London, England and Geneva, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – Kofi Annan’s new Africa project, to be called Africa Progress Panel, has been created and is living in temporary quarters in London. The undefined project that made world headlines shortly before Annan left office as head of the United Nations is beginning to take shape, says Le Temps, with ads run in The Economist last week for management positions. The new group is based in London but will move to Geneva at an unspecified date. On its new web site the organization describes its objectives: "to focus world leaders’
attention on delivering on their commitments, particularly the good
governance and economic support which is imperative for achieving the
Millennium Development Goals. Panel members will draw on the expertise
of institutions working on African issues to present a rigorous and
independent assessment of progress."

The panel members are: Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the UN and Nobel Laureate; Michel Camdessus, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund; Peter Eigen, founder and chair of the Advisory Council, Transparency International; Bob Geldof, musician and founder/chair of Band Aid, member of the Commission for Africa; Graça Machel, women and children’s rights activist, president of the Foundation for Community Development; Robert E Rubin, chairman of the Executive Committee, Citigroup, former US secretary of the Treasury; Mohammad Yunus, economist, founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Laureate.

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