European Parliament
5 November: European Parliament Committee Meetings
8 November: European Parliament Committee Meetings
European Council
5 November: Eurogroup
5 November: Trade Policy Committee (TPC) - Experts (Services and Investment)
5 November: Ad Hoc WP on the Neighbourdhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (MFF NDICI)
5 November: Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (Relex)
CTA, PAFO & Agricord to present on Supporting capacity development of African Farmer’s Organisations
The next Brussels Policy Briefing n. 53 on ''The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities'' will take place on 20th November 2018. It will discuss the policies and actions required to support the next generation of farmers to increase productivity, better access to remunerative markets and increased use of technology. It will also share lessons learned from successes in farming across ACP and EU regions.
Barbados will host a two day private sector consultation on the post-Cotonou agreement early next month that the organisers said is intended to producing an African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) private sector declaration as inputs to be made available to the ACP technical negotiating team. The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and the ACP that was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city. It entered into force in 2003 and was subsequently revised in 2005 and 2010.