Council of the EU:
- 21- 22 January: EUROGROUP Meeting
- 23, 25 January: COREPER I
- 23- 24 January: COREPER II

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- 24 January: Public presentation of EESC opinion "Maritime piracy: strengthening the EU response".

European Parliament:
- 21-24 January: European Parliament committee meetings

ACP Group:
- 23 January: Working Group on the Future Perspectives of the ACP Group
- 24 January: Committee of Ambassadors
- 25 January: Information meeting with beneficiaires of the ACP-EU Microfinance Programme

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In a conversation with CTA Brussels, Francis Fay, Deputy Head of Unit “ACP, South Africa, FAO, and G8/G20”, at the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission presented the objective of this agreement and the situation of GIs in Africa.

As the negotiations on yet another reform of the sugar policy of the European Union reach a critical point in Brussels, the Hon. Deputy Prime Minister of Swaziland met with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Cioloş in Brussels on Monday 14 January, carrying a vital political message to the EU on behalf of all African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and Least Developed Countries whose economies and people are dependent on sugar exports to the EU market.

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission (EC) organised the first Joint Customs and Trade Facilitation Forum titled "A Customs Strategy for the Continental Free Trade Area" in Brussels from 11 to 13 December 2012 .

While France is engaged in a war with jihadists in Mali, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday 17 January are insisted on the bloc's longer-term role, saying they will unfreeze development aid money as soon as the country commits to an election roadmap. Also, the European Union announced an extra € 50 milions to support the deployment of international military action in Mali.