THE BLACK PROFESSIONAL DINNER IN COMMEMORATION OF
PROGRAMME
DATE: May 25th, 2011
Chairperson: Amina Mahama, Board Member, ACID
17:00-17:15. Registration and welcoming drinks
17:15-17:30. Piano and Music
17:30-17:45. Welcoming remarks from The Africa Center for Information and Development & Africa Forum Nordic
Minute Silence in Memory of Dr Raheem Tajudeen, the General Secretary of the Global Pan African Movement and a Pan Africanist, Died May 25th last year.
18:00 - 18:15. Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Yahdih Bouchaab, The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco, The Dean of the African Ambassadors, Oslo Norway
18:15 -18:30. Special Guest of Honor: Kristin Halvorsen, Parti Leder, SV, Norway
18:30 - 18:45.The Africa Liberation Struggle: Lessons and the Way Forward for Younger Generation by Baba Sillah, Writer.
18:45 –19:00: Employment Opportunities for Africans: Challenges and Opportunities by Fredrick Makosi, Holmlia Festival, DNBNOR,
19:00- 20:00: Dinner (buffet of Assorted African Dishes)
20:00-20:15: Is Unemployment an Obstacle to Integration by Amsale K. Temesgen
Researcher, FAFO
20:15 - 20:30. Is Employment a Strategy for Integration? by Famara Alieu Sanyang, Assisterende Direktør, Helse- og sosialavdelingen, Fylkesmannen i Østfold
20:30 - 20:45: African Women, Integration and Employment by Dr. Madeleine Kennedy-Macfoy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo
20: 45 - 21: 00: Maintaining our Cultural Identity whiles being Integrated in the Norwegian Society by Barth Niava, Center for Afrikansk Kulturformidling (CAK), Norway
21:00 - 21:15: Closing remarks by
21:15 - 11:00. Networking and filling evaluation form