TICAD Delegations


TICAD Delegations are those attending the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which is a conference held every five years in Japan with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners." The first four of these conferences were held in Tokyo; and the fifth one was held in nearby Yokohama.
TICAD has been an evolving element in Japan's long-term commitment to fostering peace and stability in Africa through collaborative partnerships. The exchange of views amongst the conference delegates serves to underscore the case for more, not less assistance from the major world economies.
The TICAD conferences were intended to help to promote high-level policy dialogue amongst African leaders and their development partners.

TICAD-I (1993)

TICAD-I discussed strategies for taking steps toward greater African stability and prosperity. This conference produced the "Tokyo Declaration on African Development."

African Countries

Delegations from 48 African nations participated in the conference, including four heads of state:
Representatives from twelve developed countries participated in the conference. A delegation from what was then known as the Commission of the European Communities was also attended.

Co-Organizers

Guest Speakers

Observers (Countries)

Observers from 17 nations were accredited at the conference; and these included:

Observers (NGOs and Others)

Observers from eleven non-governmental organizations and others were amongst the participants at this conference, including:
Observers from five Japanese organizations were participants in the conference, including:
TICAD-II discussed poverty reduction in Africa and Africa's fuller integration into the global economy. in 1998. This conference produced the "Tokyo Agenda for Action", which was intended to become a commonly understood strategic- and action-oriented set of guidelines. Ideas proposed at TICAD-II were also taken up by the G8 in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

African Countries

Delegations from 51 African nations participated in the conference, including eight heads of state:
Delegations from 10 Asian nations participated in the conference, including:

International Organisations

Co-organizers

Observers (Countries)

Observers (International Organisation)

Observers (Regional Organisations)

Observers (NGOs)

Observers (Japanese Organisations)

Observers (Others)

TICAD-III (2003)

TICAD III reviewed the achievements of the ten-year TICAD process and discussed the future direction TICAD should take. TICAD-III brought together over 1000 delegates, including 23 heads of state and the Chairperson of the African Union.
FlagNationHead of StateOfficeNotes
Algeria.
Angola.
Botswana.
Burundi.
Cameroon.
Côte d'Ivoire.
Central African Republic.
Mauritania.
Eritrea.
Sudan.
Benin.
Burkina Faso.
Mozambique.
Rwanda.
Kenya.
Tanzania.
African UnionAfrican UnionThabo MbekiPresident
Sierra Leone.
GhanaJohn Agyekum KufuorPresident
Zambia.
South AfricaThabo MbekiPresident
SwazilandMswati IIIKing
Uganda.
Mauritius.
Malawi.
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Chad.
Niger.
Nigeria.
Togo.
Tunisia.
Seychelles.
Somalia.
São Tomé and Príncipe.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Zimbabwe.
Republic of Congo.
Djibouti.
Egypt.
Equatorial Guinea.
Ethiopia.
Gambia.
Guinea.
Gabon.
Cape Verde.
Namibia.
Madagascar.
Comoros.
Liberia.
Lesotho.
Libya.
Mali.
  • Guinea-Bissau.
    Senegal.

    Ministers and others

    A number of government ministers and others were amongst the participants in the conference, including:
    FlagNationDelegateOfficeNotes
    JapanJunichiro KoizumiPrime Minister
    JapanYoshiro Moriformer-Prime Minister
    Ministry of FinanceJapan
    Ministry of Foreign AffairsJapan
    International Cooperation AgencyJapan International Cooperation Agency
    Bank for International CooperationJapan Bank for International Cooperation
    External Trade Organization Japan External Trade Organization
    United Nations
    World Food ProgrammeWorld Food Programme
    Children's Fund United Nations Children's Fund-- formerly "United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund" ; name shortened, but acronym unchanged
    Industrial Development Organization United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationCarlos MagariñosDirector-General
    World BankWorld Bank
    African Development BankAfrican Development Bank
    European Union

    TICAD-IV (2008)

    TICAD-IV focused on strategies for better mobilizing the knowledge and resources of the international community in the core areas of: economic growth; human security, including achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals; and environment/climate change issues. In addition, TICAD-IV tried to identify possible inter-linkages within the context of the G8 Hokkaidō Tōyako Summit in July 2008. The event brought together 2,500 participants, including representatives of 51 African countries, among whom were 40 African heads of state and government. Attendees came from over 70 international organizations.

    Heads of State

    Invitations were extended to 52 African countries and many heads of state decided to attend, including:
    FlagNationHead of StateOfficeNotes
    MauritaniaSidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh AbdallahiPresident
    EritreaIsaias AfwerkiPresident
    SudanOmar al-BashirPresident
    BeninYayi BoniPresident
    Burkina FasoBlaise CompaoréPresident
    MozambiqueArmando GuebuzaPresident
    RwandaPaul KagamePresident
    KenyaMwai KibakiPresident
    TanzaniaJakaya Mrisho KikwetePresident
    African UnionAfrican UnionJakaya Mrisho KikwetePresident
    Sierra LeoneErnest Bai KoromaPresident
    GhanaJohn Agyekum KufuorPresident
    ZambiaLevy MwanawasaPresident
    South AfricaThabo MbekiPresident
    SwazilandMswati IIIKing
    UgandaYoweri MuseveniPresident
    MalawiBingu wa MutharikaPresident
    Republic of the CongoDenis Sassou NguessoPresident
    GabonOmar Bongo OndimbaPresident
    Cape VerdePedro Verona Rodrigues PiresPresident
    NamibiaHifikepunye PohambaPresident
    MadagascarMarc RavalomananaPresident
    ComorosAhmed Abdallah Mohamed SambiPresident
    LiberiaEllen Johnson SirleafPresident
    MaliAmadou Toumani TouréPresident
  • Guinea-BissauJoão Bernardo VieiraPresident
    SenegalAbdoulaye WadePresident]

    Ministers and others

    A number of government officials and non-government organization delegates were amongst the participants in the conference, including:
    Nation/OrganizationDelegateOfficeNotes
    MoroccoAbbas El FassiPrime Minister
    TunisiaMohamed GhannouchiPrime Minister
    EgyptAhmed Abul GheitForeign Minister
    NigeriaGoodluck JonathanVice President
    TogoComlan MallyPrime Minister
    Nobel FoundationWangari Maathai2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
    European UnionLouis MichelHumanitarian Aid Commissioner
    United NationsAsha-Rose MigiroUN Deputy Secretary-General
    LesothoPakalitha MosisiliPrime Minister
    NigerSeini OumarouPrime Minister
    AngolaFernando da Piedade Dias dos SantosPrime Minister
    BotswanaMompati SebogodiVice President
    EthiopiaMeles ZenawiPrime Minister
    World BankRobert ZoellickPresident
    African Development BankDonald KaberukaPresident
    Japan Ministry of FinanceFukushiro NukagaFinance Minister
    Japan Ministry of Foreign AffairsMasahiko KōmuraForeign Minister
    Japan External Trade Organization
    United Nations World Food ProgrammeJosette SheeranExecutive Director
    United Nations Children's Fund Ann VenemanExecutive Director
    United Nations High Commission for
    Refugees     		António GuterresExecutive Director
    United Nations Industrial Development
    Organization     		Kandeh YumkellaDirector-General
    Gates Foundation Global Health ProgramTadataka "Tachi" YamadaPresident
    International Organization for MigrationBrunson McKinleyDirector-General
    Japan International Cooperation AgencySadako OgataPresident
    Japan Bank for International CooperationKōji TanamiGovernor
    Nobel FoundationJoseph Stiglitz2001 Nobel Prize in Economics laureate
    International Federation of Red Cross and
    Red Crescent Societies
    University of TsukubaYōichi IwasakiPresident
    MozambiqueJoaquim ChissanoFormer President

    Observers and others

    The UN Development Programme, in partnership with the NEPAD Business Group, the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization made plans in advance to organize on the sidelines of TICAD-IV. They worked together to create an event which they hoped would attract the attention of the national delegations in Yokohama for TICAD—a meeting which they called Innovative Approaches to Private Sector Development for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. The event organizers provided a unique venue for presentations included actual case studies developed by the UN organizations and first-hand testimonials from various local private sector actors who have been beneficiaries or advocates of TICAD-inspired private sector development initiatives in Africa. Selected new and innovative approaches by global partners were showcased to demonstrate how market-based business activities and private sector investments can help achieve the MDGs.
    World Bank President Zoellick participated in a meeting on the global food crisis jointly-organized with the African Union, the World Food Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. This meeting was designed to focus attention on the immediate and medium-to-long term actions needed to tackle the global food crisis.
    Some representatives from international non-governmental organizations complained their participation in the ongoing policy dialog between Japan and various African governments was thwarted at TICAD-IV. A group of 55 African, Japanese and international NGOs came uninvited to Yokohama; this was the first time that a 'civil society forum' was incorporated into the compressed agenda. Six observers were allowed in as observers; and the NGOs construe such limited participation as reflective of a view of NGOs as unimportant.
    The shared perspectives of the TICAD-IV's official participants and unofficial observers served to underscore the case for immediate assistance to help Africa's vulnerable economies to weather the current global food and fuel crisis. Questions remain about how best to achieve such salutary goals.