health, education, and Africa's development and conflicts. [see pictures]

[09 April 2005] -- The three major political parties will discuss ways in which their manifestos address the needs and concerns of African and Black communities in the UK and Africa development. Issues for discussion will include: employment, education, health, equal opportunities and immigration as well as the respective policies towards African development. This will be followed by a question and answer session. [Read More]

[28 January 2005] -- Various organisations and individuals drawn from the African Diaspora in the United Kingdom held a consultation meeting on January 28 2005. As significant stakeholders in Africa’s development, they identified key issues and areas which need to be addressed expediently in order to further enhance the contributions of the African Diaspora to the development of the African continent. The following report is one of the outcome of the discussions. [Read More]