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Agricultural Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa -

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has promoted the integrated agriculture research for development (IAR4D) approach based on an innovation
systems framework.



Using small-scale adaptations to address food crisis in the Horn of Africa -

paper by Richard Munang and Johnson N. Nkem



Special Economic Zones for South Africa -

Paul Kruger, a tralac Researcher, discusses Special Economic Zones for South Africa.



A European Trade Paradigm for African Trade -

Paul Collier: Europe’s current troubles with the Euro should not detract from its success in liberating intra-regional trade: this is a model worth Africa emulating.



Africa: Continent Begins to Rise Above Aid -

11th January, Nairobi — An increasing number of African countries are beginning to step away from aid dependency, as the domestic private sector becomes the engine of growth across much of Africa.
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The Following steps could be considered at country level:

  1. Contact the European delegation and the National Authorising Officer and request information on the programming process in the region and in the country.
  2. Ask the European delegation for a meeting to discuss the process.
  3. Ask the National Authorising Officer for a meeting to discuss the process.
  4. Ask the European Delegation whether civil society organisations have been contacted by the delegation as part of this process or have shown interest to engage.
  5. Ask the European Delegation for relevant documents and the outcome of the regional meeting that was held at the beginning of the programming exercise (January-March 2006).
  6. Identify whether CSOs are already engaged and/or interested in engaging in the programming process.
  7. Share any useful information with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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The mid-term review

A New Framework for European Relations with Africa, speech by Nick Westcott, Managing Director Africa EEAS, 18th October 2011 (English)
EU relations with Civil Society and Local Authorities in development, following the Structured Dialogue consultations: Role of delegations (English)
Briefing Paper from the Concord Cotonou Working Group: Civil society involvement in the review of the 10th European Development Fund (English)
Letter from DG Development to Delegations on extending deadline for consultations on the MTR to 15 November (English)
Response letter from Commission to EU NGOs on civil society engagement in the mid-term review (English)
Letter from EU NGOs to the Commission on civil society engagement in the mid-term review (English)
Please click here to engage in the mid-term review.
Please click here for our blog on the mid-term review.
The European Commission has now adopted the guidelines for the MTRs (English) (French)
EC Delegations in ACP countries should now be preparing consultations with civil society and other non state actors. The in-country stage runs from July to mid October. See timetable As of 16 October 2009 the deadline for the "in-country" phase has been extended to 15 November
A toolkit has been prepared to provide orientation for civil society actors to engage in the MTR (English) (French)
The EC has proposed a road map for engaging civil society in the MTRs (English) (French)
WWF orientation paper for the MTR (English)
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