8-11 September. Brussels. CTA co-organised with the ACP Secretariat the Trade advisory group. It aims at providing formal guidance to the CTA Trade programme in terms of content/issues to be covered/prioritised, type of products/activities to be supported and modes of operations.In order to provide formal guidance to its programme in terms of content/issues to be covered/prioritised, type of products/activities to be supported and possible synergies with other ACP and EU organisations, CTA set up a Trade Advisory Group.
The workshop provided an opportunity for:
- creating or strengthening partnerships
- discussing and sharing experiences on specific and topical issues in trade
- making a significant and long-term contribution to CTA’s agricultural trade programme.
Related:
Agritrade-CTA's web portal on international agricultural trade issues in the context of ACP-EU relations. Agritrade provides update information and analysis on key topics for ACP including EPA, WTO, CAP reform, food safety as well as major commodities such as sugar, banana, cotton and fisheries issues.
The next Brussels Development Briefing will be held in Brussels on 23rd September 2009 from 8h30 to 13h00 on “Upgrading to compete in a globalised world: What opportunities and challenges for SMEs in agriculture in ACP countries?”.
