The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Haile Mariam Dessalegn, will hold a meeting with the President of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou on Friday 12th September, 2014. The meeting, scheduled for 10:00am local time, will be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa is the host of this year’s annual CAF meetings which run from the 12th through the 20th of September.
The CAF President arrived in Addis Ababa on the night of September 10.
Besides the meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hayatou will also have a one-on-one audience with the President of the Commission of the African Union on Thursday 18 September at the headquarters of the African Union which is the venue of the annual CAF standing committees meetings.
The meeting between the President of CAF and the AU’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma comes a day before the CAF Executive Committee takes a vote to decide the host nations for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 and 2021.
Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Zambia are the five countries in the race.
Full program of annual meetings of CAF in Addis Ababa
Headquarters of the African Union
Friday, September 12, 2014
09:00: Media Committee
10:00 Meeting: President of CAF with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
11:00 Committee on Fair Play and Social Responsibility
14:00 Organizing Committee – Women’s Football
16:30 Meeting with representatives of social responsibility organizations: United Against Malaria award to the CAF President
Saturday, September 13, 2014
9:00 Marketing and TV Committee
14:00 Organising Committee of the African Nations Championship (CHAN)
Sunday, September 14, 2014
9:00 Organising Committee of the African U20 championship
11:00 Organising Committee of the African U17 championship
14:00 Organising Committee of the Futsal and Beach Soccer
16:00 Committee on Legal Affairs
Monday, September 15, 2014
09:00 Club Licensing Management Systems Committee
14:00 Referees Committee
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
09:00 Technical Development Committee
14:00 Medical Committee
16:30 Audit Committee
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
9:00 Organising Committee Competitions
11:00 CAF Advisory Board / National Associations
14:00 Organising Committee for the African Cup of Nations
19:30 Diner Executive Committee of CAF
Thursday, September 18, 2014
09:00 Meeting between the CAF President and the President of the Commission of the African Union
10a:00 Media AU / CAF
11:00 Visit to the Centre of Excellence CAF in Addis Ababa
14:00 Excursion
19:00 Dinner hosted by the Ethiopian Football Federation
Friday, September 19, 2014
9:00 Finance Committee
14:00 Executive Committee – Part 1
Message from the President of the Commission of the African Union
Presentations of candidates to host the CAN 2019 and 2021 countries (30 minutes per country)
Saturday, September 20, 2014
09:30 Executive Committee – Part 2
12:30: Lunch
14h: Executive Committee – continued
18:00 Press Conference – Announcement of host countries for AFCON 2019 and 2021
Sunday, September 21, 2014
International Day of Peace
10:00 Panel African Union / CAF
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