European Parliament:
25 March: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
26 March: Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
European Council:
27-28 March: EU Forest Directors Conference
European Commission:
27 March: The European Union kicks-off public debate on 2030 energy and climate framework
Proposals for modernisation of the trade mark system
ACP:
25 March : Special meeting of the Committee of Ambassadors (Introduction of members of the ACP Eminent Persons Group); Meeting of the Eminent Persons Group (closed session)
26 March: Special meeting of the ACP Council of Ministers
27-28 March: SEDT Department; 4th Steering Committee meeting for the ACP-EU Natural Disaster Facility Programme; AFHR Department
Other Bodies:
25-27 March : UN High level Panel on framework for a post-2015 development agenda
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CTA Brussels met with Talot Bertrand, Secretary General of PROMODEV shortly after the first Development Briefing in Haiti - "Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks” – which took place on 27 February 2013, to discuss the role of agriculture in building resilience, and possible solutions for easing the impact of natural disasters on small holder farmers.
An additional sum of €1,5 million will be made available by the EU for the victims of the Hurricane Sandy in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, almost five months after the disaster devastated the Caribbean and North America, the European Commission has announced on 15 March.
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