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| 2007 | Africa | Europe |
| February | 27/2: David vs. Goliath? Policy Coherence for Development in the new Free Trade Agreements between Africa and the EU (Berlin) | |
| 19-23/2: EU-Africa expert meeting (Brussels): initial ideas from the internet consultation will be delivered to the official dialogue. More information |
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| March | 22-24/3: African Civil Society Forum (Addis Ababa) - 26-28/3: African Civil Society seminar on the joint EU-Africa Strategy (African Union Commission, Accra Ghana) |
7/3: Evening debate: EU’s Africa Strategy: what are the lessons of the Congo mission? (SDA and Hanns Seidel Stiftung, Brussels) - 7-8/3: ACP-EU Follow-up Committee consultation - 12/3: International NGO conference: Prospects for Africa – Europe’s policies (VENRO, Bonn) - 16/3: Roundtable on European-African Relations (CICOPS-EADI-ECDPM, Pavia, Italy) |
| 23-24/3: EU-Africa expert meeting (Addis Abeba): a summary of ideas from the internet consultation will be delivered to the official dialogue. More information |
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| April | 23-24/4: Conference on ‘Civil Society and the Joint EU-Africa Strategy’ (ECDPM and VENRO, Bad Honnef) - 25/4:‘Africa and the European Union: what partnership?’ (BOND, London) - 26/4:‘Civilian Conflict Transformation and Peace-Building – a Challenge for Africa-Europe`s Policies’ (Church Development Service (EED) and VENRO, Berlin, Germany) |
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| 12-14/4: Drafting committee (first meeting) starts drafting strategy outline (Addis Ababa) - mid April: summary report of ideas from internet consultation, to be delivered to official dialogue - 26-28/4: Drafting committee finalizes first outline of the strategy (Europe) |
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| May | 7-18/5: Plenary of the Pan-African Parliament. First discussion on the joint Strategy including with some members of the European Parliament. | 4-6/5: Portuguese national preparatory meeting for Youth Summit (Lisbon) |
| 12-13/5: Joint EU-Africa Senior Official Meeting: to examine the final draft outline, prepare the agenda of the Ministerial Troika and discuss the communiqué to be adopted at the Ministerial Troika - 15/5: EU-Africa Ministerial Troika: adoption of the first outline of the Strategy and a mandate to continue the preparations of the joint strategy - late May: Drafting committee starts drafting Summit Declaration |
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| June | 13/6: National Consultation on ‘European Union – African Union Strategy: A Youth Perspective’ (CAMYOSFOP, Yaounde, Cameroon) - 19-21/6: AU pre-summit Civil Society Forum: should make recommendations to the AU Summit (Accra) |
3-4/6 : ‘Building a strategic partnership between Europe and Africa: new challenges for civil society’ co-organised by VENRO and Coordination Sud - 6/6: First meeting of the Council ad hoc working group. - 7-8/6: CONCORD general assembly: will include session on the future of the EU-Africa partnership. - mid-June: Publication of the EC Communication and EC – Council Secretariat joint paper presenting the way ahead towards the Lisbon Summit and the main issues of the future joint EU-Africa Strategy |
| 12-13/6: Joint expert meeting. Discussion on the roadmap towards the Lisbon Summit. - 25-27/6: EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Wiesbaden, Germany) |
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| July – December: see events | ||
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