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12th NELCOM

From 16th to 17th April 2008 , a 12th NELCOM meeting was held in Capital of Burundi, BUJUMBURA at NOVOTEL HOTEL

2nd Vice-President of Burundi delivering his opening speech

The meeting was opened by the Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi and attended by Ministers from the Nile Equatorial Lakes Countries and/or their representatives, representatives of development partners from Sida, World Bank, the African Development Bank, NORAD, UN HABITAT, NELTAC members, the Executive Director of the Nile Basin Initiative as well as NBI staff.

The Second Vice President welcomed participants on behalf of the President and people of the Republic of Burundi and appreciated the selection of Burundi as the venue for this meeting. Burundi was fully committed to the ideals of the NBI and other regional initiatives such as the NEPAD and EAC and pointed out that there was need to create synergy among these regional initiatives in order not to scatter efforts. He reminded participants of the challenges facing the NEL Countries and pointed out that these challenges can be overcome in the spirit of corporation. Burundi was committed to conclusion and signing of the Co-operative Framework Agreement and appealed for the rest of the countries to support it. He thanked the Development Partners for their continued support over the 9 years that NBI has been in existence. He encouraged the countries to continue supporting the Shared Vision Program of the NBI and the NELSAP in their efforts to combat poverty, malnutrition, energy and food crisises and low economic growth, among others.

DPM on Power Program , 28th-30th November 2007

The NELSAP Energy Ministers in the countries of Burundi, D.R. Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda held in Kigali, Rwanda at Novotel Hotel on 30th November 2007 a meeting with the representatives of Development Partners ( African Development Bank, World Bank, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), European Commission, DFID,UNDP,SIDA, USAID, Netherlands ) on NELSAP Power Program under the theme of “Power Interconnections for Regional Integration” with the objectives for the donors to mobilize funds for the construction of interconnection projects under studies and preparation of studies for new regional projects presented to NELSAP by the country members.

Following the presentation of the Ministers report, in which projects were presented to donors, clarifications were sought by the latter and answers were provided in relation to the ranking of priorities, coordination and countries commitment.

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