Advocacy meeting with Mayor’s office, Police Commission, Code enforcement bureau, and women and youth bureau to support strong enforcement of SF provisions

The advocacy meeting with Mayor’s office took place on August 25, 2023, at Kenna Hotel, Addis Ababa, in a progress review meeting set up. The progress review and discussion targeted creating and sustaining high political commitment among higher officials and prioritising SF implementation and compliance as an expected outcome. This meeting specifically, aspire to see the engagement of Mayor office in AASFI strengthen and deepened. This program gathered participants from AASFI stakeholders, EFDA, AA-FMHACA, AA Code Authority, CTFK representative, MCDO, and Addis Media Network. The meeting was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and an opening speech from AAFMHACA and MCDO. The short introduction was followed by a presentation from MCDO, Lideta, and Gullele sub cities. The presentations were followed by panel discussions, which was further extended to questions and reflection sessions from the participants. After the panel discussion, final remark on the overall program was given and closed thereafter.