Conferences

The following Conference Reports are available from CDD. If you would like to order a copy, please contact us or e-mail cddnig @ cddnig.org

	Civil Society Consultation on the review of the ECOWAS Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa The forum was held in Dakar from 27-28 January 2003 to correspond and feed into the ECOWAS summit that took place in Dakar at the same time. The report, complete with pictures from the consultation, also contains a full version French translation. (see also communiqué)
	Roundtable on Democratic Control of Military and Security Establishments in Nigeria and South Africa,  20-23 September 2000. download
	Collective Regional Security in West Africa Akosombo, Ghana   This booklet is the report from a conference of security scholars, military practitioners, diplomats and civil society activists held at the Volta Hotel in Akosombo, Ghana from July 21 - 24, 1999. Organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in collaboration with the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CENCOR), the conference had as its main purpose the identification and promotion of best practice mechanisms aimed at enhancing practical co-operation among the ECOWAS states in peace and security activities.  download
	Security Democracy & Development in Post-War Liberia This is the report of the strategic planning workshop on Liberia held on June 9, 1999 now in a book format. contents: Rethinking Security and Democracy in Post-War Liberia The current Post-war Environment Towards Sustainable Security, Development and Democracy Key Conclusions Ideas and Recommendations
	The Challenges of Democratisation in Nigeria Report of the London Round-Table Discussion held on August 29 & 30 1998 Participants:  Chief Anthony Enahoro, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Air Cdre. Dan Suleman, Dr. Arthur Nwanko, Dr. Beko Ransome Kuti, Olisa Agbakoba, Dr. M.T.Akobo,  Ledum Mitee, Ayo Obe, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Dr. Fredrick Fasheun,  Wale Oshun, Eno Usua
	Strategic Planning Workshop on Democratic Development in Nigeria This Workshop was held with a view to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of civil society groups; examine options and strategies for organising change; compare experiences of other transition societies; clarify and prioritise unmet needs in terms of training and research and agreeing a methodology for capacity-building in the democratisation project.
	Engaging Sierra Leone Workshop on Reconciliation & State-Building held in Lome, Togo 21-22 June '99 A workshop  by the CDD that ran parallel with the  peace negotiations  talks in Lome, . It brought together a cross-section of Sierra Leoneans - representatives of the civil society, government, opposition, the RUF, academics, and Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora. It was a problem-solving workshop in which participants engaged in a frank discussion, exchange of views and deliberated on what should be the way forward.

Communiqués

Communiqué issued at the  the Synthesis Workshop for an Alternative Poverty Eradication Strategy for Nigeria held at the Women's Development Centre, Ogba, Lagos, from 28-29 November 2003

Communiqué issued at the National Consultative Forum on Poverty Eradication, organised by CDD from 1st-4th October 2003, Abuja

Communiqué issued at the end of an assessment of the recent crisis in the Warri metropolis by participants of the Strategic Thinking Leadership Training for Youth in the Niger Delta. Organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development at Motel Benin Plaza, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria between 21 September and 4 October 2003.

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) at the CDD Poverty Eradication Programme Consultative Forum held at Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria on 28^th August 2003

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)/ Partnership for Advocacy and Civic Empowerment (PACE) Constitutional Reform Working Group on Gender at a meeting held on 1^st August, 2003 at CDD Lagos

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) at the CDD Poverty Eradication Programme Consultative Forum held at Enugu, Enugu State on 25^th July 2003

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)/ Partnership for Advocacy and Civic Empowerment (PACE) Constitutional Reform Working Group on Socioeconomic Rights at a meeting held on 23^rd July, 2003 at CDD Lagos

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) at the CDD Poverty Eradication Programme Consultative Forum held at Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on 21st July 2003.

Communiqué issued by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)/ Partnership for Advocacy and Civic Empowerment (PACE) Constitutional Reform Working Group on Security at a meeting held on 15^th July, 2003 at CDD Lagos

Communiqué of the first ECOWAS Civil Society Consultation, 30th May - 1 June 2003, Abuja (En Français)

Communiqué of the Civil Society Consultation on the review of the ECOWAS Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa, 27th January 2003, Dakar. (See also report)

Communiqué issued at the planning of the CDD poverty eradication project, 23rd - 26th October 2002, Abuja.

Communiqué of a training workshop on gender sensitive budget initiative for civil society and government in northern Nigeria, 8th July to 1st August 2002, Kaduna.

Communiqué: Towards a Gender Sensitive Budget Initiative for Nigeria: A Government – Civil Society Training Interface, 7th to 11th July 2002, Lagos.

Communiqué issued at the stakeholders meeting on the International Criminal Court (ICC), 13th to 15th May 2002, Abuja.