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Main Events for the Week 10/06/2013 –16/06/2013
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European Parliament:June 10- 13: European Parliament Plenary: Strasbourg Council of the EU:June 14: Meeting of Foreign Affairs Council (FAC)(Trade)ACP:June 10-11: ACP: PAHD Department June 10: ACP SEDT DepartmentJune 11: ACP: Partners meeting and Pro...
Video Guest: Dominique Burgeon (FAO)
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On the occasion of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience”, CTA Brussels disused Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of UN (FAO) on the...
Roundtable on sustainable agriculture
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A Roundtable discussion on Sustainable Agriculture as a means of increasing resilience emanating the vision of West-African farmers will be held on 13th of June in Brussels.
ACP-EU: Issues for further discussion
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EU will continue dialogue with ACP partners for developing a common EU approach to the new global development framework which will replace the Millennium Development Goals after 2015 and commented, the Irish Minister of State for Trade and Developm...
Somalia, now part of the Cotonou Agreement
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The Federal Republic of Somalia officially entered the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement ("Cotonou Agreement"), was announced at the joint ACP- EU Council of Ministers held in Brussels on 6-7 June.
EPA: 2014 deadline concerns interim agreement
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The 1 October 2014 deadline concerns only the signature of interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and not of full (comprehensive) EPAs, Andris Pielbags, European Commissioner for Development said at the Joint ACP- EU Council of Ministers held...
ACP, EU agree on development fund
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The Joint ACP-EU Council of Ministers held in Brussels on 6-7 June compromised on a total financial allocation of 31.589 billion Euro for the next (11th) European Development Fund (EDF), covering the 2014-2020 period.
ACP-EU trade talks to get fresh political edge
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Trade negotiations between the European bloc and the ACP Group may soon move closer to a resolution, with plans for a political high panel to tackle the longstanding deadlock in talks over the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiati...
ACP calling for measures to soften EPA blow
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The ACP Council of Ministers , held in Brussels between 4-5 June, passed a hard hitting resolution on the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), calling for measures to soften the blow of opening free trade to the much more dominant EU. The...
UK, amongst top donors for reducing undernutrition
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UK is performing better than most other developed nations over the past decade at meeting its overseas aid spending commitments on ending undernutrition, new research by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) shows.
Promoting People-Centered Businesses
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An enterprise model which puts people and not profit at the heart of business should be enhanced, the conference ‘People-centred businesses: making supply chains work for small producers’ heard.
Delayed EU trade accord hurts SA fishing
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With a trade agreement between South Africa and the European Union (EU) still being negotiated, the country could miss the boat on taking advantage of the EU’s move to reduce fishing in its waters to save dwindling fish stocks.
EPA: Key to The Bahamas' Value Added Trade Strategy
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The Bahamas authorities want to more intensively position the country as a hub in global value chains, and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU figures prominently in this regard, Minister of Financial Services of The Bahamas, Ryan P...
Lowering the cost of remittances for Africa
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As part of the effort of approaching the inaccuracies in understanding the magnitudes of remittances to/within Africa, the World Bank hosted on 16th May in Brussels a meeting which gathered diaspora organisations, country representatives, the Eur...
EU seeks pathway to strong UN climate deal in 2015
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All countries should outline their long-term plans for curbing greenhouse gases next year - earlier than favoured by Washington – in order to revive the stalled fight against climate change, the European Union proposed on 28 May, in an...
UK should spend millions to combat malnutrition, charity says
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£132 million (€154.3 million) – this is the amount Britain should spend a year until 2020 in order to commit to combat malnutrition in poor countries, a charity group Save the Children report says.Moreover, the charity suggest tha...
Development goes hand-in-hand with peacemaking, EU official say
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Poverty is aggravated by the absence of peace and security, so the EU should not only provide development aid to but also get actively involved in negotiating solutions to conflict, the EU special representative to the Horn of Africa, Alexander Ro...
EU: Top importer of agricultural products from developing countries
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In 2012, the EU was the global top importer of products from developing countries, the latest European Commission report monitoring the agri-trade policy, entitled "Agricultural trade in 2012: A good story to tell in a difficult year?" shows. On av...
The Bahamas partners with EU for new Fisheries Act
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In the framework of the ACP Fish Program II, funded by the European Union , the Department of Marine Resources of The Bahamas will work on the development of a New Fisheries Act.
Finland: €4m to back EAC Economic integration
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Finland on Friday May 24th gave 4 million Euros to TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) to support its work in enhancing regional economic integration and trade in the East African Community(EAC) over the period 2013 to 2015.
