presentation by Norbert Probst (European Commission) given at the EPA Seminar for Political Stakeholders and Civil Society, Madang, Papua New Guinea, 28-29 April 2008

1. Regional Seminar on the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement
Divine Word University, Madang, 28 – 29 April 2008
The EU Aid for Trade (AfT) Policy
Norbert Probst
Unit E1 – Relations with the Pacific – DG Development and Relations with ACP States
Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific States

2. Overview of the presentation
• What is Aid for Trade (AfT) ?
• Why AfT ?
• The EU commitment on AfT
• The EU AfT Strategy
• Implementation and Follow-up to the Strategy
• The Monitoring Report 2008: EU AfT 2001 –
2006
• Prospects of AfT for the Pacific
Development and relations with African,Caribbean and Pacific States