As a follow-up to the 5th African Union-European Union Summit, the seminar reflected on some of the main topics of the Summit and the current EU-Africa agenda in the light of the presidency priority of the Czech Republic in the United Nations Economic and Social Council “Toward sustainable, resilient and inclusive societies through participation of all”, with a special focus on youth.
Speakers:
Martina Dlabajová, Member of the European Parliament
H.E. José Filomeno Monteiro, Ambassador of Cape Verde in Brussels
Kgopodiso Mosinki, Chargé d’affaires of Botswana in Brussels
Kristin de Peyron, Head of Division, Pan-African Affairs, EEAS
Léonard Matala-Tala, lecturer, Université de Lorraine
Geert Laporte, Deputy Director, ECDPM
Introduction: Kateřina Fialková, Czech Republic ECOSOC Presidency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Closing remarks: Ivan Jančárek, Junior Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Moderator: Giulia Maci, ETTG Coordinator
The seminar was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic together with the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), under the auspices of Věra Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality.
The seminar ended sharing a glass of wine.
