The ICSU Regional Committee for Africa (ICSU RCA) held its 19th meeting in Durban, South Africa from 19 to 20 September 2017. The meeting which was attended by all but two members, reviewed and made input into the proposed programmes and activities of the ICSU Regional Office for Africa for the last half of the financial year ending March 2018.
Participants also discussed the arrangements of the ICSU Family in Africa to participate in the impending joint General Assembly of ICSU and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) which will vote to finalize the proposed merger agreement between the two organizations.The meeting ended with a Science Seminar organised in conjunction with the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) at Umlazi, Durban on the theme “ICSU ROA Africa Science Plans and the AU Agenda 2063” on Thursday, 21 September 2017.