The 5th CAADP Partnership Platform (PP) Meeting took place on 9-10 November 2009 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria to review progress and share experience of CAADP implementation since the last CAADP PP in Pretoria, South Africa in March 2009. The 5th CAADP PP was hosted by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) and supported by the African Union Commission (AUC), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Secretariat and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development.