Comments on the African Union and the AU Audit

February 21, 2008

Abdalla Bujra is Executive Director DPMF Member of the Audit Panel and has commented on the audit report and its process until its final formal discussion at the 10th AU Summit in Addis.

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Also Dolphine Ndeda, a Pan Africa Associate at Oxfam GB, for the Pan Africa Programme, has written another comprehensive review of the Audit Report.

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John Palmer - An editorial commentator in an Indian newspaper recently observed that “The European Union appears to be more loved and respected from afar than it is at home.” It was, perhaps, an unduly harsh – but not an unreasonable – observation.

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Opening Address by the State Secretary Andrej Šter at the Conference on the Challenges of EU-27 Development Policy

February 21, 2008

Andrej Šter, current State Secretary, has announced the challenges of EU-27 Development Policy. In his speech, he underlines the importance of development cooperation as a European goal and laid down the future of European development cooperation in climate change, trade, peace and security and governance.

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Official Report of the Conference on ‘Climate Change and ACP responses’

February 19, 2008

The Conference ‘Climate Change and ACP responses’ has attracted over 120 people from a range of different governmental institutions, North and South NGOs, ACP embassies etc. The Conference has mainly discussed two things- the implications of climate change on ACP countries and secondly what adaptation possibilities for ACP countries exist to tackle climate change in the future. The conference reflects the need to include climate change in the development policies and find common solutions and positions. If action is not taken now, agriculture in ACP countries will be reduced by 50% in 2020, due to climate change.

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Summary of the different presentations - html 

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Europafrica bulletin

February 17, 2008

The fourteenth issue of the Europafrica bulletin gives you an up-date on the implementation of the joint Africa- EU Strategy.

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KAS Conference: European Union and Africa- Emerging priorities, opportunities and challenges

February 15, 2008

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) jointly organise a conference on ‘European Union and Africa: Emerging priorities, opportunities and challenges’ on March 5th 2008, 14.00 - March 6th 2008, 13.00 at the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Avenue de l’Yser 11, 1040 Brussels.

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