On 7 December 2023, the sixth meeting of the EU Domestic Advisory Group was held in a hybrid format. DAG members engaged in constructive discussions on key topics shaping the trade partnership between the European Union and Singapore.
The agenda included an introduction round, a report on recent joint meetings, insights on Singapore's strategic importance, updates on the implementation of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and a discussion on ways of cooperation and the EU DAG's work priorities.
The 8th EU-Korea Civil Society Forum (CSF) will take place on 13 September 2022 in Seoul. During the meeting, the DAGs will exchange views on the EU and the Korea DAGs’ experiences since the first meeting in 2012. Participants will also discuss ILO fundamental conventions, as well as Occupational Safety and Health in the presence of a representative from the ILO. Climate initiatives in the EU and Korea with special focus on carbon neutrality and green growth, CBAM from an EU business perspective and the Korean Carbon Neutrality Action Plan are other items on the agenda.
The CSF will be completed on 14 September with a workshop on the topic of "Platform work in the EU and Korea" and a presentation on "Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence".
The second All DAG meeting will take place on 12 July 2022 in Brussels, in hybrid format.
Convening shortly after the EC Communication on TSD, which recognised its geopolitical importance and its role in fostering sustainable and inclusive growth, members from all EU DAGs will discuss the present and the future of the DAGs as key actors of TSD implementation, in the presence of Ms. Maria Martin-Prat and Mr. Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director-Generals of DG Trade (EC) and other prominent institutional representatives.
The ACP-EU Follow-up Committee is meeting in Lisbon (Portugal) on 23 and 24 June 2022.
Being the first in-person meeting since the irruption of COVID-19 pandemic, Delegates from Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific and EESC Members are gathering in the context of the pending signature of the Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).
The programme of this important event for the EU-OACPS organised civil society is mainly dedicated to the role of civil society in the partnership, the joint cooperation as well as the role played by the paradigm of interculturality. A field visit is scheduled to the Portuguese High Commission for Migration, a public institution with the mission of collaborating on public, transversal and sectorial migration policies relevant for the integration of migrants and for managing and valuing of the diversity between cultures, ethnics and religions.
