The ACP-EU technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the European Commission, the EU Presidency, the ACP Group, Euforic, Concord, and other partners organize regular development briefing sessions in Brussels on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation. The 'blips' recorded during these sessions capture opinion, impressions and key messages form speakers, audience and organisers.To know more, visit http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Notre invité pour la semaine est Mr. Tony Kingsley, coordinateur du développement international chez Price Waterhouse and Coopers (PwC). On a rencontré Mr. Kingsley au stand de PwC pendant les journées européeennes du développement. Mr. Kingsley nous raconte dans cette interview comment une compagnie de comptables comme PwC intervient dans la coopération pour le développement. CTA Weblog: http://bruxelles.cta.int/ PwC: http://www.pwc.com/
Our video guest this week is Mr. Tony Kingsley, the coordinator of international development at Price Waterhouse and Coopers (PwC). We met Mr. Kingsley at the exhibition stand of PwC during the European Development Days 2010 in Brussels . We wanted to know from Mr. Kingsley how a private accountancy firm is getting involved in international development.
Notre invité vidéo pour la semaine est Mr. Sabaly, le nouveau président de l'APROCA. Dans cette interview, Mr. Sabaly nous explique la situation de la fillière cotonnière en Afrique. Il jette lumière sur les conséquences de la hausse du cours du coton récemment constatée.
Our video guest this week is Mr. Sabaly, the new President of the Association of African Coton Producers (APROCA) based in Bamako. In this interview, Mr. Sably explains the main challenges faced by the african Coton industry. He elaborates especially on the fact that increase in coton prices does not necessarily mean increase in revenues of the Africa coton growers. APROCA: http://www.aproca.net/
Our video guests this week are Ms. Joyce Kamwana and Mr. Micheal Gwaba. Both are ambassadors of the Here I am Campaign. This campaign aims at sensitizing and increasing political support from donor countries for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by bringing closer human stories from the field and demonstrating the impacts of the Global Fund on the ground. In this interview, Ms. Kamwana and Mr. Gwaba talk about the impact of the Global Fund in ACP rural areas and the chall...
Notre invite vidéo pour la semaine est Dr. James Kisia, secrétaire général adjoint de la Croix Rouge au Kenya. A l’occasion de sa visite à Bruxelles, Dr. Kisia nous accordé une interview où il a expliqué le travaille de la Croix Rouge au Kenya, le lien entre l’agriculture et la santé ainsi que les actions entrepris pour combattre la malaria. C’est dans ce contexte que Dr. Kisia était venu présenter à la Commission européenne un rapport sur ‘les soins de la malaria à domicile’. C’est le résulta...
Our video guest this week is Dr. James Kisia. He is the Deputy Secretary General of the Red Cross in Kenya. On the occasion of his visit to Brussels, Dr. Kisia gave us an interview where he explained the work of the Red Cross in Kenya, the link between health and agriculture and the actions undertaken to win the fight against malaria. In this context, Dr. Kisia has come to Brussels to present a report on ‘home management of malaria’ at the European Commission. This is the result of an operatio...
Notre invite video pour la semaine est Mr. Pedersen, il est le directeur du Bureau de Liaison avec l’Union européenne et la Belgique. Dans cette interview, il explique comment la FAO travaille avec l’UE. EN plus, Mr. Pedersen se penche sur les efforts de la FAO pour atteindre les Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement. E n particulier, Mr. Pedersen insiste sur le rôle joué par la FAO dans le domaine de la sécurité alimentaire. Il présente les différentes actions et campagne menés FAO, c...
Our video gues this week is Mr. Pedersen; he is the director of the FAO Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium. In this interview Mr. Pedersen explains how the FAO is working with the EU. Furthermore, Mr. Pedersen elaborates on the work of the FAO towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, Mr. Pedersen stresses on the issue of food security. He presents the various actions and campaigns, such as the 1 billion hungry campaign, to illustrate the work done...
Our video guest this week is Mr. Jean-Marie Ndayishimiye, the technical coordinator of CAPAD. The CAPAD is a Confederation of Farmer’s Associations in Burundi. On the occasion of his visit to the CTA Brussel’s Office, Mr. Ndayishimiye accorded to us an interview, in which he presents the organization and activities of the CAPAD. Mr. Ndayishimiye explains how the CAPAD helps to improve the supply capacities of farmers in Burundi. In particular, he speaks about the programs for small scale farme...