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Colloquium Programme, 31 October 2007
The European Union and Africa— Challenges and strategies for the future
Jointly presented by the Centre For European Studies, University of Johannesburg and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Venue: Pretoria Country Club, Waterkloof, Pretoria
08.30 – 09.00: Registration
09.00-09.10: Welcome
Werner Böhler (Resident Representative KAS)
Gerrit Olivier (Director CES, UJ)
09.10 – 09.20:Opening Statements
Portuguese Ambassador (EU Presidency)
Head of Political and Economic Section EU Delegation to South Africa,
Mr Jorge Peydro-Aznar
09.20 - 10.20: Keynote Presentations
Michael Gahler (Member EU Parliament)
Louis Kasekende (Chief Economist African Development Bank)
10.20 - 10.30: Tea
10.30 - 11.30: EU South African/African Strategic Partnerships: Meaning, role and impact from an African perspective.
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (SAIIA)
Jan van Vollenhoven (DFA)
Discussants:
Romy Chevallier (SAIIA)
Jorge Peydro Aznar (EU)
General Discussion
11.30 - 13.00: EU Development Policies in Africa: New ways or more of the same?
James Mackie (ECDPM, Brussels)
Thomas Fues (German Development Institute)
Discussants
Elsebé Loots (Monash University)
EU Representative
General Discussion
13.00 - 14.30: Lunch
14.30 - 16.00: Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and SADC: Present status and implications for the future.
Mr Xavier Carim (DTI)
Brendan Vickers(IGD)
Peter Draper(SAIIA)
Eva Bursvik (EU)
General Discussion
16.00 - 16.15: Tea
16.15 - 17.30: The EU’s role in African Security, Peacekeeping and Post-conflict reconstruction.
John Kotsopoulos (European Security and Global Governance, Brussels)
Discussants.
Maxi Schoeman (UP)
Marc Jurgens (DFA)
General Discussion
17.30 - 18.30: The EU a regional integration model for Africa?
Sven Grimm (German Development Institute, Bonn)
Discussants
Lorenzo Fioremonte (UP)
Gerrit Olivier (UJ)
18.30-20.30: Closure and Cocktail Reception