Co-organizers

TICAD was launched in 1993 as an initiative for Africa through the joint effort of the Government of Japan and the United Nations (at that time through its Office of the Coordinator for Africa and the Least Developed Countries). The World Bank joined the TICAD co-organizers in 2000.

The UN entities which now take responsibility for TICAD are the Office of the Secretary General's Special Adviser on Africa (OSSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The TICAD process in general involves a variety of stakeholders including all African countries, Asian and donor countries who act as Africa's development partners, international agencies and representatives of civil society.

TICAD's co-organizers work together to keep Africa's development agenda in the forefront of the world's attention by mustering support for Africa, particularly in times when attention may have been diverted elsewhere. They have also worked to form an international consensus on the priorities in African development based on the principle of African ownership of Africa's development.

		Government of Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs				UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa United Nations Headquarters
		United Nations Development Programme				The World Bank

Partners

African Union (AU)

New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Volunteers

West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)

TICAD Exchange

TICAD Civil Society Forum