“Partnership Africa: New horizons for EU- and inter-African cooperation”

This yearly Summit is hosted this time with the institutional partners of the Development Policy Forum (AFD, DFID, GTZ, the United Nations, the World Bank, the IMF and the EC) under the patronage of the Belgian EU Presidency.  It will focus international policymakers’ thinking on Africa, its economic partnerships and the necessity of improved governance. The energy and environment challenges of the continent, as well as the need of investment in both healthcare and human capital will also be addressed.

The summit will be opened by EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and will welcome a few hundred participants, EU and national policymakers from member states and Africa, business and trade association representatives as well as NGOs and the civil society.

The details of the annual international policy summit “Partnership Africa: New horizons for EU- and inter-Africa cooperation” are as follows:

Time and venue: Monday, 27 September from 08.30 to 15.30 at the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels, Belgium

Contact person: Ringailė Trakymaitė; email: ringaile.trakymaite@friendsofeurope.org; direct phone: +32 (0)2 738 7595

Website: www.friendsofeurope.org

The working languages of the summit will be English and French with simultaneous translation provided.

Detailed information: please click here for the description, programme, “food for thought”, etc. on the summit.

The DPF is a partnership between Friends of Europe, the United Nations, the World Bank, the French AFD, the UK’s DFID and the German GTZ, and with the support of the IMF, and in association with the European Commission Directorate General for Development and Relations with ACP States. The goal of the partnership is to systematically address forthcoming challenges in the area of development policy through lively debates and sharply written analyses.