EP Hearing on the Green Paper, the DCI and China and Launch SW Report 2010

Mr Gay Mitchell MEP, Eurostep and Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) would like to invite you to a hearing at the European Parliament on The Green Paper, the DCI and China. The hearing comes at a moment where the EU is re-assessing its future development cooperation and funding mechanisms beyond 2015 for the period 2014 - 2020.

The hearing will be chaired by Simon Stocker from Eurostep.

Speakers include:

• Roberto Bissio, Social Watch
• Arjun Karki, LDC Watch
• Olivier Consolo, Concord
• Denise Auclair, CIDSE
• Barbara Specht, WIDE
• Pramesh Kumar Hamal, Embassy of Nepal
• Himanshu Jha, NSWC India
• Lara Oliveira, Researcher
• European Commission

If you are interested in participating in the hearing, please send your contact details to Irene Vallentinuzzi ivallentinuzzi@eepa.beThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and Alexander Harvey aharvey@eepa.beThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call +32 2 238 50 53, by Monday 15th November.

If you require a security pass for the European Parliament please contact us by Friday 12th November latest.

Date & Time: 17 November 2010, 13:30-15:00

You can find some pictures of the hearing in our Photo Library.

Relevant documents:

• Programme of the Hearing
• Biographies of the Speakers
• The Green Paper on EU Development Policy
• Joint EEPA-Eurostep Letter to President Buzek concerning the DCI and Power Delegation
• Strenghtening Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Development Cooperation
  (By Prof Dr Mirjam van Reisen, Director of EEPA)
• Joint Eurostep-Hivos Press Release on Renewable Energy and Development