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Ahead of the European Development Days (16th to 17th of October 2012), the EU-China Roundtable jointly hosted by the Members of the European Parliament, Elmar Brok, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Reinhard Bütikofer, BICCS, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, will address crucial questions such as

• how could the EU and China in an effort to seek commonalities, cooperate on African development? Are there chances for joint strategies to ensure mutual benefit for the triangle EU-China-Africa?

• how can the private sector and civil society in African countries be engaged in order to monitor Chinese investments and development assistance?

• will the global economic crisis deepen Sino-African relations and increase the de-linkage of African economies from traditional partners;

External experts will be:

• Liu Lirong, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Centre for European Studies, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University

• Prof. Dr. Helmut Asche, German Institute for Development Evaluation

• Paulo Camutenha, Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Angola to the European Union

Please contact mned.brussels@kas.de for registration. If you need access to the parliament buildings, please include your nationality, date of birth, place of residence and passport number in the registration.