Introduction to the third Brussels Development Briefing: Aid for Trade

Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
Briefing session n° 3: Aid for Trade
Brussels, 5th December 2007
8h30 – 12h30
http://www.brusselsbriefings.net

Objectives
to raise awareness on existing and emerging key challenges on AfT for ACP countries
to promote exchange of information and expertise sharing
to feed in the debate on AfT by bringing various perspectives around the table which could support future EC interventions on AfT in ACP countries

Target group
ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of
EU and ACP Member States, European
Parliament, civil society groups, researchers
and development practitioners, international
organisations based in Brussels.

Participants
21% ACP Member States
16% European Commission (all services)
15% NGOs and development networks
12% Private sector
11% International organisation
8% EU Member States
8% Members of European Parliament
4% ACP regional organisations
3% Research organisations

Programme
Panel 1: Setting the scene: Where are we
in the Aid for Trade agenda?
This session will review Aid for Trade (AfT)
multilateral and EU initiatives and will assess the
challenges to make AfT an effective tool for
helping ACP countries to better integrate in the
multilateral trading system.

Panel 2: Trade-related assistance:
institutional architecture and financial
mobilisation for Aid for Trade
This session will review the financial resources
mobilized for AfT, along with their scope and
impacts, and will examine the ACP stakeholders
involvement in the design, monitoring and
evaluation of AfT initiatives.

Inputs/Outputs
A Reader/Resources on Aid for Trade
Summary of key issue son AfT
Documents available online
Websites
Acronyms
Glossary
To be complemented and further developed

Inputs/Outputs
Read presentations, consult documents,
listen to interviews, view videos, make
comments before, during and after
the meetings in:
http://brusselsbriefings.net/

Introduction to the third Brussels Development Briefing: Aid for Trade

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