On 2 July 2008, CTA and other partners organised the sixth ‘Brussels Development Briefing’ – part of a series of discussion meetings on ACP-EU development issues. This briefing focused on the issues: ‘New drivers, new players in ACP rural development’.
New! on the subject of ‘New drivers, new players in ACP rural development’
Key documents and organisations
Biodata of panelists and chairs
Introductory remarks
Hansjörg Neun, CTA; Lluis Riera Figueras, DG Development, European Commission
Objectives and Programme of the Briefing
Isolina Boto, CTA [presentation]
Perspective from the farmer’s organisations
Ndiougou Fall, ROPPA [video]
Panel 1: New actors in the global aid system: opportunities and challenges
Chair: H.E. Mr. Sutiawan Gunessee, Ambassador of Mauritius
Panelists:
– Olga Sulla, World Bank [executive summary|presentation]
– Akin Adesina, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) [presentation|video]
– Rudolf Buntzel, Concord [executive summary|video]
Panel 2: New donors from the South, new approaches?
Chair: H.E. Brave Ndisale, Ambassador of Malawi [video]
Panelists:
– Hannah Edinger, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa [executive summary|presentation|video]
– Jian-Ye Wang, African Department, International Monetary Fund [executive summary|presentation|video]
– Uwe Wissembach, Coordinator for Africa-China relations, European Commission [video]
Panel 3: Towards coordination, shared responsibility and accountability
Chair: H.E. Mr. Waven William, member of Parliament of Seychelles and Member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, co-rapporteur of the report on Aid effectiveness and public development aid
Panelists:
– Christoph Langenkamp, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development [presentation|video]
– H.E. Ambassador Keiji Yamamoto [executive summary|presentation] and Motofumi Kohara, Rural Development Department, JICA, Japan [executive summary|presentation|video]
– Amadou Allahoury Diallo, NEPAD/CAADP [executive summary|presentation|video]
Debate
Audience reactions
For more information please contact Romano Purro (rp@euforic.org)
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