Third International Global Meeting of the International Dialogue
The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
19 April 2013
Frauke de Weijer attended this event.

Private Sector Investment and Job Creation in Fragile States
International Finance Cooperation, G7+, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
19 April 2013, Washington DC
Frauke de Weijer attended this event.

Workshop on 'Security Policies and Challenges in West Africa'
National Defence Academy and the Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management
18-19 April 2013, Vienna
Geert Laporte made a presentation.

The Promotion of Democracy in Europe and Beyond: New Challenges, Strategies and Instruments
Council of Europe Directorate of Policy Planning
18-19 April 2013, Strasbourg
Alfonso Medinilla attended this policy planning seminar.

Expert Meeting Farm-Firm Relations: Successful Business Brokering; How to Shape Good Farm-Firm Relations?
Agri-ProFocus
18 April 2013, Arnhem
Paul Engel spoke at this event; Bruce Byiers and Willem Vervaeke also attended.

Regional Consultation Workshop for Farmers' Organisations on Central Africa's Regional Agricultural Policy and Priority investments of the Regional Investment Programme for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security
Economic Community of Central African States - PROPAC
17-18 April 2013, Douala
Jeske van Seters participated in this event and provided technical assistance.

Coordination and Complementarity Issues in EU Development Cooperation after the Lisbon Treaty
Danish Institute for International Studies
17 April 2013, Copenhagen
Andrew Sheriff spoke at this seminar.

Practitioners' Network for European Development Cooperation Annual Meeting
Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
16-17 April 2013, Berlin
Paul Engel attended this meeting.

2013 Annual Seminar - The Role of the Private Sector in Development Finance: Current Issues and Perspectives until 2015
Epargne Sans Frontière
16 April 2013, Paris
Bruce Byiers attended this event.

ACP National and Regional Authorising Officers Meeting (Senior Officials and Ministerial levels)
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group
15 -18 April 2013, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended the senior official meetings and gave a presentation. Discussions covered the Post -10th EDF multiannual financial framework; How to increase the Impact of the EU’s Development Policy; and MDGs: Post 2015 prospects. Florian Krätke attended the meetings on 15 and 16 April.

European Agribusiness in Africa: Opportunities and challenges
European Commission
10 April 2013, Brussels
Francesco Rampa was a panellist at this high-level meeting to assess the potential of Africa-EU business cooperation to support the development of agri-food enterprises for food security. His presentation discussed different approaches and challenges for public-private partnerships in agribusiness. You can view the recordings of the meeting here and check out all the presentations. Bruce Byiers also attended this meeting.

European Report on Development launch
European Commission
9 April 2013, Brussels
James Mackie attended this meeting in his capacity as team leader of the ERD 2013.

Réunion restreinte du Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest (RPCA)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
8-9 April, Paris
Fabien Tondel attended this meeting.

The EU As A Peacemaker – Enhancing EU Mediation Capacity
The European Policy Centre in cooperation with the Institut français des relations internationales
8 April 2013, Paris
Camilla Rocca attended this event.

European Report on Development pre-launch
OECD
5 April 2013, Paris
James Mackie attended this meeting in his capacity as team leader of the ERD 2013. There was a live stream of this event.

Political Economy of Inclusive Development: An African Perspective
African Economic Research Consortium
3-4 April, 2013, Accra
Paul Engel and Jean Bossuyt attended this event and Jean Bossuyt gave a presentation.

African Finance and Development Ministers meeting on economic transformation and mineral resources
African Union Commission and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
21-26 March 2013, Cote d’Ivoire
Isabelle Ramdoo and San Bilal attended this meeting. The UNECA, African Development Bank Annual Report on economic transformation and mineral resources was launched at this meeting.

9th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Partnership Platform
African Union Commission, NEPAD Agency
25-26 March 2013, Addis Ababa
Jeske van Seters and Francesco Rampa attended this meeting as well as the CAADP Partnership Platform Business meeting on 27 March.

Polarized Egypt: Can Moderate Political Islam Bridge the Gap?
Hanns Seidel Foundation
26 March 2013, Brussels
Nicola Tissi attended this conference.

Gender, Land Rights and Rural Development in Africa: A case on irrigated paddy development scheme in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
Japan International Cooperation Agency
27 March 2013, Brussels
Anna Rosengren attended this event.

Aid to the private sector: promoting responsible investments? Latin America as a testing ground 
Aprodev, CIDSE, and Eurodad
21 March 2013, Brussels
Bruce Byiers and Anna Rosengren attended this event. 

The 2014-2020 EU Aid Budget: Enough to do the job?
EurActiv
20 March 2013, Brussels
Florian Krätke attended this workshop.

Brainstorming Meeting on Current WTO Agricultural Issues
ACP Group of States
19 March 2013, Geneva
Fabien Tondel attended this meeting and made a presentation.

Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa
Future Agricultures
18-20 March 2013, Pretoria
Jan Vanheukelom attended this meeting which considered what motivates African governments to invest in different kinds of agricultural development.

The Role of Emerging Powers in the Peace and Security Agenda
The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
14-15 March 2013, Durban
Frauke de Weijer attended this seminar that discussed the roles played by emerging powers in peace and security.

Global Economic Governance Seminar 
Economic Commission for Latin America
11-12 March 2013, Madrid
Paul Engel and Bruce Byiers participated in this seminar that addressed Development Banks, ODA and the Aid architecture and the UN and the UN Development Agenda.

Towards a food secure world
16 January - 15 March 2013
ECDPM was appointed to take the lead in this online discussion that The Broker facilitates for the Dutch Food and Business Knowledge Forum.

Expert round table on Dutch international aid
Centre for Global Citizenship (NCDO)
12 March 2013, The Hague
Andrew Sherriff participated in this meeting which reflected on the report ‘Dutch Development Cooperation: Ahead of the Crowd or Falling Behind?’ The report compares the Dutch situation to the role of other European countries in international cooperation.

Post MDG debate: Towards the European Report on Development 2013
University of Pavia
13 March 2013, Pavia
Paul Engel spoke at the seminar.

Policy and transformation in Africa: What role do African think tanks play?
EuropeAid
7 March 2013, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this discussion with the African Capacity Building Foundation.

The Future of International Cooperation
Society for International Development
7 March 2013, The Hague
Paul Engel participated in this meeting and distributed ECDPM’s Discussion Paper on this issue.

EIAS Roundtable 'The state of Sino-African Relations'
European Institute of Asian Studies
7 March 2013, Brussels
San Bilal attended this meeting.

G7+ Technical Meeting
G7+ Secretariat
1-2 March 2013, Dili
Frauke de Weijer participated in this event.

Brussels Briefing on "Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Crises and Shocks" 
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
4 March 2013, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke and Bas van Helden attended this meeting.

High Level Dialogue Meeting of the global thematic consultation on governance and the post-2015 development agenda
Pan-African Parliament
26-27 February 2013, Midrand
Geert Laporte participated in this dialogue.

The Sahel crisis: Where do European and African perspectives meet?
Institute for European Studies, the Egmont Institute and the Observatoire de l'Afrique
27 February 2013, Brussels
Jeske van Seters and Camilla Rocca attended this conference.

How to revitalise Africa-EU relations in the run-up to the 2014 EU-Africa Summit?
South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch
Cape Town, 21 February 2013
Geert Laporte has addressed this public seminar.

Informal donor network on engaging the private sector for development
ECDPM & USAID
21 February 2013, Brussels
This informal meeting was attended by representatives from the private sector, donors, partner government representatives and civil society and discussion points were summarised here.

Development and the Private Sector Meeting
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Employment and the Economy
14-15 February 2013, Helsinki
Bruce Byiers gave a presentation at this meeting as keynote speaker. 

Africa discussion group
Social Democratic Party of Germany
1 February 2013, Berlin
Geert Laporte made a presentation on the current situation of EU-African Union cooperation.

Food, Farmers and Markets
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development Annual General Assembly
30-31 January 2013, The Hague
Francesco Rampa attended this meeting and facilitated a session on Aid for Trade and Agriculture, where he presented a Policy Brief jointly published with the Global Mechanism; please find here the presentation, agenda and background note of this meeting.

The EU's comprehensive approach to external action: Gathering civil society input (Civil Society Dialogue Network meeting)
European External Action Service, European Commission and European Peacebuilding Liaison Office
30 January 2013, Brussels 
Andrew Sherriff attended this meeting.

Food Across Borders: Improving Food Security Through Regional Trade in West Africa
Economic Organization for West Africa States (ECOWAS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
29-31 January 2013, Accra
This conference brought together representatives of the public and private sector to develop an agenda for improving West Africa’s food security through regional trade in staple commodities. Jeske van Seters sat on a panel that discussed how to meet the region's food security needs in the future. Quentin de Roquefeuil also participated in the conference.

Upgrading the EU Common Security and Defence Policy: planning and conduct of crisis management operations
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
28 January 2013, Brussels
Camilla Rocca attended this event

Roundtable on the 2013 Review of the European External Action Service
Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
28 January 2013, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff attended this event which discussed the European Parliament’s recommendation to the EU High Representative. On the 2013 EEAS review.

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAAPD) partners meeting
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
25-31 January 2013, Libreville
Willem Vervaeke attended this meeting on the progress of the CAADP process in the Central Africa region.

Restoring human security to conflict affected and fragile states: Rethinking what works
Concord
24 January 2013, Brussels
Anna Knoll attended this meeting.

Making governance indicators more Policy Coherence for Development sensitive
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
23 January 2013, Paris
Paul Engel and Jeske van Seters attended this informal, information sharing meeting.

EU Development Cooperation in a Changing Global Context
Danish Institute for International Studies
21 January 2013, Copenhagen
Florian Krätke was one of the speakers at this seminar.

Aid for trade policy dialogue meeting
OECD, ODI, Swedish Government
16-17 January 2013, Paris
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting which brought together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to discuss how to continue delivering aid for trade results in a changing international environment for trade and development.

Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Institute of National Remembrance
14-15 December 2012, Warsaw
Alfonso Medinilla attended this conference that aimed to raise the issue of democratisation and transformation. The conference gathered representatives of governments and NGOs working for the promotion of democracy, the rule of law and human rights.

CAADP at 10: Progress Toward Agricultural Prosperity
Brookings and TransFarm
14 December 2012, Washington DC
This policy dialogue at the prestigious Brookings Institution reviewed progress of CAADP after 10 years. Francesco Rampa attended and gave a presentation on the role of Regional Economic Communities for agriculture transformation and regional trade in Africa.

Building the Africa-Europe Partnership: What next?
Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IEEI), Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF), ISCTE-IUL Centre of African Studies (CEA), European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
13-14 December 2012, Lisbon
Geert Laporte attended the conference and chaired the panel 'The 2014 EU-Africa summit and the post-2015 development agenda: what next?'

Private Sector for Development, Measuring Impact Workshop
ECDPM, BUSINESSEUROPE, Donor Committee for Enterprise Development, TraidCraft
13 December 2012, Brussels
This workshop with representatives from the private sector, donors, partner government representatives and civil society discussed different  approaches and methods to measuring development impact.

Joint Trade and Customs Facilitation Forum: A customs strategy for the Continental Free Trade Area
African Union Commission and the European Commission
11-13 December 2012, Brussels
Isabelle Ramdoo attended this invitation-only forum aimed to assist the African Union, its Regional Economic
Communities and Member States' customs authorities define a strategy and work plan in the area of their competence for the establishment of a continental free trade area and boosting intra-African Trade.

Combatting Malnutrition: An All-Stakeholders Breakthrough Summit
PA International Foundation, Cyprus Presidenvy of the Council of the European Union, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
5 December 2012, Brussels
Brecht Lein attended this meeting aiming at finding the best way to integrate the private sector in the fight against malnutrition and more specifically how to optimise the role of the industry in the full foodvalue aid chain (full programme).

Global Europe Conference on Reform Growth in Arab-EU Trade
Friends of Europe
4 December 2012, Brussels
Quentin de Roquefeuil attended this conference that reviewed the Arab-EU economic partnership in the light of the political changes in the Middle East.

Towards a comprehensive approach in EU external action: the role of France
Civil Society Dialogue Network
4 December 2012, Paris
Florian Krätke attended this event.

To import or to produce? Agricultural trade and politics for the development of local food and agricultural sectors in developing countries under new framework conditions
German Development Institute (DIE), the NGO Brot für die Welt and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
3 December 2012, Bonn
Quentin de Roquefeuil and Brecht Lein made a presentation at this meeting. The meeting discussed opportunities and threats of agricultural trade instruments as well as alternative measures to promote national production.

High Level Consultation on Governance and Democracy in Africa: trends, challenges and prospects
African Union Commission and Africa Governance Institute
28-30 November 2012, Dakar
Geert Laporte and Alfonso Medinilla participated in this meeting which aimed to come up with practical and policy recommendations on how the African Union can strengthen governance, rule of law, human rights protection and consolidate democracy among member states.

Democracy and Security in West Africa: The Potential of the African Peer Review Mechanism
Hanns Seidel Foundation
29 November 2012, Brussels
Nicola Tissi attended this conference which aimed at reviewing the progress in West Africa and discussing how the African Peer Review Mechanism can contribute to enhance stability and security in Africa.

How to Better Involve Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Public Programs?
Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires
28-29 November 2012, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke attended the meeting and Jeske van Seters gave a presentation about the state of regional CAADP processes in Africa at the second day of this meeting. The full programme is available in English and French.

Meeting of the Finnish Parliament’s Committee for Foreign Affairs
Finnish Parliament
27 November, Helsinki
Jan Vanheukelom made a presentation on innovative financing mechanisms/budget support and aid conditionality.

Boosting Intra-African Trade: A Key to Agricultural Transformation and Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security
African Union Joint Conference of Ministers of Agriculture and Ministers of Trade
26-30 November 2012, Addis Ababa
Francesco Rampa and Dan Lui attended this meeting, and spoke at the Senior Officials meeting preceeding it, which reviewed progress on implementation of continental initiatives on agricultural and trade development and deliberated, synergised and decided on common policy areas and strategies that bring together the agriculture and trade sectors for boosting intra-Africa trade, catalysing agricultural transformation and leading to attainment of food and nutrition security goals in Africa.

Broad development financing – the role of innovative financing?
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
26 November 2012, Helsinki
Geert Laporte, Niels Keijzer, Jan Vanheukelom have made presentations at this seminar.

Global Forum on Agriculture
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
26 November, Paris
Paul Engel and Jeske van Seters attended this meeting, the annual event and the OECD’s main instrument for dialogue between OECD members and key partner economies on issues of mutual interest in food and agriculture and to share analytical work and policy experiences, focusing this year on policy coherence for development. Read the Chairs' Summary Report here.

Global value chains book launch
Maastricht School of Management
23 November, Maastricht
Paul Engel was a guest speaker at the meeting launching this book on the transnational networks of firms and farms involved in the full range of activities needed to bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond.

Experts’ Meeting on “Structural Transformation and Natural Resources”
OECD
23 November 2012, Paris
San Bilal attended this event that focused on discussing the African Economic Outlook report for 2013.

Dialogue on the future of Aid for Trade
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
22-23 November, Geneva
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting to review where the Aid for Trade initiative currently stands and to help inform discussions being held in the lead-up to the next Aid for Trade Global Review in 2013.

Global Civil Society Symposium “The world we want: Food Security and Nutrition in the Post -2015 Framework”
Cyprus Island Wide NGO Development Platform (CYINDEP)
22-23 November 2012, Nicosia
The symposium focused on a potential future international goal related to human development and provided a space for stakeholders to discuss, share ideas and experiences on the key challenges and opportunities related to food security and nutrition in the context of a post-2015 development framework. Jeske van Seters sat on one of the panels.

International Conference on Mining for Economic Growth
Burundi Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), UNDP and GIZ.
22-23 November 2012, Burundi
Isabelle Ramdoo attended this conference to present her latest discussion paper.

Follow-up meeting on Private Sector in Development Workshop
Cooperatives Europe
22 November 2012, Brussels
Anna Rosengren attended this meeting.

Political Economy of Regional Integration in Southern Africa - South Africa as a Catalyst of Regional Integration
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) and South Africa Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA)
21-22 November 2012, Midrand
Kathleen van Hove, San Bilal and Jan Vanheukelom attended this workshop that aimed to deconstruct the regional integration dynamics in Southern Africa, to provide an analysis of the role of various stakeholders and drivers in the regional integration processes, and to facilitate further dialogue opportunities.

Post-liberal peacebuilding: Is peacebuilding inherently liberal?
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, International Peace Research Institute (Oslo), Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
21 November 2012, Norway
Frauke de Weijer sat on the Post-Liberal Peacebuilding: From State Formation to Peace Formation Panel at this meeting.

EU-European Neighbourhood Policy’s Southern region structured dialogue
European Commission
18-23 November, Tunis
The EC DEVCO seminar, the first structured dialogue process between the EU and local authorities actors in the European Neighbourhood Policy’s Southern region, was facilitated by Zakaria Ould Amar and Willem Vervaeke and included presentations by Jean Bossuyt. It was attended by EU delegation staff, Local Authorities, Local Authorities Associations and civil society organisations.

Friends of EPA meeting
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16 November 2012, The Hague
San Bilal attended this meeting.

From peace project to efficient peace-maker? Strengthening the EU’s mediation capacities
European Policy Centre and The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
16 November 2012, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff was a member of the high level panel that discussed the global potential of the EU’s role in mediation, its achievements and problems, as well as its long and short-term priorities.

Mobilising domestic revenue in developing countries workshop
German Development Institute
15-16 November, Bonn
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting.

The future of aid and development effectiveness
Eurodad
15 November 2012, Brussels
San Bilal was a speaker at this event that brought together civil society groups, decision-makers and private sector representatives to debate the role of the private sector in the post-Busan agenda and how to ensure that commitments will be effectively implemented.

International workshop on mobilizing domestic revenue in developing countries
German Development Institute
15 November 2012, Bonn
Bruce Byiers attended this workshop aimed at providing new insights into the factors and incentive structures influencing tax performance and tax structure in developing countries.

Economic Growth in Africa - EU Development Policy for Inclusive Growth.
European Parliament Socialist Group
14 November 2012, Brussels
Kathleen Van Hove attended this conference.

Towards a European Global Strategy: In Theory And Practice, Relevance for the EU
Swedish Institute of International Affairs
13 November, Stockholm
Florian Krätke attended this seminar that discussed the process underway in Europe to generate new ideas for a European Union Global Strategy.

Promoting financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of the European Investment Bank and its partners
European Investment Bank
13 November, Brussels
San Bilal attended this workshop which gathered together representatives of other Brussels- based institutions, Member States, the private sector, civil society and peer development finance institutions to discuss the topic.

Doing Business 2013 Launch event
World Bank Group Brussels Office
13 November 2012, Brussels
San Bilal attended this event.

ECDPM Roundtable on ‘Trade Liberalisation, Fiscal Adjustments and Innovative Sources of Financing: The case of EPAs and Regional Integration in Africa’
ECDPM & IrishAid
12 November 2012, Brussels
This roundtable focused on two parts: Trade liberalisation in Africa and EPA-related Fiscal Adjustments in a comparative perspective and Innovative Sources of Financing and Increased Private Sector Involvement for Development: The case of (Regional) Infrastructure. San Bilal and Melissa Dalleau organised this meeting.

The African Forum of CAADP: Farmer organisations as the Vital Link to Equitable and Sustainable Agriculture Growth in AfricaUnion Maghrébine des Agriculteurs (UMAGRI)/Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
12-16 November 2012, Tunis
The Forum aimed at sharing and learning among farmers, experts and decision makers to foster the up-scaling of best practices across Africa as an input into agriculture and rural sector development. Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended the forum.

Mo Ibrahim Governance Week-End on Governance
Africa Governance Institute
9-11 November 2012, Dakar
The theme of the event was 'Youth in Africa'. Faten Aggad attended the meeting.

High level seminar on joint programming:The European Union response to increase aid impact
Permanent Representation of France to the European Union
8 November 2012, Brussels
Florian Krätke attended this seminar.

OECD Network of National Focal Points for Policy Coherence for Development
OECD
7 November 2012, Paris
Neils Keijzer attended this meeting which discussed new narratives in the global economy and implications for monitoring, measuring and assessing the impact of PCD.

African Union 2012 High Level Retreat of Special Envoys: Transforming the African Peace and Security Context in the next Decade: Appraisal and Opportunities 
African Union
5-6 November 2012, Cairo
Andrew Sherriff and Volker Hauck have attended this retreat.

Assises du développement et de la solidarité internationale
French Foreign Ministry
5 November, Paris
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo attended this meeting which focused on the post-2015 development agenda

Inception Meeting of the Evaluation of the AfDBs Governance Programme
African Development Bank
4-7 November 2012, Tunis
Faten Aggad attended this meeting

ACP Framework, Roadmap and Action Plan on Mineral Resources Kick-Off Meeting
ACP Group
29-31 October, Brussels
Isabelle Ramdoo sat on a panel and participate in this meeting.

Workshop – Indicator-Based Monitoring of Regional Economic Integration
UNU-CRIS, GRESI-FWO & IES
25-26 October 2012, Brussels
This workshop allowed experts from different world regions to meet and present their experiences in building indicator systems for monitoring the implementation of regional economic integration policies such as preferential trade areas, common markets or economic and monetary unions. Bruce Byiers and Quentin de Roquefeuil attended this workshop.

ODI Roundtable on “the role of trade and investment policies in the post 2015 global development agenda”
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
24 October 2012, London
The objective of the roundtable discussion was twofold. First, to invite experts attending the roundtable discussion to present their views on what role trade and investment policies could play in any post 2015 global development agenda. Second, to solicit comments and feedback on the trade and investment draft chapter of the ERD 2013, which you will receive before the roundtable. Kathleen van Hove attended this roundtable.

Expert Seminar: 'At the Service of External Action'
Egmont, Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Belgian Royal Higher Institute for Defense
23-24 October 2012, Brussels
Florian Krätke participated in this expert seminar.

Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development
African Development Forum
23-25 October, Addis
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo participated in this meeting which focused on mineral, land, fishery and forest resources.

Global Briefing 2012
International Crisis Group
18-19 October 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this meeting that examined urgent issues and solutions concerning major conflict flashpoints across the globe.

Development Policy Forum
18 October, Brussels
ECDPM's James Mackie, team leader of the ERD 2013 chaired the discussion on "Towards a common European Vision on the Post-2015 Development Agenda"

Who speaks for Africa? The role of regional powers in formulating African security policies
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
16 October 2012, Brussels
Volker Hauck attended this expert roundtable.

European Development Days
European Commission DG Development and Cooperation
16-17 October 2012, Brussels
The EU has discussed with a wide range of private and public stakeholders how to work closer together towards the common objective of achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in partner countries in the South. ECDPM contributed to this event in a panel on 'Europe's response to inequality in developing countries, co-organised a panel on 'How can we maximise inclusive growth and development?', and sat on a panel on the European Report on Development 2013. In a "project-lab", the ERD core team presented their work on the European Report on Development 2013. This consultation with a wide variety of stakeholders present at the EDDs aimed to enrich and inform the next stages of drafting the report.

Civil Society Dialogue Network Policy Meeting on 'Peacebuilding and Development'
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office
17 October 2012, Brussels
Frauke de Weijer and Volker Hauck attended this meeting.

Food security panel discussion
European Journalism Centre
15 October, Brussels
Paul Engel sat on a panel to speak to journalists on this issue.

ECIPE Roundtable: “Can Trade Agreements Reform Societies?”
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
15 October 2012, Brussels
Kathleen van Hove attended this roundtable, which focussed on the FTAs between Korea, the EU and the United States and its impact on the various trade agreements currently under negotiation in East Asia.

Escaping the Doldrums: The State of Europe VIP Roundtable
Friends of Europe
11 October 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this meeting.

Drivers to engage the private sector in development
Human Security Finland
10 October 2012, Brussels
Bruce Byiers made a presentation of Discussion Paper 131 to this meeting.

Aid for Trade Working Group Meeting
Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
9-11 October 2012, Abuja
Jeske van Seters gave a presentation to this meeting.

ACP-IROCC Meeting
ACP Secretariat & Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee
8-10 October 2012, Brussels
San Bilal attended this meeting on issues pertaining to the EU support to regional integration.

The Annual Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform Business Meeting
CAADP
8-9 October 2012, Johannesburg,
This meeting aimed at reviewing CAADP progress and facilitating peer support for enhanced delivery of results. Francesco Rampa attended and contributed in particular to discussions and decisions about the way forward for regional CAADP compacts and their linkages with trade and infrastructure initiatives.

Roadmap towards finalisation of ‘The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Regional Policy & Investment Framework in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’ - Inception meeting
CAADP
4-5 October 2012, Lusaka
Francesco Rampa facilitated some sessions at this meeting, which was also informed by ECDPM's analysis. Roadmaps  present the plans of African regions to make their regional CAADP Compacts implementation effective.

Intergovernmental Authority on Development NSA Meeting 
IGAD
4-5 October 2012, Naivasha
This meeting aimed at increasing the awareness and contribution of NSA to the IGAD Regional CAADP Compact. Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended this meeting and shared results of ECDPM’s mapping of the views and priorities of non-state actors, particularly pastoralists, for the preparation of the IGAD compact.

The European Endowment for Democracy - Flexible and Unbureaucratic Democracy Promotion by the EU?
The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
4 October 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this meeting.

Ensuring food security in times of climate change and politically fragile environments
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung expert roundtable
3 October 2012, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke attended this meeting.

Research Cooperation Meeting on Sustainable Regional Integration in West Africa and Europe
West Africa Institute (WAI) - Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI)
1-2 October 2012, Praia
San Bilal attended this meeting.

Private roundtable on the impacts of EU Trade Policy and the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy on Development
ODI (Overseas Development Institute)
28 September 2012, London
The private roundtable focused on the impacts of trade and agriculture policy on EU development cooperation. Niels Keijzer and San Bilal were among the speakers; San Bilal presented a paper.

Seminar on “Managing Africa’s Natural Resources Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals”
AWEPA 
28 September 2012, Rome
Geert Laporte made a presentation at this meeting during the session on “Issues concerning natural resource management: problems encountered”.

Debate on "EPA negotiations: 10 years is enough?"
Oxfam Germany, Traidcraft , AITEC, WEED, Comlamh, 11.11.11 and Afrikagrupperna
27 September 2012, Brussels
Kathleen Van Hove moderated the panel debate on EPAs among EU and ACP officials and civil society representatives.

The slate is clean. What’s next? Conference on Debt Relief in Africa
Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and the Belgian Office of the Special Evaluator for International Cooperation (OSE)
26 September 2012, Brussels
Debt relief is eligible as Official Development Assistance. Does that make it an effective tool for development? San Bilal chaired this conference.

Economic Partnership Agreements-Exchange of views with experts
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Economic Development
20-21 September 2012, Brussels
San Bilal made a presentation to this meeting.

CSO meeting on private sector (for) development
Cooperatives Europe
20 September, Brussels
Bruce Byiers and Anna Rosengren have presented ECDPM Discussion Paper 131 (Common or conflicting interests? Reflections on the Private Sector (for) Development Agenda) at this meeting.

Committee on Political Affairs discussions on EU-Africa issues
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
20 September 2012, Brussels
This meeting dealt with themes such as the role of the Pan-African Programme in the context of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, the political dialogue under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, the threats posed again by military coups on democracy and political stability in the ACP countries and the role of the international community, and the Mission of the African Union. Nicola Tissi attended this meeting.

Enhancing Policy Coherence within the European-Arab relations: Towards policies that serve peace, democracy and economic and social justice
Arab NGO Network for Development, 11.11.11, Eurostep
18-19 September 2012, Brussels
A delegation of human rights and development civil society organizations from around 10 Arab countries visited the European institutions to deepen dialogue and exchange around policy reforms pertinent to the future of the relations between the European Union and the Arab countries. Faten Aggad attended the “Dialogue on Policies of Cooperation and Partnership between European and Arab countries; Enhancing Policy Coherence Within the Partnership” forum with the EU Commissioner of Enlargement.

Looking at ways to improve EU support to democratic processes
EuropeAid
14 September 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte was a panellist at this meeting. A video interview was made.

Internal Department for International Development (DFID) workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the way forward
DFID
14 September 2012, London
San Bilal attended this workshop.

Visibility of EU External Action Evaluation Seminar
European Commission
7 September 2012, Brussels
James Mackie, who was the evaluation leader, made a presentation to this meeting to discuss follow-up to the evaluation’s recommendations.

Project and Programme Cycle Management Guidelines seminar
European Commission EuropeAid
5-7 September 2012., Brussels
The seminar was part of the last phase of the review process of EuropeAid’s PPCM guidelines. The purpose of the Brussels seminar was to focus and exchange on the main changes that the PPCM seeks to introduce. This means looking at the underlying logic of the whole revision process, key choices to be made and the resulting re-orientations in terms of managing the cycle of operations. 
Jean Bossuyt, Head of Strategy at ECDPM, was the lead facilitator of this two and a half day seminar.

Seminar on Development Debate on "Two major challenges for post-2015 development cooperation: Measuring PCD and financing for development" 
OECD DAC
4 September 2012, Paris
Geert Laporte and Niels Keijzer presented 2 reports to this meeting. The Measuring Policy Coherence for Development Report (and annexes) and Reporting on Development: ODA and Financing for Development. Both reports were commissioned by The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by ECDPM, The Institute for International Integration Studies and Trinity College Dublin.

Advocating for the active engagement of the youth in the agricultural value chain – From policy to creative employment and investments
2012 The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) Annual High Level Regional Policy Dialogue
4 -7 September 2012, Dar es Salaam
Francesco Rampa attended this meeting and was a panelist in one of the sessions and shared preliminary results of ECDPM’s Trade Facilitation work.

International colloquium on the African Union at ten: aspirations and reality
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung / Centre for Conflict Resolution (South Africa)
30-31 August 2012, Berlin
Geert Laporte attended this meeting.

Commonwealth roundtable discussion on “Aid for Trade: Perspectives on Progress and Way Forward”
Commonwealth Secretariat
29 August 2012, London
Dan Lui participated in the roundtable discussion.

Tanzania multi-stakeholder dialogue on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
26 July 2012, Tanzania
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting organized to raise awareness and make recommendations on CAADP status for Tanzania by all key stakeholders, and the role of NSAs in the process. ECDPM is conducting a study examining issues of regional value chain integration and trade facilitation, particularly transport corridors, in the context of CAADP.

PROPAC workshop on Central Africa’ Common Agricultural Policy and regional CAADP process
Regional Platform of farmers’ organisations in Central Africa (PROPAC), Hub Rural and ECDPM
25 July 2012, Yaoundé
Presidents of national farmers’ organisations in Central Africa and the PROPAC Secretariat discussed proposals for Central Africa's Common Agricultural Policy and the regional Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)  process. Participants shared experiences about national CAADP processes in their respective countries. ECDPM’s Jeske van Seters gave a presentation and reports from the workshop in an article on the Talking Points blog.

Validation Workshop for Nepal Case Study for the European Report on Development 2013
South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) and Center for the Study of Labour and Migration (CESLM)
16 July 2012, Kathmandu
James Mackie attended this validation workshop on the “Nepal Case Study For European Report on Development” as ERD Team leader.  The study is a part of the European Report on Development ERD 2012-2013 “Development in a Changing World: Elements for a Post-2015 Global Agenda.”

Regional EPA Fund meeting
French Development Agency (AFD) and ECOWAS
11-13 July 2012, Dakar
Willem Vervaeke and Jean Bossuyt attended this meeting.

The EU’s Pan-African Programme
European Parliament Development Committee
10 July 2012, 15.00, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff, accompanied by Nicola Tissi, presented ECDPM’s Briefing Note, Can the Pan-African Programme revitalise the JAES?.Watch the meeting.

Framing policy responses to resource scarcity. Presentation of the European Report on Development 2011-2012
European Parliament Development Committee, and Council of the European Union Working Party on Development Cooperation 
9 July 2012, Brussels
James Mackie of ECDPM presented the European Report on Development 2011-2012 entitled "Confronting scarcity: Managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth". Watch the recording, and get the presentation.

Food Security and Nutrition: Regional approaches
EU Council Working Party on Development Cooperation
5 July 2012, Brussels
Francesco Rampa gave a presentation on regional approaches to food security during this meeting.

Decentralisation and local governance seminar
European Commission EuropeAid
2-5 July 2012, Brussels
The seminar reviewed the country context and the evolving international development framework and considered how to manage the political dimensions of decentralisation. It also looked at using decentralisation as a trigger to foster better development outcomes and governance and what all this means for future EU engagement in decentralisation and local governance. Jean Bossuyt was the lead facilitator of this meeting. Alisa Herrero was also one of the experts facilitating this seminar. View the presentations.

Annual CEPMLP Mining Seminar
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP)
27-28 June 2012, London
Melissa Dalleau and Isabelle Ramdoo attended the seminar.

How to engage more efficiently and strategically with civil society seminar for EU Delegations seminar
European Commission EuropeAid
26-28 June 2012, Brussels
The seminar covered understanding state and civil society relations, roles of civil society, tools to understand context (Political Economy Analysis, mappings), evolution of EU policy framework, programming, financing modalities, and capacity building. Jean Bossuyt was the lead facilitator of this meeting. Alisa Herrero was also one of the experts facilitating this seminar.

Round table “Will the European Partnership Agreements help Africa to feed itself?”
Mazungumzo – the African Forum
26 June 2012, Brussels
In cooperation with the Cercle Royal Africain et d'Outre Mer, the African Forum organized a round table to explore the impact and benefits of the European Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in African agriculture in the context of the EPAs negotiations and the CAP reform. Quentin de Roquefeuil attended the round table.

Food Losses and Food Waste Development Briefing
CTA
26 June 2012, Brussels
The objectives of the Briefing were to raise awareness of the causes and impact of food losses and waste in low, medium and high-income countries, increase an exchange of information and expertise relating to strategies and successes in preventing and reducing them and to facilitate networking amongst development partners working in these areas. Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended this meeting.

Conference: Will the Economic Partnership Agreements help Africa to feed itself?
Mazungumzo
26 June 2012, Brussels
ECDPM's Quentin de Roquefeuil and Isabelle Ramdoo attended this meeting.

Académie d'été - Vision 2020
LUXDEV
25-29 June 2012, Luxembourg
Geert Laporte made a presentation to this meeting.

Sustainable Development Goals: From ‘silo thinking’ towards an integrated approach. Side event at the Rio+20 conference
19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro
Insights from the European Report on Development was presented at an official side event the Rio +20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. 

Think Tank Initiative Exchange 2012
Think Tank Initiative
18-20 June 2012, Cape Town
Paul Engel and Volker Hauck attending this meeting of 49 think tanks across 22 countries, supported by the Think Tank Initiative, and other thought leaders and international experts. The Exchange aimed to generate knowledge, ideas and action on what it means to be a successful policy research organization, and on how local research can better shape successful development outcomes. ECDPM is carrying out an evaluation of this initiative in a consortium together with ODI’s Rapid programme.

Launch of the African Governance Platform
African Union Commission (AUC) - Department of Political Affairs
15 June 2012, Lusaka 
The meeting will officially launch the African Governance Platform and initiate dialogue on its work plan for 2012 and 2013. Faten Aggad spoke at this meeting.

Panel discussion about the findings of the European Report on Development 2011-2012
German Development Institute and European Commission’s Representation in Germany
14 June 2012, Berlin
Niels Keijzer spoke at this event.

European-Southern Mediterranean Relations: Discussing policies and partnerships to support economic and social rights and the role of civil society
The Euro-Med Civil Society Consortium and the Arab NGO Network for Development
11- 13 June 2012, Beirut
The seminar served as an opportunity to deepen the discussions on the outlined issues, clarify the demands and propositions from civil society organizations, and elaborate on ways of cooperation and possible collective campaigning on priority policy areas. Nicola Tissi attended this meeting.

Consultative roundtable on the draft World Gold Council conflict-free gold standard
ECDPM and World Gold Council
12 June 2012, Brussels
ECDPM has facilitated this meeting.

Development Partners Consultation on “Sustaining CAADP Momentum”
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA)
6 June 2012, London
Jeske van Seters attended this meeting, which is part of an exercise led by NPCA in liaison with the African Union Commission and African Regional Economic Communities to define the key drivers for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) moving forward.

Enhancing aid effectiveness: Tackling private sector challenges
Friends of Europe
6 June 2012, Brussels
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting.

Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future.
UNDP
5 June 2012, Brussels
UNDP presented the first Africa Human Development Report, which proposes four areas of public action: raising agricultural productivity, meeting the nutrition challenge, building resilience and managing risks, and increasing empowerment. Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended this event.

Democracy promotion in the MENA region
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit - Dialogue Programme Brussels
5 June 2012, Brussels  
Faten AGGAD was a speaker at this meeting.

Algeria: A pivotal country in a pivotal region
Egmont Institute in the framework of the Observatoire de l'Afrique  
1 June 2012, Brussels
The meeting analysed the ongoing mutation of the entire region: Arab Spring, coup in Mali, Tuaregs and Aqim.  Faten Aggad attended this meeting.

Europe and the Arab Spring: Responding to the changing Arab order
Friends of the Earth
31 May 2012, Brussels
Faten Aggad attended this meeting

Consultation and launch workshop for the regional approach to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme in Central Africa
Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS)
30-31 May 2012, Libreville
This workshop brought together representatives of Ministries of Agriculture and Finance of ECCAS Member States, regional institutions in Central Africa, civil society and international development partners. ECDPM’s Jeske van Seters acted as one of the speakers at this event.

Development Debate on South-South Cooperation
Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB)
30 May 2012, Brussels
San Bilal made a presentation to this meeting.

Reassessing Development Aid: The Future of Public-Private Partnerships
The Young Transatlantic Network and the U.S. Mission to the European Union
29 May 2012, Brussels
San Bilal was on the panel of this meeting.

State of play of ACP-EU relations
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Political Affairs Committee
28-30 May 2012, Horsens
Geert Laporte made a presentation to this committee and held an exchange of views with members on the issue.

How to engage more efficiently and strategically with civil society seminar for EU Delegations
European Commission EuropeAid
22-25 May 2012, Brussels
The seminar covered understanding state and civil society relations, roles of civil society, tools to understand context (Political Economy Analysis, mappings), evolution of EU policy framework, programming, financing modalities, and capacity building. Jan Vanheukelom was one of the experts facilitating this seminar.

Seminar: “Confronting scarcity: Managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth” 
Institut du developpement durable et des relations internationals (IDDRI) 
22 May 2012, Paris
James Mackie presented the European Report on Development 2011-2012 at the seminar. 

Stakeholders’ Workshop on UNDP Study on Future Perspectives of the ACP Group
Working Group on Future Perspectives of the ACP Group
21 May 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this meeting.

Official launch of the the European Report on Development 2011-2012
European Commission
16 May 2012, Brussels
ECDPM is part of the consortium that produced the report entitled “Confronting Scarcity: Managing water, energy and land for inclusive and sustainable growth”. James Mackie, Niels Keizer and Paul Engel participated in the launch meeting.

Conference on Global Europe: The New Generation of EU Preferential Trade Agreements
European University Institute (EUI)
14-15 May 2012, Florence
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo made a presentation on the role of EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in African regional integration to the session on “Promoting Regional Integration and Sustainable Development? Lessons from EU Economic Partnership Agreements and Association Agreements with the Andean Community and Central America.”

Sustainable Development Goals. Feasible, desirable or a leap too far?
Overseas Development Institute and the Institute of Development Studies
8 May 2012, London
James Mackie was part of the panel of experts to this meeting that discussed the desirability and feasibility of Sustainable Development Goals and explored how they might fit into the wider context of what replaces the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. 

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs discussion on the new proposal for the Instrument for Stability for the period 2014-2020
European Parliament
8 May 2012, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff participated in the discussions.

Strengthening Policy Coherence for Development in Belgium
Belgian Development Cooperation
8 May 2012, Brussels
The annual Stakeholders Meeting of the Belgian Development Cooperation's high level session focused on the topic "The future of development cooperation: from aid to coherence?" Thematic workshops looked into specific challenges for food security, trade policy and institutional mechanisms to facilitate the promotion of policy coherence for development. ECDPM's Niels Keijzer prepared a background paper for the high level session entitled "The Future of Development Cooperation: from Aid to Policy Coherence for Development?” and participated as a panel member during the meeting’s workshop on coherence mechanisms.

Can the world be fed in a sustainable way?
Food First
8 May 2012, Venlo
Paul Engel was on the panel discussing how to feed the growing world population in a sustainable way.

The EU and Civil Society: Where do we go from here?
CIDSE North-South Development Forum
7-8 May 2012, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke attended this meeting, organised to debate what a successful partnership between the EU and civil society should look like in the future.

All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme Dissemination Workshop
All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme
7 May 2012, Brussels
Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended this meeting, the last of a series of five dissemination workshops to share results achieved and lessons learnt. 

8th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) Partnership Platform meeting
NPCA/ CAADP
3-4 May 2012, Nairobi
This year's Partnership Platform meeting focused on "Accelerating CAADP implementation for results and impact". It aimed to identify what measures and actions are needed to facilitate faster implementation of the CAADP agenda and to ensure that CAADP's efforts lead to concrete results. ECDPM's Francesco Rampa and Jeske van Seters attended the meeting. You can find an overview here.

Annual conference of the Working Group Development and Governance 
Working Group Development and Governance (Arbeitskreis Entwicklung und Verwaltung) 
3-4 May 2012, Stuttgart 
Christiane Loquai gave a presentation on the governance of extractive resources.

Development and Democracy: Contemporary Trends in International Development Cooperation
Pontis Foundation in cooperation with the Faculty of Social and Economic
Sciences of the Comenius University under the auspices of the Ministry
of Foreign Affair of the Slovak Republic
3 May 2012, Bratislava
Geert Laporte made a presentation to this meeting on how development cooperation can increase the support of democracy

Potsdam Spring Dialogue on "Trade: Potentials and Pitfalls for Regional Integration and Development in Africa"
27-28 April 2012, Potsdam
Kathleen van Hove attended the meeting.

OECD DAC Network on Governance annual meeting
OECD DAC Network on Governance
23-25 April 2012, Paris
Bruce Byiers attended this meeting which discussed challenges on the governance and development agenda and Busan Commitments and start developing a new agenda on governance, accountability and effective institutions in 2013-2014.

EARN meeting on emerging actors in Africa
Europe-Africa Policy Research Network (EARN)
21-25 April 2012, Maputo
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo made presentations and chaired part of this meeting. ECDPM is a member of EARN.

Debate on development cooperation 
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA)
24 April 2012, Maastricht
Jeske van Seters attended this debate.

Tackling the Development Challenges: the struggle for interdisciplinarity
Wageningen University INREF conference
23-24 April 2012, Wageningen
Paul Engel attending this conference.  

Joining forces to implement the EU Agenda for Change
5th Annual Meeting of the Practitioners’ Network for European Development Cooperation
19-20 April 2012, Luxembourg
Paul Engel gave a presentation on priorities for the network identified during the network’s workshop “Busan Partnership and EU Agenda for Change: What are the major challenges arising for development practitioners?” and moderated the session on strategic orientations of the Practitioners' Network at this meeting.

'Enjoy Your Meal!'. How global food production impacts on peasants’ rights to food and water
Foodfirst Information & Action Network (FIAN) and AIMS (Amnesty International Maastricht Students)
19 April 2012, Maastricht
Jeske van Seters was one of two panelists in the discussion on peasants' land rights, access to natural resources and food security that was held following the screening of this movie.

EU sustainable energy for all
European Commission
16 April 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this conference which brought together high-level representatives from the EU, the UN, developing countries, industry and civil society organisations committed to achieving sustainable energy for all by 2030.

Civil Society Dialogue with Ambassador Walter Stevens, EEAS Director of the EU Crisis Management and Planning Directorate
Open Society Institute-Brussels
16 April 2012, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff and Fernanda Faria attended this event.

Brussels Development Briefing: Small island economies
ACP – EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with partners including DG DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat and Concord
4 April 2012, Brussels
Ulrika Kilnes and Jeske van Seters participated in this event.

The 'securitisation' of EU development policy? Interpreting the new Sahel and Horn of Africa Strategies
Maastricht University
29 March 2012, Maastricht
Simone Goertz gave a lecture to students on this issue.

Workshop: Trade and Investment for Development
European Parliament, Policy Department and Committee on International Trade
29 March 2012, Brussels
San Bilal gave a presentation on what is needed beyond "Aid for trade". Watch a recording of the meeting here.

Seminar on resource governance and EU-Africa relations
28-29 March 2012, The Hague
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo attended the meeting.

NEPAD Anniversary Colloquium and Congress
NEPAD
28 March 2012, Addis Ababa
Paul Engel attended this meeting.

Seminar on "What can Western donors learn from China's approach in Africa?"
28 March 2012, Leiden
Anna Rosengren attended the seminar.

Seminar on "Should the EU fear the impact of alternative development models in Africa?"
28 March 2012, Brussels
San Bilal attended the seminar.

Roundtable on EU Endowment for Democracy Fund
FRIDE
28 March 2012.
Jean Bossuyt attended this meeting.

Africa’s preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20): Common Position and Strategy
African Union
27 March 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte and Jeske van Seters attended this meeting

AFD Conference on development
AFD
26 March 2012, Paris
Isabelle Ramdoo attended the conference.

Core group meeting
Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness
Addis, 23-24 March 2012
Volker Hauck attended this meeting.

Seminar on European trade preferences for developing countries
22 March 2012, Brussels
Quentin de Roquefeuil attended the seminar.

International Workshop on Evaluating Budget Support
OECD
21-22 March 2012, Brussels
Jean Bossuyt facilitated the discussions.

ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly political affairs committee meeting
21 March 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte participated in a panel debate on the future of ACP-EU relations.

Practitioner’s Network for European Development Cooperation seminar on the Busan Outcome Document on development effectiveness and the EU’s Agenda for Change
March 2012, Brussels
Alisa Herrero Cangas and Jean Bossuyt presented an Issues Paper on possible operational challenges to this seminar

Visit of Thijs Berman, Member of the European Parliament
20 March 2012, Maastricht
Thijs Berman and ECDPM discussed the role of the European Parliament in EU development cooperation post-Lisbon, the future of development cooperation and the EUs multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020.

Civil society organizations in development cooperation Lunch time conference
European Commission DG DEVCO-Europeaid
16 March 2012, Brussels
Ulrika Kilnes attended. The vent was linked to a consultation for a new policy on the theme that the Commission is launching.

Meeting on "Business and Development"
BusinessEurope
15 March 2012, Brussels
Bruce Byiers and San Bilal spoke at the meeting.

Conference: ‘Facing the Future: the EU and the Global Challenge’
College of Europe
14 March 2012, Brussels
San Bilal spoke at the conference.

High Level Policy Dialogue on "Enhancing Governance and Statebuilding in Fragile States: From Policy to Practice”
UNDP and DG DEVCO
13 March 2012 Brussels
Simone Goertz and Andrew Sherriff participated meeting.

Evaluation of EC support to decentralization processes seminar
European Commission
12 March 2012, Brussels
Jean Bossuyt facilitated the discussions.

Policy Coherence for Development Impact Study Rwanda
6 March 2012, Brussels
San Bilal attended the event.

South-South Triangular Cooperation: Unlocking the Potential of Horizontal Partnerships for Better Development Outcomes. Building Block Brussels Meeting
The South-South Opportunity
5-6 March 2012, Brussels
Geert Laporte attended this meeting.

Development Partners meeting on CAADP at the regional level
ECDPM and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on behalf of the Development Partners Task Team)
5 March 2012, Brussels
ECDPM organised this meeting with Development Partners who support the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) to discuss how to better take forward the regional dimensions of CAADP. An informal report of the meeting is available on the ECDPM Talking Points blog, and an abridged version of the meeting outcomes is also available. (Version Française)

Consultation on the 2012-2013 European Report on Development
European Commission and DIE, ECDPM and ODI
29 February 2012, Paris
The European Report on Development 2013 will address the emerging debate on the post-2015 global agenda on development and consider the main challenges for the next 15 years. The ERD Steering Committee and the research team from ECPDM, ODI and DIE presented their plans for the Report.

EPLO Seminar
EPLO
29 February 2012
Christiane Loquai attended this event.

Meeting with Franziska Brantner, Member of the European Parliament
European Parliament
28 February 2012, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff and Simone Goertz briefed MEP Franziska Brantner, standing rapporteur on the Instrument for Stability (IfS) of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the European Parliament on the “Bigger Picture for the IfS” on the 28th of February 2012.

Meeting on Conflict Assessment regarding North Eastern Nigeria
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office and European External Action Service
24 February 2012, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff and Frauke de Weijer assisted in process design and facilitation of the meeting.

IFAD Farmers' Forum
IFAD
21-25 February 2012, Rome
Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended this event.

Fourth global meeting of the Farmer's Forum
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
20 - 21 February 2012, Rome
The bi-annual Farmers' Forum brings together representatives of farmers and rural producers from all over the world for global consultation and took place in conjunction with IFAD's annual Governing Council meeting. It focused on the links between overcoming poverty and food insecurity and improving sustainable agriculture development. Dolly Afun-Ogidan attended the Forum, and discussed further collaboration with some African regional farmers' organizations, which are also partners of ECDPM.

ECDPM Signs Cooperation Agreements with African Partners
20 February 2012, South Africa
ECDPM signed agreements on future joint work were made with the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).

Meeting with Swiss Development Cooperation
13 February 2012
Jeseke van Seters attended this meeting.

Lecture: ‘Regional Cooperation: the case of Europe’
SID
13 February 2012
Quentin de Roquefeuil attended the lecture.

Meeting of the European Parliament's Development Committee
European Parliament
9 February 2012  
James Mackie presented lessons learnt from EC Evaluations on EU legal instruments for external cooperation.

Policy Coherence for Development
OECD DAC PCD Focal Points
9 February 2012, Paris
Niels Keijzer made a presentation to this meeting. The report of the meeting is also available.

EPA Monitoring Mission in the Caribbean
8-14 February 2012
Bruce Byiers went on a mission to the Caribbean.

Briefing to the UK Parliament’s Select Committee on International Development
Select Committee on International Development
8 February 2012, Brussels
Jeske van Seters and Andrew Sherriff briefed the Committee, whose visit was part of its inquiry on UK funds channelled through EU Development Assistance.

Civil Society Dialogue meeting: Communication on trade, growth and development
DG Trade
7 February 2012, Brussels
San Bilal and Kathleen van Hove attended the meeting with Commissioner Karel de Gucht, European Commisssion.

Meeting on EC Communication on Trade, Growth and Development
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1 February 2012, Brussels
San Bilal moderated the meeting.

Presentation: ‘Thematic Evaluation of the European Commission Support to respect of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms’
European Commission and ADE
February 2012
Jean Bossuyt, who was part of the team that carried out the study, presented the findings of the independent evaluation.

Meeting on EC Communication on Trade, Growth and Development
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1 February 2012, Brussels
San Bilal moderated the meeting.

African-EU conference on "Raw Materials"
European Commission
25-26 January 2012, Brussels
San Bilal attended the conference and was also present at the pre-conference experts event under the theme "translating mineral resources wealth into real development of Africa".

African Union Summit
African Union
25 January 2012, Addis Ababa
Dan Lui attended the summit on "Boosting Intra-African Trade".

Friends of EPA meeting
20 January 2012, Brussels
San Bilal and Isabelle Ramdoo attended the meeting.

A New Deal for Fragile States? International Engagement after Busan
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Frieden und Entwicklung (FriEnt) International Workshop 
19 January 2012, Berlin
Fernanda Faria gave a presentation entitled "A New Deal for Aid Effectiveness, Conflict and Fragility? Topics, Elaborations and Conclusions of Busan" to this workshop.

MU Conference on "China's influence on non-trade concerns in International economic law" Unimaas
19 January 2012, Maastricht
Anna Rosengren attended the conference

Lecture on "Europe and the World: Trade and development"
Unimaas
Maastricht, 16 January 2012
San Bilal gave a lecture on EU Development and Trade Policies: Economic Partnership Agreements.

Presentation of the Danish Policy Coherence on Development report
CONCORD
11-12 December 2011, Copenhagen
Niels Keijzer presented a draft chapter the Danish Policy Coherence on Development report

EU development policy after the Lisbon Treaty seminar
Finnish Institute of International Affairs
6 November 2011, Helsinki
Jeske van Seters gave a presentation and sat on the panel at this meeting

Expert consultation on the OECD DAC Peer Review of the EU
OECD DAC
3 October 2011, Brussels
Jeske van Seters attended this meeting

Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN) - EU Policy Training
European Peacebuilding Liaison Office with participation from European External Action Service, European Commission and EU NGOs
15 September 2011, Brussels
Andrew Sherriff presented on the “Role of EU on the ground in conflict countries”

Presentation for UK government agencies (DFID, FCO, MOD)
DFID
29-30 June 2011, London
Andrew Sherriff presented on EU conflict prevention – rhetoric and reality

Global Forum on Migration for Development
Switzerland and Morocco (co-chairs of the Global Forum Ad-Hoc Working Group on Data, Research and Policy Coherence) 
Marseille, 13-15 June 2011
Niels Keijzer gave a presentation on Managing Migration for Development: Policy Making, Assessment and Evaluation

EU-African Union Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Dialogue for Joint Africa-EU Strategy Meeting of Joint CSO Steering Groups
Joint CSO Steering Groups
10 May 2011, Brussels
James Mackie and Faten Aggad facilitated this meeting

Conference on ACP migration and regional integration
NETRIS
Dakar, Senegal, 27-31 March 2011
Henrike Klavert presented a Discussion Paper on AU migration policies and the role of the EU

The political economy of regional integration in Southern Africa: What role for the EU and other partners?
1-2 February 2011, Pretoria
A workshop organised by ECDPM and SAIIA.

The Lisbon Treaty Evaluated: Impact and Consequences conference
UACES
London, United Kingdom, 31 January - 1 February 2011
Simone Goertz and Jeske van Seters attended and presented on China, India, Brazil in Africa and on the EU’s institutional arrangements for development post-Lisbon