ACP Secretariat
05 - 06 July: ACP Joint Stakeholders' Conference
European Parliament
04 - 08 July: European Parliament Committee Meetings
04 - 08 July: European Parliament plenary session
European Economic and Social Committee
04 - 05 July: 15th regional seminar of EU-ACP economic and social interest groups
06 - 07 July: EU-Africa Network of economic and social stakeholders
Council of the European Union
04 July: Investing in a food secure future
Other events
05 July: InfoPoint Lunchtime conference: Wealth and Income Inequalities
The Brussels Development Briefing n.45 on the subject of “Smart and Affordable farming solutions for Africa, the next driver for agricultural transformation” will be held in Brussels at 09:00-13:00 on 13th July 2016 at the Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 1.A (Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels). This Briefing is being organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission, the the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD, CEMA, Agricord and the PanAfrican Farmer’s Organisation (PAFO).
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Slovak ministers have approved the country’s priorities of the presidency of the Council of European Union on June 30; while the presidency itself starts a day later. They include economic growth, single digital market, building up the Energy Union, and migration. Government left approval of the priorities for the very last day so that it could react to new realities after the British referendum. The foundations of the agenda of the Slovak presidency were approved by the cabinet in February, however.
On the side-lines of the OECD Development Centre Governing Board Special Session, held on 24 June at the OECD headquarters in Paris, Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan participated in a presentation of the Multi-dimensional Review of Côte d'Ivoire (MDRC). The MDRC is a new OECD tool designed to help countries achieve inclusive growth. Since 2014, the OECD Development Centre has teamed up with an Ivoirian experts’ team led by the Prime Minister’s Office, to craft a development strategy for Côte d’Ivoire, a country that aspires to become an emergent economy by 2020.