Archived news - 2009

News from DG DEV in 2009

(06/10/09) The third issue of LINK! newsletter, from EU Delegation to African Union, focusing on peace and security.

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(28-29/09/ 2009) The 3rd EU-Africa Business Forum, Nairobi (Kenya) with the theme "Africa and Europe: On the road to new win-win partnerships”.

(15/09/09 - 17/09/09) The European Commission has adopted a Communication (2009)458 on Policy Coherence for Development - Establishing the policy framework for a whole of the Union approach. ( Read the communication ) - ( Report ) - ( Staff working document )

(10/09/2009) The European Commission set out an ambitious global finance plan to help developing countries combat climate change. Find out more from Stepping up international climate change finance - A European blueprint for the Copenhagen deal. (Press Release - IP/09/1297) - (Press memo - MEMO/09/384) - ( Read the communication ) - ( Staff working document ) - Read the citizens summary

(08/09/09) European Union (EU) Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, paid a visit to African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the framework of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership signed by the African Union (AU) and the EU at the Lisbon Summit in December 2007.Read more
Read more about Africa-EU Partnership...

(02/09/09) 16-22/08/2009 World Water Week in Stockholm. During the EUWI multi-stakeholder forum, more than 30 countries reviewed progress made by the EU Water Initiative. Read more
More about water and sanitation...

More about EU Water Initiative...

(04/08/09) Call for applicants: expert recruitment (Read more)

(16/07/09) Africa and Europe in partnership - the bilingual newsletter from the European Union Delegation to the African Union, in joint cooperation with all EU Member States representations to the AU. Read the newsletter
More about Africa-EU partnership...

09-10/07/09. The European Commission, the World Bank, and many of their development partners had two days of meetings in Brussels to increase their coordination, and support to critical infrastructure initiatives in developing countries hard hit by the global economic downturn. Read more

(07/07/09) European Development Days, Stockholm 22-24 October 2009. Invite a friend or colleague to the European Development Days event by sending electronic invitation card.

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(30/07/09) Open vacancy: Selection of a temporary agent for the post of Advisor in Directorate General Development and relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States (avis et acte de candidature - notice and application form - Stellenanzeige und Bewerbung). DELAY 14.09.2009 Send your file to DEV-VAC-CONS@ec.europa.eu

(26/06/09) Outcomes of the 3^rd Coordination meeting with stakeholders in the implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) and its first Action Plan, which took place on 12 June 2009 Read more

(24/06/09) Transport: Reinforcing cooperation between Europe and Africa. Read the communication

(22/06/09) European Report on Development - Newsletter on state fragility in Africa.

(18/06/09) EU-Zimbabwe Troika meeting. The specific objective of this meeting was to restore and strengthen cooperation between Zimbabwe and the EU under the Cotonou agreement. Constructive meeting, stressing the concerns and looking ahead to benchmarks. View the video from the press conference (12 mins)

(17/06/09) Desertification Day. New research uses the world's arid regions to protect global food supplies. DESIRE project is funded by the European Union and collaborates with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Read more.

(12/06/09) EU-Nigeria Ministerial Troika, Prague. One of the main issues of the meeting was an arrangement of strategic frame, Nigeria-EU Joint Way Forward, which spells out the terms and modalities to intensify Nigeria and EU political dialogue and cooperation. Energy security, impact of the economic crisis, and regional integration were discussed too. Attention was also focused on security and political situation in the Sub-Saharan Africa countries (Mauritania, Guinea, Chad/Sudan, Gulf of Guinea/Niger Delta, security in Western Africa). Meeting was attended by Jan Kohout (CZ), Manuel Lopez Blanco (EC), Ojo Maduekwe (Nigeria), Gunnar Wieslander (SE), José Costa Pereira (Council).
EU-Nigeria joint communiqué (09/06/09)
Council press statement (10/06/09)

(11/06/09) Open vacancy: IGAD Liaison Officer to the European Commission, Djibouti (Read more). Send CV to Maciej Golubiewski

(05/06/09) On 29 May Secretariat General approved the Staff Working Document: "Progress report on the implementation of the European Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis through External Action (2007-2011)". Read more

(03/06/09) Impact of the financial crisis and coping strategies in Africa - Main outcome of the ERD preparatory conference in Accra (Ghana) on "Financial markets, adverse shocks and policy responses in fragile countries" (21 - 23 May 2009) Read more

(03/06/09) You are invited to the 4^th edition of the European Development Days, 22-24 October 2009 in Stockholm. More information...

(14/05/09) European Commission and Caribbean discuss a platform for regional co-operation in the field of disaster management and civil protection. Read the press release

(14/05/09) On 12-13 May 2009, the European Commission has organise a High Level International Conference at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels on World Prosperity and Development. The Conference brought together distinguished personalities from the political and academic worlds for an informed debate on human development, climate change and global finance and the question of what the EU can contribute to global governance.
Read the full President Barroso speech

President Barroso has invited Mr Nicolas Stern, author of the Stern Report on the economics of climate change, and Mr Rajendra Pachauri, President of the Intergovernmental Expert Group on climate change to European Development Days in Stockholm, October 22-24, 2009.

(14/05/09) Workshop with a broad range of stakeholders from developing countries, EU member states and civil society Financing of health systems and social protection in health in developing countries took place on 23-24 March 2009.
Agenda - List of participants - Presentations - Final Report
More about EU Policy on health in developing countries...

(12/05/09) In preparation for the first European Report on Development (ERD), African and European experts and policy-makers will meet in Accra (Ghana) from 21 to 23 May to take stock of the impact of the global economic crisis on the world’s most vulnerable countries and discuss coping strategies. Read press release

(11/05/09) Call for tender «Organisation of a trip to Africa in the framework of the Development Youth Prize 2008 - 2009» (Read more...)

(09/05/09) Joint statement The European Commission and the Republic of Congo conclude negociations for a Voluntary Partnership Agreement FLEGT. (More infos...)

(05/05/09) Joint Statement by the African Development Bank, European Commission, and World Bank - Support to Africa Infrastructure in Times of Crisis

(14/05/09) Workshop with a broad range of stakeholders from developing countries, EU member states and civil society about Financing of health systems and social protection in health in developing countries took place on 23-24 March 2009.
Agenda - List of participants - Presentations - Final Report
More about EU Policy on health in developing countries...

(11/05/09) call for tender «Organisation of a trip to Africa in the framework of the Development Youth Prize 2008 - 2009» (Read more...)

(09/05/09) Joint statement The European Commission and the Republic of Congo conclude negociations for a Voluntary Partnership Agreement FLEGT. (More infos...)

(05/05/09) Joint Statement by the African Development Bank, European Commission, and World Bank - Support to Africa Infrastructure in Times of Crisis

(29/04/09) Commission Decision (C/2009/3068) for implementing the facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries.

(29/04/09) Evaluation of the cooperation between the European Commission with Chad – ref. 1260 : Summary - Report - Annexes

(28/04/09) 12^th Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting, Luxembourg: follow updates...

(27/04/09) The Commission organised a workshop on its Communications on an EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries and on a Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (adopted as a package on 23/02/2009). Some 100 stakeholders from developing countries, EU Member States, civil society, private sector and international organisations attended the meeting. Have a look at the presentations...

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Developing Countries
Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery - Experiences and lessons from GFDRR operations
European Civil Protection - Together in the face of disaster
Impact of climate-related disasters, CRED
Oxfam - Plan de Desarrollo Municipal, Plan de Ordenamiento Urbano Territorial Part 1 - Part 2
Global and European perspectives on reducing disaster risk

(23/04/09) Final communiqué from the International Conference on Support to the Somali Security Institutions and the African Union Mission in Somalia

(15/04/09) Financial crisis and development. Should helping developing countries be a priority in these times of economic crisis? Join the online debate forum from 16/04/09.

(30/03/09) The European Commission adopted a € 314 million package of projects to support agriculture and improve the food security situation in developing countries. This is a response to the food crisis which is already hitting developing countries. Read more about the food security...

- (18-19/03/09) Une conférence commune sur la coopération entre la Commission européenne et Cuba. La conférence, qui a rassemblé des experts et des représentants de l'EC, des autorités cubaines, des Etats membres de l'UE à La Havane, des O.N.G.s européennes et locales ainsi que des agences de l'ONU, les problémes abordés furent la sécurité de nourriture, recherche et développement, coopération économique et commerciale, environnement, énergies renouvelables et changement climatique, réduction du risque de désastre.

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The Communication on Supporting Developing Countries in Coping with the Crisis and 4 accompanying staff working documents:

(17/03/09) Intra-ACP cooperation 10^th EDF: 2008-2013 Strategy paper and multiannual indicative programme has been signed in Brussels, 13th March 2009

(11/03/09) Participate in a consultation on Environment Strategy from March 2009.

(25/02/09) International Colloquium "Culture and creativity as vectors of Development" 2-3 April 2009, Brussels.
More information and registration...

(23/02/09) EU strategy for supporting disaster risk reduction in developing countries
- Communication
- Press release

(10/02/09) Your Opinion
Participate to the presidency survey: "Do you think the EU should help poor countries cope with the impact of the financial crisis?"

(06/02/09) High Level Parliamentary Conference on Policy Coherence for Development and Migration, Brussels 12 February 2009. How do migration related policy decisions taken in the EU and OECD Member States affect economic and social progress in migrants' countries of origin? This is the fundamental question posed by the debate on Policy Coherence for Development in the area of migration. The aim of this conference - organised jointly by the European Commission, OECD and the European Parliament - is to raise awareness among parliamentarians on those issues. For more information go to: High Level Parliamentary Conference on PCD and Migration

(27/01/09) Environmental "Auction Floor" conference that will take place in Brussels on 13^th March 2009. It aims to build effective and inclusive partnerships for environmental projects in developing countries by bringing together development actors (civil society organisations, research centres etc.) and a wide range of potential donors: local authorities, EU member-states as well as private sector foundations. Read more and register...

(09/01/09) The seventh edition of Spring Day for Europe has just been launched. Running from 25 March to the beginning of May, the campaign has a particular focus on 9 May, the Europe Day. As part of “Plan D” for increased democracy, dialogue and debate, the initiative is organised by European Schoolnet and coordinated by the European Commission. This year Spring Day will be spreading creativity and innovation across Europe and beyond. Read more

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Archived news - 2009

News from DG DEV in 2009