European Parliament:
- 19-22 November: European Parliament committee meetings
- 19-22 November: European Parliament plenary session
European Commission:
- 19 November: Conference on agricultural productivity and sustainability
- 22-23 November: Equality summit 2012
European Council:
- 22-23 November: European Council
Council of the EU
- 19 November: Foreign Affairs Council
- 20 November: General Affairs Council
ACP Group:
- 19- 23 November: World Cocoa Conference
- 21-22 November: 6th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)
- 22-25 November: 30th Session of the ACP PA and 24th Session of the Joint ACP-EU PA
You can also read our newspaper “CTA Brussels Daily” (fed by our Twitter account), follow our new Facebook group CTABrussels and our Twitter account CTABrussels to receive up-to-date information on EU-ACP events.
The European Commission adopted on Friday 16 November an Action Plan to address the problem of incidental catches of seabirds in fishing gears.
International investments that give local farmers an active role and leave them in control of their land have the most positive effects on local economies and social development, according to a new FAO report published on Tuesday 13 November.
At the 29th Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Climate change, agriculture and food security’ we sat down with Kolli N Rao, Chief Risk Officer and head of the ‘Technical’ and ‘Reinsurance’ department in Agriculture Insurance Company of India, to discuss the case of index-based insurance and its advantages for small sized holdings and low value crops.