General objective of the Pan-African Congress of Lome
The Pan-African Congress of Lome is first and foremost a privileged space for Africans living on the continent and outside it (the Diaspora and Afro-descendants) to question themselves, in particular, on the issue of their human, political, cultural, social and societal future in a world that is increasingly unstable, lacking in collective responsibility and concerted governance involving Africa Through this congress, African countries will have to reflect on how to invent a form of human association, a political organization and new visions in order to define what they want and can do for themselves and by themselves (‘Africanophony’), alongside other major players in the world economy and the international political scene.
The Pan-African Congress in Lome will also examine the vision and means by which the development of the continent can best benefit from the capitalization of the skills, expertise and leadership of the Diaspora and Afro-descendants. It is a reservoir of potentialities to be transformed into powerful development levers for the continent.
Specific objectives
- To make the 9th Pan-African Congress of Lome, the concretization of an ambition for the renewal of Pan-Africanism.
- Conceive the vision, the founding principles and some flagship projects to demonstrate the “renewal of Pan-Africanism” as one of the foundations for (re)conquering Africa’s place in institutional reforms and the fight for a respected Africa.
- To reflect on new strategies for mobilizing innovative resources and partnerships freely chosen by the continent.
- To bring collective answers to the strong aspirations of the diaspora and Afro-descendants in question of references to their origins, roots or African identities.
- To propose new approaches and a new pan-African paradigm to reinvent itself in order to better act in the service of the continent’s development and influence.
- To succeed in realizing a Pan-African Congress of the Peoples with a greater appropriation of the results and contributions by the populations because of their involvement upstream during the preparations and their effective participation in the Congress through the target groups.
