The Chairman and CEO of the Inclusive Society Institute, Prof Zweli Ndevu and Daryl Swanepoel, undertook an outreach visit to New York and Washington over the period 11 to 20 July 2024. The purpose of the outreach was to engage American think tanks and policymakers with the objective of establishing and strengthening the South Africa US think tank dialogue with regard to relations between the two sides and Africa in the broader sense.
The visit also served as a platform for sharing of ideas on how to consolidate democracy and human rights globally, to reform the international multilateral system and the strengthening of trade ties.
The delegation met with representatives of:
US mission to the United Nations
The US State Department
The New York City Commission on Human Rights
The New York City Comptroller
Council for Foreign Relations
Flushing Chamber of Commerce
Director for African Affairs, Office of the US Trade Representative
Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
National Endowment for Democracy
National Democratic Institute
Congressional Research Service
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Centre for American Progress
To programme was to designed to:
Discuss best practice and exchange perspectives on addressing social policy issues, such as human rights, anti-corruption, and economic growth;
Examine perspectives of civil society and economic practitioners regarding UU business and trade policies; and
Explore civil society and US government ap
proaches to modernizing the United Nations agenda to better address shared global challenges.
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