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European Economic and Social Committee
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ACP-EU Follow-up CommitteeLetter No625/2010 rev. / Brussels,3 May 2010
NOTICE OF MEETING
SECTION FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS
ACP-EU Follow-up Committee
The president, Mr Jahier, invites you to attend the meeting of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee, to be held at the Committee building, 99 rue Belliard, 1040 Brusselson 18 and 19 May, beginning at 2.30 p.m.
The draft agenda is as follows:
18 May(2.30 p.m.)
1.Adoption of the draft agenda
2.The opportunities and challenges of the implementation of the EU-Africa Strategy
Europe-Africa Research Network (EARN)
Discussion
3.Assessment of the 7th Partnership of the EU-Africa Strategy on "Migration, Mobility and Employment"
Mr Darmuzey, Head of the Panafrican Issues and Institutions, Migration and Governance Unit, DG Development, European Commission
Mr José Matres, Senior Advisor at the Secretariat General for Consular Affairs and Migrations at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, European Chef de File for the Migration, Mobility and Employment Partnership
Embassy of Libya, lead African Union coordinator on the 7thPartnership (t.b.c.)
Ms Hoferlin (ITUC) and Ms Clotuche (ETUC), Coordinators of the EU Civil Society Steering Committee
Discussion
4.Preparation of the 11th Regional Seminar of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups, Addis Ababa, 7 to 9 July 2010
Objectives and draft programme of the seminar
Report on sustainable food security in ACP countries
7.15 p.m.Dinner for the members of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee
Restaurant "Les petits ognions"
13, notre Seigneur Street
1000 Brussels
19 May (9 a.m.)
5.Monitoring of the negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs):
Presentation by DG Trade, European Commission
Presentation by the ACP secretariat
Exchange of views with members
6.Information on the participation of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee in the 19th session of the ACPEU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Tenerife, Spain, 29 March to 1 April 2010
7.Review of the activities of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee
8.Any other business
9.Date of the next meeting.
Working languages: / EN-FR-ITInterpreting: (5/3) / CS-EN-FR-IT-PT into EN-FR-IT
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