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Public Debate

October 14, 2010

National Library, Cidade da Praia, Cape Verde

15h00 Opening

Corsino Tolentino, Director, West Africa Institute, Praia

Fernando Jorge Cardoso, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon, EARN Co-Chair Institute

José Brito, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the WAI Commitee, Cape Verde

15h30 Africa-EU Relations: The Role of ECOWAS and Cape Verde

Chair: Corsino Tolentino, WAI

Maurice Engueleguele, Programme Coordinator, Institut African de la Gouvernance (IAG), Dakar

Agnelo Sanches, Consultant of the ECOWAS Commission to PCD

16h30 Coffee-Break

16h45 Perspectives for the III EU-Africa Summit

Chair: Geert Laporte, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht, EARN Co-Chair Institute

Phillipe Darmuzey, Head of Unit, “Pan-African Issues & Institutions, Governance & Migration”, European Commission, Brussels

Ambassador Emile Ognimba, Director, Political Affairs, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa

Comments: Fernando Jorge Cardoso, IEEI; Achieng Akena, Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), Nairobi

18h30 Closing Session

Working Languages: English and Portuguese (translation available)

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EARN Round Table

Africa-EU Relations: Debates on the EARN Political Dialogue Report on Common Concerns

October 15, 2010

United Nations House, Cidade da Praia These meetings intent to debate the final versions of the papers produced for the EARN Political Dialogue Report, entitled “Beyond Development”. This report will be published before the III EU-Africa Summit (by mid-November), at the initiative of IEEI, SAIIA and ECDPM, the institutes in charge of the EARN Working Group on Global Issues. The PDR aims at discussing global issues of common concern, fostering strategic and working partnerships between African and European experts and institutions and promoting dialogue between the public and the policy spheres in Europe and Africa beyond the traditional areas of EU-Africa relations.

09H30 Background Paper

Introduction by Andrew Sherriff, ECDPM

10h15 Governance

Alex Vines and Thomas Cargill (paper presented by Roger Middleton), Royal Institute of International Affairs – Chatham House, United Kingdom

Adebayo Olukoshi, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning – UNIDEP, Senegal (paper presented by Maurice Engueleguele, Institut African de la Gouvernance, Dakar)

Comments:

Oladiran Bello (FRIDE, Spain)

Achieng Akena (Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa - OSIEA, Nairobi)

11h30 Coffee

11h45 Trade & Development

San Bilal and Kathleen Van Hove (paper presented by Geert Laporte), ECDPM, Maastricht

Peter Draper and Talitha Scott (paper presented by Romy Chevallier), SAIIA, South Africa

Comments:

Peter Kiuluku (TRAPCA, Tanzania)

13h00 Lunch

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15h00 Climate Change and Energy

Romy Chevallier, SAIIA

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Jean-Christophe Hoste (Egmont Institute, Belgium)

16h15 Coffee

16h30 EU-Africa Perspectives: “Agenda for Action” (round table discussion)

Introduction by Fernando Jorge Cardoso and Geert Laporte

(Including peace and security comments to the Agenda for Action)

17h30 Wrap-up and Closing

Working Language Day 2: English