GEN-Africa Strategy Meeting

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In this GEN-Africa Strategy Meeting, 25 active leaders and advisors of the network will come together, in order to consolidate the work they have done so far, and to update and develop a clear strategy and concrete targets for the time period of 2015-2020.

We will evaluate what has happened since the founding conference of GEN-Africa, how successful we have been on the ground, and integrate the best practices from the past years to decide on the most effective strategies to take GEN-Africa forward.

We are inviting Council Members and the Advisory Board of GEN-Africa, External Advisors and GEN Africa National Network representatives.

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