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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