New actors

On 2 July, CTA and other partners organised the sixth ‘Brussels Development Briefing’ – part of a series of discussion meetings on ACP-EU development issues. This briefing focused on the issues: ‘New drivers, new players in ACP rural development’.

Introductory remarks

Hansjörg Neun, CTA
Lluis Riera Figueras, DG Development, European Commission

Objectives and Programme of the Briefing

Isolina Boto, CTA [presentation]

Perspective from the farmer’s organisations

Ndiougou Fall, ROPPA [video interview]

Panel 1: New actors in the global aid system: opportunities and challenges

Olga Sulla, World Bank [executive summary - presentation]
Akin Adesina, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) [presentation - video interview]
Rudolf Buntzel, Concord [executive summary - video interview]

Discussant: H.E. Mr. Sutiawan Gunessee, Ambassador of Mauritius

Panel 2: New donors from the South, new approaches?

Hannah Edinger, Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa [executive summary - presentation - video interview]
Jian-Ye Wang, African Department, International Monetary Fund [executive summary - presentation - video interview]
Uwe Wissembach, Coordinator for Africa-China relations, European Commission [video interview]

Discussant: H.E. Brave Ndisale, Ambassador of Malawi [video interview]

Panel 3: Towards coordination, shared responsibility and accountability

Christoph Langenkamp, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development [presentation - video interview]
H.E. Ambassador Keiji Yamamoto [executive summary - presentation] and Motofumi Kohara, Rural Development Department, JICA, Japan [executive summary - presentation - video interview]
Amadou Allahoury Diallo, NEPAD/CAADP [executive summary - presentation - video interview]

Discussant: H.E. Mr. Waven William, member of Parliament of Seychelles and Member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, co-rapporteur of the report on Aid effectiveness and public development aid

Debate