Europaudvalget 2020-21
EUU Alm.del Bilag 557
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Draft Programme
Conference on the role of Parliaments in
deepening the EU-Africa relationship
21 june 2021
Remote Participation
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ALL TIME SPECIFICATIONS REFER TO CEST
Monday | 21 june 2021
14:30
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14:45
Opening session
Welcome address by the President of the
Assembleia da República,
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Introductory remarks by the President of the Pan-African Parliament, Roger Nkodo Dang
(tbc)
14:45
–
14:50
Testemunho
Video message by the Representative of the Portuguese Non-Governmental Development
Organisations Platform
14:50
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16:10
The EU-ACP cooperation and the role of Parliaments
Moderator: Catarina Rocha Ferreira, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Portuguese Communities, Assembleia da República
Speakers:
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G
eorges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, ACP Secretary-General
(tbc)
o
Carlos Zorrinho, Chair of the European Parliament delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary
Assembly
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Representative of a national Parliament
(tbc)
o
Koen Doens, European Commission Director-General of the Directorate General for International
Partnerships
(tbc)
Debate
16:10
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16:15
16:15
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17:40
<< Break>>
The new EU-Africa strategy: the role of national Parliaments
Moderator: Rita Borges Madeira, Member of the European Affairs Committee, Assembleia da
República
Speakers:
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Representative of the African Union
(tbc)
o
María Soraya Rodríguez, Chair of the EP Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament
(tbc)
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Representative of a national Parliament
(tbc)
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CPLP representative (Cape Verde)
(tbc)
Debate
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17:40
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18:00
Closing session
Speakers:
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Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation - Co-Founder of the Africa Europe
Foundation
(tbc)
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Luís Capoulas Santos, Chair of the European Affairs Committee
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Augusto Santos Silva, Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs