Keep the G8 PROMISE to Africa
Foreword
The 2005 Gleneagles Summit marked a turning point for those concerned with Africa's future. It marked a moment in time when G8 leaders stopped to acknowledge that Africa's problems are a concern to us all; that Africa's future is of interest to us all; and that ensuring we do all we can to shape that future will require true partnership.
The sort of partnership needed is not that which we're used to seeing. It is a partnership built on honesty about the challenges, realism about the solutions needed and mutual accountability in terms of follow-through. Since the signing of the 2000 Millennium Development Goals, there have been numerous reports about the challenges. The solutions have been proven - on a micro scale we see a growing body of evidence as to what works, what doesn't, what's possible - but these have yet to be taken to scale. And that's where the accountability comes in. Without it, everything we've done to date becomes a history of ambitious rhetoric and interesting case studies of success, but the overall story remains the same.
We all need to hold ourselves to account - and be honest about what we've committed to and what it will take to achieve those goals.