Discours

Speech: Opening Remarks at EU Conference on Education

23/05/2013

European Commission Andris PIEBALGS European Commissioner for Development Speech: EU Conference on Education/Brussels 23 May 2013 Your Royal Highness, Special Envoy, Baroness Ashton, Commissioner Vassiliou, Commissioner Georgieva, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to this High-level Conference.

Discours d’ouverture: Conférence des donateurs pour le développement au Mali

15/05/2013

Commission européenne Andris Piebalgs Commissaire européen au développement Conférence des donateurs pour le développement au Mali/Bruxelles 15 mai 2013 Messieurs les Chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement, Mesdames et messieurs les ministres, Excellences mesdames et messieurs, Je tiens tout d'abord à remercier le Comité des Régions et le Comité Economique et...

Speech - Cooperation: the way forward for Europe and Africa

13/05/2013

European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech - At the Africa-Central Europe Economic Cooperation Forum during the European Economic Congress/Katowice (Poland) 13 May 2013 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, This afternoon’s session centres on cooperation.

Statement by Commissioner Piebalgs for the Third Ministerial Meeting of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding [166 KB]

19/04/2013

I welcome the substantial progress that has been made in implementing the New Deal provisions and I would like to congratulate the g7+ countries for their leadership. Since Busan, the EU has taken up the challenge based on effective support for peace-building and state-building goals

Speech: 1,000 days to step-up our efforts towards the MDGs

15/04/2013

European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Justice 'A New Dialogue: Putting People at the Heart of Global Development' / Dublin, Ireland 15 April 2013 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, We have just under a thousand days to go before our deadline to...

Speech: Making agricultural development in Africa a good business

10/04/2013

European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: Agribusiness Forum / Brussels 10 April 2013 Commissioner Cioloş, AUC representatives Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Agriculture in Africa accounts for 65 percent of total employment and 32 percent of GDP.

Speech: Increasing global resources to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

09/04/2013

European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: At the preparatory meeting for the replenishment of the Global Fund / Brussels 9 April 2013 Let me begin by welcoming you all to Brussels for this preparatory meeting for the replenishment of the Global Fund.

Speech: Launch of the European Report on Development [105 KB]

09/04/2013

Speech of Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, at the l aunch of the European Report on Development (ERD) 2013 "Post 2015: Global Action for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future"

Discours : La résilience au Sahel: un engagement inscrit dans la durée [104 KB]

09/04/2013

Discours de Andris Piebalgs, Commissaire européen au développement, au cours d’une cérémonie d’adoption de la Feuille de route AGIR (Club du Sahel - OCDE) Paris

Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' opening speech at the Scaling Up Nutrition Senior Level Meeting [93 KB]

13/03/2013

Opening speech by Commissioner Andris Piebalgs at the Scaling up Nutrition Senior Level Meeting which was held in Brussels 14-15 March 2013. The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUM) Movement, initially launched in September 2010, has today become the international forum for nutrition.