The
8th Women Affairs Ministers Meeting (8WAMM)
Venue: Speke Resort Munyonyo
Date: 11th – 14th June
Theme: Financing Gender
Equality for Development and Democracy
Uganda’s Minister of Gender, Labour and Social
Development, the Hon Syda Bbumba will chair the meeting.
8WAMM will bring together a rich mix of some 250-300
Women’s Affairs Ministers; Senior Officials; parliamentarians;
magistrates, judges and lawyers; women entrepreneurs;
gender and youth civil society organisations; and international,
Commonwealth, regional and bilateral partner agencies
from around the Commonwealth and globally.
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Commonwealth People's Forum
Venue: Hotel Africana
Date: 19th - 22nd November 2007
Theme: Realising People’s
Potential
The Commonwealth People's Forum is the major Commonwealth
civil society summit at CHOGM and it brings together
a cross section of civil society organisations, professional
associations, and cultural groups. In addition, it provides
a valued space for civil society organisations (CSOs)
to dialogue with government representatives at the time
of CHOGM and to feed civil society ideas, issues and
concerns into the CHOGM process.
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Commonwealth Business Forum
Venue: Sheraton Kampala Hotel
Date: 20th – 22nd November 2007
Theme: The Commonwealth:
The Untapped Potential
The Commonwealth Business Forum is one of the events
that will precede the Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting
(Chogm) which will be held in Uganda from 23 to 25 November.
It brings together members of the business community
from the 53 members of the Commonwealth and will be
opened by H.E the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni.
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Commonwealth Youth Forum
Venue: Imperial Botanical Hotel Entebbe
Date: To be communicated
Theme: To be communicated
The Commonwealth Youth Forum is one of the most important
meetings held amongst Commonwealth members and provides
an excellent opportunity for young people from all countries
of the Commonwealth. The participants will be able to
interact with each other, discuss issues and come up
with action plans and recommendations, which will then
be presented to the Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting.
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Venue: Kampala Serena Hotel
Date: 23rd - 25th November 2007
Theme: Transforming Commonwealth
Societies to achieve Political, Economic and Human Development
This is the main meeting that will be opened and closed
by Her Majesty the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth
II and will be attended by the 53 heads of state/government
of the Commonwealth countries, or their representatives.
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