EU
19 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 April 2012: The Pacific-European Network (PACE-Net) Conference, which convened under the theme “Strengthening Pacific-European Collaboration in Research, Development, and Innovation,” featured workshops on water, agriculture and forestry, natural hazards, fisheries, and mid-term research, development and innovation policies.
The Conference, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 20-23 March 2012, brought together over 100 senior researchers and officials from Europe,...
18 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 April 2012: With the aim of reinforcing its cooperation with Pacific countries to help address the impacts of climate change, including the effects of rising sea levels, the European Commission has issued a joint communication titled “Towards a renewed EU-Pacific development partnership.” The partnership aims to effectively address climate change and development in a coordinated manner.
Jointly issued by Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy...
17 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2012: The European Union (EU) has launched the “Energising Development” Initiative, which aims to provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in the developing world, within the framework of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
Launched during the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 16 April 2012, the Initiative has a number of components, including plans to launch a new EU Technical Assistance...
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 April 2012: The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) has released the training module used in a recent overseas countries and territories (OCTs) workshop on mainstreaming climate change into national development planning and budgeting.
The OCT Workshop, which took place from 27-28 January 2012, in Brussels, Belgium, was one of a series. A first workshop was held in Vanuatu in the Pacific in February-March 2011, another session took place in Maseru, Lesotho, in October 2011, and two sessions ...
02 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 March 2012: The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the European Commission (EC) signed three financial agreements totaling €82.6 million (about US$110 million) to promote Caribbean integration and aid in the realization of CARIFORUM’s implementation commitments under the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The first agreement, worth €8.6 million, will be implemented by the Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS...
