ACP-EU Fisheries
ACP Group
- 29 – 31 October: ACP Global Debate of Commodities including Mineral Resources
- 31 October – 2 November: Regional Briefing 'Building resilience to climate change in the Pacific islands'
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European Council
- 22-23 October: Agriculture and Fisheries Council [Luxembourg]
- 25 October: Environment Council [Luxembourg]
ACP Group
- 24-25 October: ACP Ministerial Trade Committee
- 26 October: Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Meeting
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Read moreThe World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have signed an agreement that signals a renewed commitment to the sustainable use of land resources and indigenous biodiversity, as well as ‘climate smart’ agriculture. The goal of the new agreement is to “improve smallholders’ livelihoods through sustaining and/or enhancing ecosystem services through the development and application of knowledge on the use of trees to diversify farming systems.”
European Commission
- 16 – 17 October: European Development Days 2012
European Council
- 15 October: Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) [Luxembourg]
- 15 October: Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) (Development) (Luxembourg)
ACP Group
- 16 October: ACP Sugar Committee
- 19 October: Sub Committee on Sustainable Development
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European Parliament
- 8 October: Committee on Development
- 9 October: Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 9 October: Committee on Fisheries
- 9 October: Special Hearing on Land Security in Developing Countries, followed by an exchange of views with Commissioner Piebalgs on the Millennium Development Goals
- 10 October: Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
- 11 October: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
ACP Group
- 11 October: Sustainable Economic Development Dynamics in ACP Regions
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European Parliament
- 2 October : Committee on Foreign affairs
ACP Group
- 1 October: Management meeting
- 2 October: Bureau of the Committee of Ambassadors
- 4 October: Committee of Ambassadors
- 5 October: Committee of Ambassadors’ W/G on the preparation of the 7th ACP Summit
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), which officially opened in August 2005, has, as its mission, the coordination of the Caribbean region’s response to climate change. During the course of the last Brussels Development Briefing, entitled “Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: proven approaches and new investments”, we had the opportunity to speak to Carlos Fuller, who is one of the centre's experts. He sat down with us to explain the CCCCC's main ongoing projects and developments to date.
The German government will provide some €5.7 million to address the consequences of drought in the Sahel region. Dirk Niebel, Germany’s Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development has pointed out accordingly: "Germany provided help early on, launching its first operations in November 2011 to mitigate the emerging famine.
