Programme

8:15 - 9:00 am Registration

9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Co-Chairs of the CARIFORUM-EU CC
• Adoption of Agenda

9:15 – 12:30 pm Post-Cotonou: state-of-play

• Mr Domenico Rosa, Head of  Unit (Strategic Partnerships EU-ACP and EU-African Union), DG Devco, European Commission
• Ambasador David Hales, CARIFORUM Chief Negotiator
• Debate with CARIFORUM-EU CC members

12:30 – 2:00 pm Group picture and lunch offered by the European Economic and Social Committee

2:00 – 3:00 pm Implementation and impact of the EU-Cariforum EPA – key findings

• Ms Nora Plaisir and Ms Simone Snoeijenbos, Ecorys
• Debate with CARIFORUM-EU CC members

3:00 – 4:00 pm Establishment of a CARIFORUM-EU Centre at the European University Institute in Florence – update

• Dr Jan Yves Remy, Deputy Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre, The University of the West Indies
• Questions by CARIFORUM-EU CC members

4:00 – 5:45 pm Joint Statement

• Debate with CARIFORUM-EU CC members
• Adoption

5:45 – 6:00 pm Closing remarks

• Co-Chairs of the CARIFORUM-EU CC