Roundtable meeting: EU Budget Review - Consolidation of the Budget for Development Co-operation

Brussels, 10/06/08: Eurostep and the South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) today organised a roundtable meeting EU Budget Review: Consolidation of the Budget for Development Co-operation in the context of the ongoing EU Budget review and the Commission's call for submission of public inputs. The event was facilitated by Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA).

The roundtable resulted in interactive deliberations between civil representatives from South Asia, Latin America and the European Neighbourhood Policy countries, and members from the Commission, the Parliament, Member States, African embassies and European NGOs.

• Click here to see the meeting programme.
• Click here to read Eurostep's briefing paper on the EU Budget review.
• Click here to read EEPA's briefing paper on the European External Action Service (EEAS).
• Click here to read the speech given by Neena Gill MEP.
• Click here to view the video message by Neena Gill MEP.
• Click here to see our Photo Library with the pictures from the roundtable.
• Click here to submit your contribution to the European Commission's consultation on the EU Budget review (Closing date: Sunday 15 June 2008).