ANNEX 1: THE COMMITTEE'S VISIT PROGRAMME,
ETHIOPIA 1-8 FEBRUARY 2007
The group consisted of:
| Malcolm Bruce (Chairman)
| Mr Quentin Davies |
| John Barrett | James Duddridge
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| John Battle | Ann McKechin
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| Hugh Bayley | Joan Ruddock |
| John Bercow | Mr Marsha Singh
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| Richard Burden | |
Accompanied by: Carol Oxborough (Clerk), Chlöe Challender
(Committee Specialist)
FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2007
Addis Ababa
Briefing from Department for International Development and Foreign
& Commonwealth Office officials
Meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Reception with donors, parliamentarians, NGOs and
water and sanitation experts
SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2007
Addis Ababa
Meeting with Women & Children Development Organisation
Field visits to slum in Old Airport area and municipal
tip, and meeting with community groups
Visit to biogas community and meeting with user group
Working lunch to discuss water resources management
with:
— Alan
Nicol, Director of Research Inspired Policy and Practice Learning
in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
— Ato Teferra Beyene, Nile Basin Initiative
— Ambassador Girma Amare, Nile Basin Initiative
— Dr Solomon Abate, Eastern Nile Technical
Regional Office
— Ato Paulos Shemeles, Unicef
Meeting with Ato Tadesse Meskela, General Manager, Oromia Coffee
Farmers Co-operative Union
Meeting with Ato Getachew Mengiste, Director General, Ethiopian
Intellectual Property Office
MONDAY 5 FEBRUARY
Butajira, Southern Nations region (SNNPR)
Visit to sanitation and water projects and meeting with Women
for Justice NGO
Hoseana, Southern Nations region (SNNPR)
Meeting with Ato Jemal Reshid Head of the Regional Water Bureau,
SNNPR and Dr Shiferaw Teklemariam, Head of the Regional Health
Bureau, SNNPR, and zonal water and health staff
Misha woreda, Southern Nations region (SNNPR)
Visit to government-funded sanitation and water schemes
TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY
Kulito, Alaba, Southern Nations region (SNNPR)
Meeting with WaterAction and water and sanitation committees
Visit to see WaterAction's work in a water-stressed area, including
water point with fluoride treatment system
Addis Ababa
De-briefing dinner with DFID and FCO staff
WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY
Addis Ababa
Meeting with Ato Asfaw Dingamo, Minister for Water Resources and
Dr Kebede Worku, State Minister for Health
Meeting with EU Water Initiative Task Force
Meeting with Ato Mekonnen Manyazewal, Minister of State for Finance
and Economic Development
Working lunch with representatives of donor Development Assistance
Group:
— Fidele
Sarassoro (United Nations Development Programme)
— Monique Angers (CIDA, Canadian government
development agency)
— Pierre Seya and Iskender Alemseged (African
Development Bank)
— Ishac Diwan (World Bank)
— Nicola Delcroix (European Commission)
— Antti Rautavaara (Embassy of Finland)
— Hein Winnubst (German Embassy)
— Andrea Senatori (Italian Cooperation)
— Glenn Anders (USAID)
— Hans Docter (Netherlands Embassy)
— Paulos Shemeles (Unicef)
Meeting with parliamentary committees dealing with
natural resources and environment/infrastructure
Meeting with Opposition MPs
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