Go Top What were the criteria for selecting the participants for the exercise?
The participants were drawn from government, civil society and business, and represented a mix of competencies, national origins, gender, ages and culture. They included people who are already involved in responding to AIDS, but importantly also included many whose day-to-day work does not concern AIDS at all. Expert input and varied opinion was provided to the workshop participants to assist their efforts. Of course, it is was not possible to represent the full range of talent and commitment to Africas future in a group of only 50 people. Therefore a key component of the project was the development of a wider group of stakeholders, who were able to make input to the scenarios as they were developed. The following criteria were used to select participants: Have made an outstanding contribution within a given constituency, sphere or sector for example, local leadership, religion, education or policy of seminal significance to the future of Africa. Have influence outside of their key con
