Speech: Opening Remarks at EU Conference on Education2013-05-23
Description:European Commission Andris PIEBALGS European Commissioner for Development Speech: EU Conference on Education/Brussels 23 May 2013 Your Royal Highness, Special Envoy, Baroness Ashton, Commissioner Vassiliou, Commissioner Georgieva, Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to this High-level Conference.

Speech - Cooperation: the way forward for Europe and Africa2013-05-13
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech - At the Africa-Central Europe Economic Cooperation Forum during the European Economic Congress/Katowice (Poland) 13 May 2013 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, This afternoon’s session centres on cooperation.

Speech: 1,000 days to step-up our efforts towards the MDGs2013-04-15
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Justice 'A New Dialogue: Putting People at the Heart of Global Development' / Dublin, Ireland 15 April 2013 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, We have just under a thousand days to go before our deadline to...

Speech: Making agricultural development in Africa a good business2013-04-10
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: Agribusiness Forum / Brussels 10 April 2013 Commissioner Cioloş, AUC representatives Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Agriculture in Africa accounts for 65 percent of total employment and 32 percent of GDP.

Speech: Increasing global resources to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria2013-04-09
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech: At the preparatory meeting for the replenishment of the Global Fund / Brussels 9 April 2013 Let me begin by welcoming you all to Brussels for this preparatory meeting for the replenishment of the Global Fund.

The EU confirms its pledge of € 50 million to support an African-led peace operation (AFISMA)2013-01-29
Description:European Commission Andrís Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development AFISMA Donor Conference Mali/Addis Ababa 29 January 2013 I have the honour of leading the delegation of the European Union at this special conference.

Speech - Challenges and opportunities ahead for the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States2012-12-13
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Speech - Opening ceremony of the 7th ACP Summit / Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 13 December 2012 Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to be addressing such a distinguished audience at this very important Summit.

"Energising" Africa for a sustainable development2012-11-16
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Conference of Energy Ministers of Africa (CEMA) / Addis Ababa 16 November 2012 Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Africa is on the move. This message is both true and widely understood.

Building on Africa's potential to further its development2012-11-13
Description:European Commission Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development "Ascending Africa" Development Policy Forum Annual Policy Summit / Brussels 13 November 2012 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, In choosing "Ascending Africa" as the theme for this year's annual policy summit, the Development Policy Forum has once again shown that it understands...

Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development 3 pillars to establish a poverty-free world European Development Days 2012/Brussels 17 October 20122012-10-17
Description:European Commission Fifty-five years ago, on a continent which had been divided and devastated by the Second World War, and was now in the grip of the Cold War, a small group of six nations came together with a vision. In that short time – the historical equivalent of the...