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Euforic: on the future of EU-Africa relations - current issues, food for thought, background information

EADI Masterclass: Introduction To Climate Change and Its Development Implications
08 03 2010 2010/03 - EADI: Developing countries are expected to be most severely affected by the impacts of climate change.

EADI Masterclass: Implementing Paris Declaration
01 03 2010 2010/02 - EADI -

Joining EU and US policy towards Eritrea and the Horn of Africa for the promotion of democracy and human rights: conference concluding statement
17 11 2009 2009/11 - EEPA

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AllAfrica / EU-Africa / Top News


AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Somalia: Greek Frigate HS Adrias Joins the Task Force
03 09 2010 HS ADRIAS is a type standard multiple role frigate that has been in the service of the Hellenic Navy since March 1994. She has a displacement of 3,630 tons and a crew of 192.

Angola: Ambassador Works in Cunene
03 09 2010 The Italian ambassador to Angola, Josefe Mistreia, started Thursday a three-day official working visit to the northern Cunene province aimed at analysing with the local authorities projects related to the health project.

Kenya: Nearly 400 Election Violence Victims Approach Hague Court
03 09 2010 Some 396 victims of the 2007 election violence have formally given information to The Hague.

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Euforic / ACP cooperation


Euforic acp-eu cooperation - current issues, food for thought, background information

Carlos Closa on Institutional Innovation in the EU
28 06 2010 "Herman Van Rompuy’s incumbency is likely to define the future content and scope of the position of President of the European Council." (16.03.2010 - real instituto elcano)

Second revision of the Cotonou Agreement signed
28 06 2010 25.06.2010 - ECDPM Weekly Compass

EADI Masterclass: Practical Implications Of The Lisbon Treaty And New EU Foreign Service For Development Cooperation, 25.06.2010, Bonn
26 03 2010 23.03.2010 - EADI Masterclass

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CTA / Brussels office / Web log


information on key ACP-EU programmes and events from Brussels relevant to agriculture and rural development in ACP countries.

Brussels Development Briefing on 'Financing Agriculture'
04 09 2010 The 20th Brussels Development Briefing will be on 'Financing agriculture' and will take place on the 15th of September 2010. As an input to the UN Summit on MDGs to be held in New York on 22-26 September 2010, we will discuss issues related to financing development in the context of agriculture and rural development. This will include issue such as Aid and ODA, taxation (Domestic tax revenues), private investment (new donors), revenue generation. Speakers include: Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College in London, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa in the US, CONCORD, OECD, African Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, YARA, African regional framers organizations.
For more information please contact: lopes@cta.int or boto@cta.int

Our video guest this week: Mr. Pedersen, FAO
04 09 2010 Our video guest this week is Mr. Pedersen; he is the director of the FAO Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium. In this interview Mr. Pedersen explains how the FAO is working with the EU. Furthermore, Mr. Pedersen elaborates on the work of the FAO towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, Mr. Pedersen stresses on the issue of food security. He presents the various actions and campaigns, such as the 1 billion hungry campaign, to illustrate the work done by the FAO in this area.

Looming food crisis to hit Afghanistan and Africa first
31 08 2010 African nations make up 36 of the 50 nations whose food supplies are most at risk, according to the Food Security Risk Index of 163 countries, compiled by risk analysis firm Maplecroft. Extreme droughts and high poverty rates, as well as poor infrastructure for transporting agricultural products, render Sub-Saharan Africa particularly vulnerable, it said.

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IPS / Europe / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

Portugal's Forests Losing Ability to Capture Carbon
31 08 2010 Environmentalists are alarmed: fires have destroyed close to 100,000 hectares of forest in Portugal this summer, releasing one million tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Worst of all, the forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon.

EUROPE-ENVIRONMENT: Hot Air Rises at Talks and in Towns
28 08 2010 The European Union (EU) is failing to fulfil its environmental commitments in practically all areas, from protecting biodiversity to improving air quality in the cities, according to official studies released this month.

SPAIN: Puppet Marathon for Building School in Bolivia
28 08 2010 The 17th Titirilandia (Puppetland) Festival will conclude with a marathon puppet show, to be held Sunday Aug. 29 in Spain's capital city in aid of a school in the remote Bolivian mining province of Potosí.

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EU Business / Headlines

Eurozone retail sales near stagnant in July
03 09 2010 Retail sales across the 16 nations sharing the euro rose by a modest 0.1 per cent in July, after a 0.2 per cent increase in June, with drops in Germany and Spain, European Union data showed on Friday.

Trade Commissioner battles 'anti-Semitism' charge
03 09 2010 European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht battled on Friday to fend off accusations of anti-Semitism after referring to the power of a "Jewish lobby" in US policy.

EU should make joint gas deal with Russia: energy chief
03 09 2010 The European Union should negotiate a joint supply contract with gasgiant Russia because some member states lack the clout to get a gooddeal on their own, the bloc's energy chief Guenther Oettinger saidFriday.

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