Udenrigsudvalget 2010-11 (1. samling)
URU Alm.del Bilag 79
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Final EDC 2020 Event: Shaping Europe's Global Role
What:Final EDC 2020 event to present results of three years of research on the impact of new actors ininternational development, energy security democracy and political development and climate change onEuropean Development Cooperation.Where:Residence Palace, Brussels, BelgiumWhen:10February 2011To register, please contact Aurélien Lafon, at[email protected].This session is part of a two day event series, if you would like to attend theBriefing to Parliamentarianson Energy security and development policiesthe previous day on 9 February 2011, please state it inyour email. Places for both events are limited.Summary and objectivesEADI announces the final conference of the European Development Cooperation to 2020 project (EDC2020). The conference will examine the current opportunities and challenges for European developmentcooperation (European Union and its member states). One can expect that the EU’s and member states’approach to poverty and ‘traditional development’ is changing. Aid and development policy will beincreasingly integrated in ‘foreign policy’.In this context, lead researchers from the EDC 2020 project will present the results of three years ofresearch on three game changers for European Development Cooperation: (i)New Actors,(ii)Energyand (iii)Climate change.They will engage with key European policy makers in a debate on the followingquestions:1.2.3.4.Agenda13:00 – 13:30:Registration and coffee13:30 – 14:00:Keynote Speech byLluis Riera Figueras,Director, DG Development and Relations withACP Policy: Thematic Issues (tbc)What are the key challenges for European development cooperation?How does the Lisbon Treaty reshape European development cooperation?What should be the EU development policy objectives in the next decade?How can European Development Cooperation help shape Europe’s role on the global stage?
14:00 – 15:15:Presentations of results by the Work Package leadersChair:Sven Grimm,Director Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University and former EDC 2020Work package leader
Erik Lundsgaarde,Research Fellow at DIE with a presentation onNew actors in internationaldevelopment:the work package members undertake research about emerging actors in internationaldevelopment such as China, India and Brazil.
Richard Youngs,Director, FRIDE, with a presentation onEnergy security, democracy and politicaldevelopment:the work package team seeks to understand the interlinkages between energy policies,questions of democracy promotion and development policy.
Merylyn Hedger,Researcher and Environmental Policy Specialist, with a presentation onEuropeandevelopment policy and climate change:the work package members look at issues connected to climatechange, e.g. the promotion of biofuels or impact of climate policies.15:15 – 15:30: Coffee15:30 – 17:00:Debate with experts and policy makers
Fran§oise Moreau,Director a.i., EU Development Policy: Horizontal Issues, DG DevelopmentRichard Youngs,Director, FRIDESven Grimm,Director, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch Universitytba17:00 – 17:15:Main Conclusions
