Programme

Programme

Monday, 4 March 2019

2.30-3.30 p.m - Report on recent activities

  • 4th & 5th EU-SADC Trade Development Committee (TDC)
  • 16th Regional Seminar in Namibia
  • 36th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA)
  • 4th Cariforum-EU Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) and 8th Cariforum-EU Trade & Development committee meeting (T&DC)

3.30-4.30 p.m. - Latest developments on Economic Partnership Agreements

  • Ms Ewa Synowiec, Director responsible for Director for Sustainable Development; Economic Partnership Agreements, Africa-Caribbean and Pacific, Agri-food Trade at the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission.

Discussion

4.30-4.45 p.m. - Coffee break

4.45-6.30 p.m. - The state of play of EPAs with and within the Economic Community of Western African States

  • Mr Olivier Coupleux   and/or Ms Lisa Eifert, Trade Affairs Officers - EPA implementation and monitoring, responsible for West Africa

Discussion

6.30 p.m. - Dinner hosted by the EESC – 1st Floor EESC - room VIP 4-5-6

END OF DAY

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

9.30 a.m.-12 noon - The state of play of the Post-Cotonou Agreement

  • Keynote speaker MEP Louis Michel, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
  • Mr Domenico Rosa, Head of  Unit - Strategic Partnerships EU-ACP and EU-African Union, DG Devco, European Commission

Discussion

12 noon-12.15 p.m. - Coffee break

12.15-1.15 p.m. -  Work programme (in camera)

1-1.30 p.m. - Closure chaired by Mr Mulewicz

Working languages: ES-EN-FR-PT

Interpreting requested from: ES-EN-FR-PT

into: ES-EN-FR

 

 

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NOTICE OF MEETING - EU-ACP Follow-up Committee