EDITO
Monday, 09 March 2020
On 10th March (8h30-13h00), the next Brussels Development Briefing will discuss the key role Biodiversity plays in rural development, especially for ACP countries. Issues at stake include: the relationship between poverty and biodiversity, the effects of biodiversity loss in hunger and food insecurity, governance issues, the Intellectual Property Rights’ challenge, farmers rights and economic incentives, policies and legislation at the national, regional and global levels.
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Our video guest this week is Mr. George Ouma. He works for Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), the German Foundation for World Population in Kenya. On the occasion of his participation in the Brussels Development Briefing on population growth and its implications for developing and ACP countries, Mr. Mona Herbert presented to us the situation of the youth in Kenya.
European Parliament:
-23rd February : Pascal Lamy will give a presentation on the state of play of the Doha round; Hearing on Corporate and social responsibility in international trade agreements
-24-25: Plenary session
EU Presidency (Brussels):
- 22nd February: Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council
-22-23 February: Agriculture and Fisheries Council
ACP Secretariat (Brussels):
- 24th February: Steering Committee of All ACP Agricultural Commodities programme
- 26th February: 4th Joint ACP-EC Ambassadorial meeting – 2nd Revision of the Cotonou Agreement
For more information please consult the calendar on our webpage http://brussels.cta.int/
Monday, 22 February 2010
An allocation of €200 Million from the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) has been allocated to the new Water Facility. A new call for proposals was launched on the 11th of February, 2010. The ACP-EU Water Facility was set up in 2004, with the principal objective of providing water and basic sanitation to the poor, and to improve water management governance in African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
In a challenge ahead, Europe has 2 main contributions to make: development policy thinking and development aid delivery. Development policy is a key part of the "Europe 2020" vision presented by president Barroso. In particular, as we look ahead to a "global Europe", it is in times of development challenges that the EU can become a champion of global governance – challenges which include world economic recovery, climate change, migration, food security and making progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
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