First: NEPAD meetings and conferences in which Egypt participated: 1- On behalf of President Mubarak, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed the Egyptian delegation that participated in the 14th session of NEPAD meetings, held in Khartoum, on January 2006, where the achieved progress was reviewed. The Summit agreed to hold a “Brainstorming Conference” in Dakar before the end of the current year to reinforce the positive achievements, and discuss means of surmounting obstacles facing implementation, particularly providing necessary funding for the proposed work plans and projects in different sectoral priorities. The Minister also headed Egypt’s delegation that participated in the Fourth Session of the African Peer Review Mechanism, held in Khartoum on the same date, where the report of Ghana review mechanism was endorsed, and the Sudanese and Zambian Presidents signed the mechanism accession documents.    2-   The Foreign Minister, represented President Mubarak, in the 15th Session Meetings of the NEPAD Executive Committee, held on the sidelines of the African Union Summit held in Banjul in July 2006, to follow up the efforts exerted for implementing the NEPAD projects, assess the results of the dialogue meetings with the development partners within the framework of Africa Partnership Forum (APF), and discuss adding NEPAD to the African Union’s structure. The Minister also participated in the 5th Session Meetings of the African Peer Review Mechanism which discussed the reports on Kenya and Rwanda. 3- On behalf of President Mubarak, the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation represented Egypt in the “Development of Fish Wealth Summit”, held in Abuja on 25 August 2005 within the framework of the NEPAD initiative. The summit was concluded by issuing a work plan for fish wealth development in Africa. The Egyptian delegation also participated in the Experts’ preliminary meeting on 22nd and 23rd of August 2006. 4- On behalf of the President, the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture participated in the Africa Fertilizer Summit that was held in Abuja on 13 June 2006, within the framework of the CAADP program. In this context, the Assistant Foreign Minister participated in the proceedings of the Summit and the Ministerial meetings. The Minister also headed the work plan meetings held on 11 June 2006, which were organized by the NEPAD Summit, to discuss means of enhancing cooperation between African Governments, the private sector and the civil society to realize the objectives of the “African Revolution”. The meetings were also attended by a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, which participated effectively in the technical meetings held last July. “Egypt Fertilizers” company participated in the exhibition which was organized on the sidelines of the conference. The Nigerian President visited the Egyptian section and agreed with the Minister of Agriculture to invite Egyptian enterprises to establish fertilizer production facilities in Nigeria to serve West Africa. 5- The Assistant Foreign Minister and personal representative of the President, participated in the Fifth Meeting of the African Partnership Forum (AFP) that was held in London in October 2006, the meeting dealt with the recommendations of the Gleneagles Summit which included supporting the forum’s role. The summit agreed on establishing the “SUPPORT UNIT” to prepare for the AFP meetings, follow-up and monitor its results. The Forum also agreed on “A Joint Action Plan” to enhance inter-African cooperation and cooperation between development partners and African countries. 6- The Assistant Foreign Minister also participated in the Sixth Session Meetings of the African Partnership Forum (AFP) held in the Maputo, Mozambique, on 4-5 May 2006, which tackled the joint cooperation in the fields of Agriculture, food security, infra-structure, and combating AIDS. During the meetings, it was agreed that the Forum would focus on supporting the execution of the projects included in the initiative in different sectoral priorities. 7- Participating in the NEPAD Steering Committee meetings, held in South Africa in August 2005, and March and May 2006, to prepare the “African Work Plan for implementing the initiative”, and discuss means of cooperation with the development partners in implementing the proposed plan. The proposed plan is prepared by the NEPAD Steering Committee and Secretariat and suggests a set of projects in different African developmental aspects, based on the work plans and the project lists which were previously adopted by the “NEPAD Presidential Executive Committee”. Second: The African and Regional Conferences concerned with realising the NEPAD objectives hosted and attended by Egypt: 1- The Conference of the Ministers of Transport of the COMESA member states, held in Sharm El Sheikh in September 2005. 2- Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the second meeting for African Officials concerned with modern biotechnology on 14 and 15 January 2006. This meeting was organized by the Science and Technology Office affiliated to the NEPAD Secretariat. 3- The meeting of the African Economic Committee concerning the strategies of combating poverty in Africa, held in March 2006. 4- The African Ministers of Trade Conference, held in April 2006. 5- The African Ministers of Industry Conference, held in Cairo in July 2006. 6- The UN Regional and International Experts Meeting on the illegitimate use of natural resources and its negative impacts on security and peace in Africa, June 2006. 7- Within the context of the regular meetings of the “NEPAD National Committee” for senior officials from the ministries concerned with following up the implementation of the NEPAD initiative, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry hosted the committee’s meeting on 26 October 2005, where the committee was apprised of the significant developments of the initiative, and the “Partnership Process” between Africa and the developed countries. The committee was also requested to present regional or continental projects, which could serve the Egyptian and African countries’ interests, in order to be presented to the regional economic blocs, to be subsequently enlisted among the infrastructure projects. Third: Enlisting the initiative’s priorities and objectives among the regional programmes and policies: 1- In contribution to the implementation of the NEPAD programmes and policies in all sectoral priorities, during the NEPAD Summit, held in Sharm Al Sheikh in 2005, Egypt declared placing all the Egyptian training and rehabilitation institutes, the leaders and technicians preparation centres, as well as the scientific and technological research institutions, at the disposal of the African countries, and organizing training and rehabilitation courses for the African cadres, on the bilateral level and in cooperation with the regional economic blocs, whether with an Egyptian funding through the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa or through joint funding with regional or international parties. 2- As for the field of agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation in cooperation with FAO prepared five projects in the context of a programme for preparing a medium term plan and projects to be implemented within the framework of cooperation between Egypt and TCP/EGY/2905, as stated in the proposals of the national experts in order to achieve the objectives of CAADP (Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme), which was adopted by the NEPAD initiative to increase agricultural productivity  and achieve food security in Africa. These projects were presented to the NEPAD Secretariat to be enlisted in the medium term plan for agricultural development in Africa as well as the bloc’s agricultural development programme, and to study the means of financing them within the framework of CAADP. 3- As for the field information technology, Egypt follows up the implementation of the E-schools initiative, adopted by the NEPAD to employ modern technology in the field of education. This initiative specified 6 Egyptian schools to start implementing this programme, and includes 120 schools in 20 African countries including Egypt. Fourth: African Peer Review Forum (APR) Believing in the importance of the APR role, and contributing to developing the potentials of the African governments and promoting the administration level, and within the framework of transparency and national responsibility, and aiming at exchanging expertise among African countries, Egypt joined the Peer Review Mechanism in March 2004, and initiated the procedures of the review process in preparation for establishing a national committee that comprises of representatives from the competent ministries, legislative institutions, and civil society organizations, to prepare a draft review report in this regard.