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The Venue

The main venue of the meeting will be the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) within the premises of UNECA in the Kazanchis area of Addis Ababa. The address is:

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Menelik II Rd
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ECA buses will transport participants to and from the meeting according to the schedule below:

Venue Transport

SIE: 29 and 30 June 2013

Buses departure time

LAM4: 01 to 05 July 2013

Buses departure times

Pickup from hotels

(wait in hotel lobby)

07:15

Monday 01 July:

06.45

07.30

Tuesday 02 July:

06.45

08.00

Wednesday 03 –Friday 05 July:

07.00

Return from UNCC

(gather at ‘Delegates Assembly’ at the space between UNCC and the security registration entrance)

 

18:30

Monday 01 July:

18:30

21:30

Tuesday 02 July (for dinner event):

18:30

Wednesday 03 – Thursday 04 July:

18:30

21:30

Friday 05 July:

13:30

15:30

Please note: UNECA shuttle transport to UNCC and back is only available for hotels listed on the meeting’s website. Participants who stay in other hotels are responsible for their mode of transport to UNCC.

Blue taxis may be requested from the hotel lobby or taken at UNECA gate No 2 (no taxis are allowed into the UNECA compound), where the ID-badge (see below) or passport and invitation letter need to be shown to enter. The average cost between UNECA and most of the hotels is 100 to 150birr.

A map of the LAM4 conference location is provided below (All buildings are within 300m of each other.):

Key

  1. The Africa Hall including the rotunda area
  2. Old ECA Building (home to many UN agencies)
  3. The ECA Main Building (UNECA headquarters and other UN agencies)
  4. The UN Conference Center(UNCC) Building
  5. The Right Wing Block
  6. The Left Wing Block

For directions to the conference venue, see the Google map below:

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