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 | | ACP-EU News 15.11.07 | |
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*For a better informed community on EPAs: “EPA negotiations: Where do we stand?” Weekly Update. Now available in French
At
a time when the pace of the EPA negotiations has increased in all
regions, and the state of play is ever changing, accessing the latest
information available on these wide-ranging agreements is of essence.
Pursuing
its efforts to increase the transparency of the highly sensitive EPA
negotiations, ECDPM has decided to set up dedicated pages for each ACP
region negotiating an EPA with the EU at
http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/index.php?loc=epa/
These
pages will be updated on a weekly basis and aim at providing news
“as-it-happens”, drawing from various sources of information.
These
spaces are open for contribution and we invite all stakeholders and
interested parties on ACP-EU trade relations to actively contribute,
share or suggest any relevant piece of information on the on-going
negotiations at acpeutrade@ecdpm.org
For confidential, off the record, non-attributable comments, please contact Melissa Julian (mj@ecdpm.org) Davina Makhan (dm@ecdpm.org) or Corinna Braun-Munzinger cbm@ecdpm.org
http://www.acp-eu-trade.org/index.php?loc=epa/ *ECDPM Publications. Full list. Updated. November.
http://www.ecdpm.org/Web_ECDPM/Web/Content/Download.nsf/0/EF025B2058361F6FC12573860054BA57/$FILE/Publications%20list%20-%20Nov07.pdf *28-29 November. ECDPM’s Fernanda Faria speaking at a Seminar on Security Sector Reform
Brussels 28/29 November 2007
Observatoire de l'Afrique
The
objective of this conference is to stimulate debate on Security Sector
Reform (SSR), a key component of peace-building activities that is at
the center of the current discussion on the inextricable link between
security and development. It is widely agreed that SSR is one of the
crucial conditions for a successful consolidation of processes of state
reconstruction. The goal of SSR efforts is to create a secure
environment that is conducive to development, poverty reduction, good
governance and the growth of democratic states and institutions based
on the rule of law. A broader range of state institutions is now being
considered in the provision of security, with the military seen as one
instrument among many.
Up
to today the concept of SSR remains very much donor-driven and despite
recent important work at the level of the OECD (SSR guidelines and
Implementation Framework SSR), in practice it remains a fundamental
challenge to obtain real coordination and coherence in this field.
Also, when not conducted with care, SSR processes risk creating new
causes of violence and instability.
Following the publication of the
European Security Strategy in 2003, the EU has become increasingly
active in this domain, a field of
growing activity for ESDP and CFSP. In view of the developing
relationship between the AU and the EU, this area could become of
increasing relevance !
for
future collaboration. It is in this difficult
policy
context that the conference aims to bring together a wide range of
policymakers, practitioners and researchers both from the EU and its
Member States as well as from African Institutions and
countries.
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/CoOL/index.cfm?op=dsp_resource_details&resource_id=44156&cat_id=6357
Observatoire de lAfrique-Info Sheet 1107.doc
http://www.obsafrique.eu/
and
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/CoOL/index.cfm?op=dsp_resource_details&resource_id=44157&cat_id=6178 *James
Mackie attended from 27.10.07-01.11.07 SAIIA round table &
Conference on Emerging Powers and EU-Africa relations seminar arranged
by the Centre of European Studies University of Johannesburg From
his BTO - All 3 events were very worth while. The 2 SAIIA events were
on the Emerging Powers (China, India, Brazil and RSA) and were attended
by academics and think tank staff from each of these countries. The
first of these related to the burgeoning development cooperation
acitivities of each of these countries whereas the latter event was
abou! t their
role in global economic governance (reform of the IFIs, financing for
development in Africa).
The
third event was arranged by the Centre of European Studies of the
University of Johannesburg and was about EU-Africa relations. James
made presentations at the first and the third event and chaired part of
the first event.
He also visited the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria
The
discussions with the 2 Chinese persons attending the SAIIA events were
particularly interesting in terms of getting to know how they view
Chinese relations with Africa - there is still quite a way to go before
we see eye to eye with them on many things.
Emerging Powers and their Development Aid Policies. James Mackie, ECDPM
SAIIA Round Table
Johannesburg, 29 October 2007
European perspectives on development policies, lessons for emerging powers
James Mackie, ECDPM
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/CoOL/index.cfm?op=dsp_resource_details&resource_id=44158&cat_id=6325*ECDPM’s Geert Laporte participated in the EU Development Days meetings on the Joint EU-Africa Strategy 07-09.11.07
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/CoOL/index.cfm?op=dsp_resource_details&resource_id=44160&cat_id=6428 *Europafrica bulletin on the EU-Africa Strategy negotiations. November
ECDPM
aims to share information on the EU-Africa Strategy negotiations, on
related events and positions of civil society representatives as well
as provide some analysis on the progress of the negotiations. Click
here for a brief introduction of the process. Apart from this bulletin,
see also: www.europafrica.org
This
is the ninth issue of the Europafrica bulletin (click here for the
previous issues), which will give you an up-date on the public
consultati! on for a
joint EU-Africa Strategy. The bulletin is issued 1-2 times per month.
Subscribe by sending an e-mail to: europafrica@ecdpm.org
Contents:
Preparations of the Lisbon Summit
Ministerial Troika endorses Strategy
African civil society consultation
Pan African and European Parliaments to present a joint Declaration to the EU-Africa Summit
EP report on the joint EU-Africa Strategy
http://europafrica.org/2007/01/08/europafrica-bulletin-issue-9-8-november-2007/[size=12][color=#000000][color=#000000][size=9][color=#000000]*EU-Africa | |
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