TICAD Delegations


TICAD Delegations are those attending the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which is a conference held every five years in Japan with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners." The first four of these conferences were held in Tokyo; and the fifth one was held in nearby Yokohama.
TICAD has been an evolving element in Japan's long-term commitment to fostering peace and stability in Africa through collaborative partnerships. The exchange of views amongst the conference delegates serves to underscore the case for more, not less assistance from the major world economies.
The TICAD conferences were intended to help to promote high-level policy dialogue amongst African leaders and their development partners.

TICAD-I (1993)

TICAD-I discussed strategies for taking steps toward greater African stability and prosperity. This conference produced the "Tokyo Declaration on African Development."

African Countries

Delegations from 48 African nations participated in the conference, including four heads of state:

Donor Countries

Representatives from twelve developed countries participated in the conference. A delegation from what was then known as the Commission of the European Communities was also attended.

Observers (Countries)

Observers from 17 nations were accredited at the conference; and these included:

Observers (NGOs and Others)

Observers from eleven non-governmental organizations and others were amongst the participants at this conference, including:

Observers (Japanese Organizations)

Observers from five Japanese organizations were participants in the conference, including:

TICAD-II (1998)

TICAD-II discussed poverty reduction in Africa and Africa's fuller integration into the global economy. in 1998. This conference produced the "Tokyo Agenda for Action", which was intended to become a commonly understood strategic- and action-oriented set of guidelines. Ideas proposed at TICAD-II were also taken up by the G8 in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

African Countries

Delegations from 51 African nations participated in the conference, including eight heads of state:

Asian Countries

Delegations from 10 Asian nations participated in the conference, including:

Observers (Japanese Organisations)

TICAD-III (2003)

TICAD III reviewed the achievements of the ten-year TICAD process and discussed the future direction TICAD should take. TICAD-III brought together over 1000 delegates, including 23 heads of state and the Chairperson of the African Union.
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Algeria

Ministers and others

A number of government ministers and others were amongst the participants in the conference, including:
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Japan

TICAD-IV (2008)

TICAD-IV focused on strategies for better mobilizing the knowledge and resources of the international community in the core areas of: economic growth; human security, including achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals; and environment/climate change issues. In addition, TICAD-IV tried to identify possible inter-linkages within the context of the G8 Hokkaidō Tōyako Summit in July 2008. The event brought together 2,500 participants, including representatives of 51 African countries, among whom were 40 African heads of state and government. Attendees came from over 70 international organizations.

Heads of State

Invitations were extended to 52 African countries and many heads of state decided to attend, including:
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Mauritania

Ministers and others

A number of government officials and non-government organization delegates were amongst the participants in the conference, including:
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MoroccoAbbas El FassiPrime Minister
TunisiaMohamed GhannouchiPrime Minister
EgyptAhmed Abul GheitForeign Minister
NigeriaGoodluck JonathanVice President
TogoComlan MallyPrime Minister
Nobel FoundationWangari Maathai2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
European UnionLouis MichelHumanitarian Aid Commissioner
United NationsAsha-Rose MigiroUN Deputy Secretary-General
LesothoPakalitha MosisiliPrime Minister
NigerSeini OumarouPrime Minister
AngolaFernando da Piedade Dias dos SantosPrime Minister
BotswanaMompati SebogodiVice President
EthiopiaMeles ZenawiPrime Minister
World BankRobert ZoellickPresident
African Development BankDonald KaberukaPresident
Japan Ministry of FinanceFukushiro NukagaFinance Minister
Japan Ministry of Foreign AffairsMasahiko KōmuraForeign Minister
Japan External Trade Organization
United Nations World Food ProgrammeJosette SheeranExecutive Director
United Nations Children's Fund Ann VenemanExecutive Director
United Nations High Commission for
Refugees 		António GuterresExecutive Director
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization 		Kandeh YumkellaDirector-General
Gates Foundation Global Health ProgramTadataka "Tachi" YamadaPresident
International Organization for MigrationBrunson McKinleyDirector-General
Japan International Cooperation AgencySadako OgataPresident
Japan Bank for International CooperationKōji TanamiGovernor
Nobel FoundationJoseph Stiglitz2001 Nobel Prize in Economics laureate
International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies
University of TsukubaYōichi IwasakiPresident
MozambiqueJoaquim ChissanoFormer President

Observers and others

The UN Development Programme, in partnership with the NEPAD Business Group, the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization made plans in advance to organize on the sidelines of TICAD-IV. They worked together to create an event which they hoped would attract the attention of the national delegations in Yokohama for TICAD—a meeting which they called Innovative Approaches to Private Sector Development for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. The event organizers provided a unique venue for presentations included actual case studies developed by the UN organizations and first-hand testimonials from various local private sector actors who have been beneficiaries or advocates of TICAD-inspired private sector development initiatives in Africa. Selected new and innovative approaches by global partners were showcased to demonstrate how market-based business activities and private sector investments can help achieve the MDGs.
World Bank President Zoellick participated in a meeting on the global food crisis jointly-organized with the African Union, the World Food Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. This meeting was designed to focus attention on the immediate and medium-to-long term actions needed to tackle the global food crisis.
Some representatives from international non-governmental organizations complained their participation in the ongoing policy dialog between Japan and various African governments was thwarted at TICAD-IV. A group of 55 African, Japanese and international NGOs came uninvited to Yokohama; this was the first time that a 'civil society forum' was incorporated into the compressed agenda. Six observers were allowed in as observers; and the NGOs construe such limited participation as reflective of a view of NGOs as unimportant.
The shared perspectives of the TICAD-IV's official participants and unofficial observers served to underscore the case for immediate assistance to help Africa's vulnerable economies to weather the current global food and fuel crisis. Questions remain about how best to achieve such salutary goals.