Development Partners Sensitization Workshop on the AGI - Mauritania
13 May 2004

Meeting Minutes

A meeting on the Africa Governance Inventory was held on Thursday , May 13 2004, at the UNDP offices, Nouakchottin Mauritaniato brief participants on the work of the AGI Workshop, previously held in Banjul(The Gambia) from April 19 to April 23, 2004.Among the participants who attended were:

NAMES AND LAST NAMES INSTITUTIONS

Jamila Moulaye	UNV
Galina Moulaye	UNCDF
Moussa Sall	UNDP
Dia Oumar	UNDP
Cheikh o/ Tounsi	UNHCR
Mohamed Lemine o/ Moujkha	UNFPA
Tania Ortiz de Zuniga	UNDP
Mariem Camara	UNDP
Hawa Cissé Wagué	World Bank
Triboulet Jean Pierre	French Coop. /DHA/Hydraulic
Ahmed o/ Mohamed Ahmed	FAO
Fah o/ Brahim o/ Jiddou	Nat’l Programme for Good Governance
Audrey Raabe	UNDP
Moussa Sidi Bâ	UNDP
Samba Harouna	UNDP
Sayaka Kimura	UNDP
Cécile Molinier	UNDP
Rosine Sory Coulibaly	UNDP
Moktar Lam	UNDP
Alphonse Mékolo	UNDESA
Amadou Ousmane Diallo	BOM1st Ministry
François Kieffer	Reg. Delegation for the Promotion of Sanitation/MSAS/Coop.Fr./Min. Health
Cchopin Mayorie	CNRE/French Coop.
Aigle Martin	Hydraulic Directorate/French Coop.

This meeting was convened upon the request of the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Mauritaniato put into effect the recommendations of the previous AGI workshop and to familiarize the participants with the mechanisms of the AGI.

Mr. Alphonse Mékolo, Interregional Adviser for UNDESA, was on mission to follow-up the establishment of the support program with the National Programme for Good Governance. As a member of the AGI team, he provided a more comprehensive explanation of this significant initiative.

Following a presentation made byMr.Moktar Lam, of the Governance Unit/UNDP AGI Focal Point and Mr. Alphonse Mékolo, Interregional Adviser, there was a rich debate among the participants who reached the following conclusions:

• The participants showed their interest in this significant initiative, expressing their opinions that it is a formidable tool for programming as well as a means to follow-up the evaluations of the government initiatives entered into the database.

• They called attention to the potential bond between the NEPAD and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on which the sustainability of the initiative will rely.

• They recognized that at this level, it is important to learn from the existing initiatives, in particular those of the ECA and of the African Development Bank, which have already established indicators, and to contribute to their application.

In addition, through a summary entitled “Source Book”, the UNDP has created a compilation of indicators which were developed worldwide by several international organizations, private universities and institutions. <