AfricanAgenda2010 Survey

African Monitor has been working on getting the voices of Africans heard at various summits held at organisations such as the African Union and United Nations. They have recently launched an the AfricanAgenda2010 Survey to widen the scope of people they are able to reach. If you have a little spare time, please take the survey and make your opinions count! Don't let the first page scare you off (as it almost did me!); it only takes about 10 minutes to complete. Here's some information about the survey from their website:

"2010 is a critical year in Africa’s development, and as we head towards the United Nations Summit on the MDGs in September 2010 in New York, it is important that African stakeholders develop a set of priorities for engagement and advocacy in Africa, and towards building a redefined relationship between African countries and the international community.

African Monitor and a number of partners, including ONE and the Southern Africa Trust, are facilitating citizen consultations around the continent to develop a citizen-driven agenda for Africa in the second decade of the 21st century. The aims of these consultations are to:

1. Develop an African agenda wholly owned and promoted by governments, civil society, business and academia;
2. Identify high impact priorities for implementation between 2010 and 2015;
3. Identify key evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of partnerships (among Africans and between them and the international community) in programme implementation;
4. Galvanise shared expectations and excitement about prospects for Africa;
5. Generate commitment and renewed energy to drive local and international support for democracy and development in Africa.

Recognising that there are ongoing continental processes to review progress towards the MDGs, as well as identify priorities for international community engagement, these consultations will also review the existing continental processes and submit recommendations to them. Realising how limited physical consultations are, it is critical that an e-consultation is undertaken to poll a broad cross section of African citizens, particularly young people, on these issues."