ACP Secretariat
20 March: ACP Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment
20 March: ACP Parliamentary Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade
20 March: ACP Parliamentary Committee on Political Affairs
20 March: Bureau of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly
21 March: 49th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly
21 March: 75th Meeting of the ACP-EU Subcommittee on Trade Cooperation
21 March: Bureau of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
22 March: Committee on Political Affairs
22 March: Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade
22 March: Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment
European Parliament
19-22 March: European Parliament Committee Meetings
European Council
19 March: Foreign Affairs Council
19 March: Agriculture and Fisheries Council
20 March: General Affairs Council
21 March: Coreper I
22-23 March: European Council
Other Events
22 March: World Water Day
22 March: InfoPoint Lunchtime Conference - Water and Sanitation: Women, Youth and Inequalities
The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 50 on “Growing food in the cities: Successes and new opportunities” will take place on 10 April 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing is organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, and CONCORD .
SourceA new expert group is to be created by the European Commission to provide expertise, advice and possible recommendations on enhancing the role of the EU agri-food and agro-industrial sector in the sustainable economic development of Africa. The first step in the creation of the Task Force Rural Africa (TFRA) is the call for applications for the selection of members, which will run until 23 March 2018. The group will consist of 11 members, all of whom should be experts with high level expertise and experience in agriculture, agri-business or agroindustry, trade, development policy or migration-related issues and with first-hand knowledge of the agri-food sector in Africa.
The French Ambassador to Ghana, Francois Pujolas says his country will continue to partner Ghana to grow its tourism and hospitality sectors to boost development. Speaking at the launch of this year's ''Gout de France'' meaning ''Good France'', a unique opportunity to taste French cuisines, Mr. Pujolas said for the last four years the event has grown from one participating restaurant in Ghana to fifteen
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is central to Ethiopia's ambition of achieving economic transformation. FDI inflow to Ethiopia has been growing from time to time and renowned international companies have repeatedly showed interest to invest in Ethiopia. The 5th Ethio-France Business Forum, which was held here in Addis Ababa recently, is one indicator of this increasing interest. Business delegates from some 40 companies and government officials of the two countries have discussed investment opportunities in Ethiopia. Speaking on the occasion, Tadese Haile, Special Advisor to Ethiopia's Prime Minister told the French delegates that Ethiopia is committed to expand its infrastructural in order to attract foreign investors.