On the 22-23 of June 2006, during the Austrian EU Presidency, more than 290 participants, from 41 countries across Africa and Europe, met at the international conference "Sound of Africa" hosted by the Austrian EU Platform of NGDOs in Vienna. The purpose of the conference was to discuss whether or not the EU-Africa Strategy has the potential of being a way out of poverty for African countries, and to work on specific recommendations to involve NGOs and other civil society actors in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The GGLN's submission on the EU-Africa Strategy was presented at the conference.