The United States will host the
fifteenth annual U.S.-sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation
Forum, commonly known as the AGOA Forum, on September 26, 2016, at the
U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C. The African Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA) is the U.S. government’s signature trade
initiative with sub-Saharan Africa. The AGOA legislation mandates the
annual AGOA Forum to foster close economic ties between the United
States and its partners in sub-Saharan Africa. This year’s theme is
“Maximizing AGOA Now while Preparing for the Future Beyond AGOA.”
The 2016 AGOA Forum will bring together
African and American government officials, civil society, and private
sector representatives to discuss current trade and investment
relations and possibilities for future engagement. The AGOA Forum is
timed to follow the President’s second U.S.-Africa Business Forum
(USABF), which will take place in New York City on September 21.
As in past practice, the AGOA Forum will
include a number of events on the margins of the ministerial. This
year’s “side events,” incorporating private sector, civil society, and
African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) stakeholders, will take
place on September 22–23, 2016, at venues to be determined. Please
contact the AGOA Civil Society Network
for more information. This year, the U.S. Department of Labor will host
a Ministerial Roundtable on the margins of the AGOA Forum in
Washington on September 22–23, 2016. This Ministerial Roundtable will,
for the first time, bring together a select group of trade and labor
ministers from sub-Saharan Africa to support policy coordination.
Once finalized, the AGOA Forum program will be available at agoa.info/forum.
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