The 3rd Professional Program for Leadership of the Friendship-with-China Organizations in Africa (English)

Date: June 14 to 28, 2011

Venue: Beijing and Hunan Province

Participants: 34 representatives of friendship-with-China organizations and other relevant organizations from 13 countries, including Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, South Africa, Sudan, Egypt and Seychelles.

Contents:
I. Workshops
1. General Review of China
    By Mr. Zhang Limin, Former Chinese Ambassador
2. China''s NGOs and Civil Society
    By Mdm. Jia Xijin, Associate Professor of School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) in     Tsinghua University
3. Mobilize Resources for NGO Development
    By Mr. Wang Xingzui, Executive Director of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA)
4. NGOs and Sino-African Trade & Economic Cooperation
    By Dr. He Wenping, Professor and Director of African Studies Section at the Institute of West-Asian     and African Studies (IWAAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
5. The Role of NGOs in Sino-Africa relations
    By Mr. Xu Weizhong, Deputy Director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, China     Institute of Contemporary International Relations
6. Governance & Development for NGO
    By Mr. Huang Haoming, Vice-Chairman & Executive Director of China Association for NGO     Cooperation (CANGO).
7. Capacity Building & Social Responsibility for NGO
    By Mr. Huang Haoming, Vice-Chairman & Executive Director of China Association for NGO     Cooperation (CANGO).
8. Management of Projects & NGOs
    By Mdm. Lin Yi, Secretary General of CAPFA
9. China-Africa Relations and legal cooperation
    By Dr. He Jian, Research Center of African Law & Society of Xiangtan University
10.The International Exchanges of Hunan Province
    By Mdm. Liu Xiaomei, Deputy Director of Hunan Foreign Affairs Office
    Mdm. Qi Ying, Deputy Director of International Exchange Center, Health Department of Hunan     Province
    Mr. Peng Jiming, Professor of Hybrid Rice Research Center of Hunan Province
11.The International Exchanges of Changsha City
    By Mr.Lei Chuzhu, Director of Changsha Foreign Affairs Office

II. Fieldwork
Changsha:
Visiting Guangming Village, the Model Village of New Rural Construction
Xiangtan:
Meeting with officials of Xiangtan Jiuhua Demonstration Zone
Visiting the production line of small excavators in Jianglu Heavy Machinery Tech Co., Ltd .
Shaoshan:
Visiting Former Residence of Chairman Mao

III. Others:
Attending the 3rd FOCAC Seminar on Chinese-African NGOs in Beijing