A second High-Level Conference on EDCTP2 was held in Dakar, Senegal on Monday 21 October 2013. The meeting was hosted by the government of the Republic of Senegal and is jointly organised by the European Union and EDCTP.

It aimed to unite EDCTP participating countries and other existing and future partners, in order to reinforce their concrete commitment to the second programme expected to start in 2014.

The High-Level Meeting in Dakar followed up and consolidate discussions and recommendations of the first High-Level Meeting held in November 2012 in Cape Town. The meeting brought together policy-makers, product development partners and representatives of industry, non-governmental organisations and the research community.