Dear Ms Gitte Lillelund BechI write to kindly remind you of our Policy Forum on the themeFighting the global recession’s storm: whatconsequences for European development cooperation?to be held in Brussels, Residence Palace, on 27May 2009.Your are kindly invited to participate in this event.During this Policy Forum, leading experts will analyze critical issues surrounding the global recession anddeveloping countries. This analysis will include the implications of the decisions made by the G20 and thoseformulated in EU policies. It will also include an analysis of recent recommendations made by the EuropeanCommission under the Communication “Supporting Developing Countries in Coping with the Crisis”.10.00 - 10.30 Registration
10.30 - 11.00 Opening and Welcome
Thomas Lawo, EADI Executive SecretaryN.N., DG Research11.00 - 13.00 Roundtable:
Are we doing well in supporting developing countries? The aftermath ofG20 meeting in April 2009 and burning issuesChair: Ramesh Jaura, Inter Press ServiceAlison Evans, Director, Overseas Development InstituteJean Louis Arcand, Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesSimona Bovha Padilla, Bureau of Europen Policy Advisers of the European CommissionVicente Yu, South Centre14:00 – 16:00 Open Discussion Forum:
What should the EU do to support developing countries?Recent concrete pledges made by the European CommissionChair: Ramesh Jaura, Inter Press ServiceAndy Sumner, Institute of Development StudiesAnnalisa Prizzon, OECD Development CentreBéatrice Knerr, University of KasselBodo Ellmers, EurodadDirk Willem te Velde, Overseas Development InstituteSan Bilal, European Centre for Development Policy Management16:00 - 17:00 Closing and Drinks
This Policy Forum is part of the European Development Co-operation to 2020 (EDC2020) project and isthfunded by the 7 Framework Programme of the European Commission. The project is coordinated byEuropean Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). For more informationplease visitwww.edc2020.eu.Athttp://www.edc2020.eu/68.0.htmlyou may find our most recent publicationonIn need of coherence: European development policies and the global economic crisiswritten byCan Akdeniz.If you are not able to attend the event I would kindly ask you to forward the invitation to your interestedcolleagues.To register and access the full programme, visithttp://www.edc2020.eu/64.0.html.Places are limited soplease return the registration form to[email protected]or register online athttp://www.edc2020.eu/67.0.htmlassoon as possible. Apologies for any cross-posting.
