Virtual global meeting September 2020

On this page you will find all the information related to the virtual global meeting with the new DG DEVCO Director General Koen Doens, held on 15 September 2020.

General background documents

• Agenda (EN, FR, ES)
• Concept Note (EN, FR, ES)
• Written inputs and key recommendations made by PFD members on EU programming (August 2020)
• Summary of the regional meetings in July (EN, FR, ES)
• Analysis PFD survey April/May 2020 (EN, FR, ES)
• Factsheet New Priorities European Commission
• 2020 Strategic Foresight Report of the European Commission
• Key summary of the meeting in EN, FR, ES
• PFD in Brief EN, FR, ES

Speakers' interventions

Introduction

• Frédéric Vallier, PFD co-chair Local Authorities
• Tanya Cox, PFD co-chair Civil Society

Feedback from the four regional meetings

• Asia and the Pacific: Bernadia Tjandradewi, United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific
• Africa: Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, United Cities and Local Government Africa
• Europe and the Neighbourhood: Georgia Papoutsi, International Co-operative Alliance
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Valter Bittencourt, ITUC Americas

PFD Constituencies

• Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development
• Marc Noël, International Co-operative Alliance
• Paola Simonetti, International Trade Union Confederation
• Emilia Saiz, United Cities and Local Governments
• Claire Frost, Commonwealth Local Government Forum
• Mohammed Touzani, Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc
• Nadya Hernandez, Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support
• Carine Nsoudou, Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform

Wrap-up:

• Frédéric Vallier, PFD co-chair Local Authorities
• Tanya Cox, PFD co-chair Civil Society

Green Deal

• Website A European Green Deal – Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent
• Green Deal Narrative

Growth and Jobs

• Employment and decent work

Inequalities

• Commission staff working document “Implementation of the new European Consensus on Development – Addressing inequality in partner countries”
• Addressing inequality in partner countries – Council conclusions (25 November 2019)

Digitalisation

• Factsheet Shaping Europe’s Digital Future EN, FR, ES
• Press release on digital for development

NDICI and programming

• Factsheet EU Budget for the Future
• Questions and answers: the EU budget for external action in the MFF

COVID-19 Response 

•  Website EU global response to COVID 
•  Communication on the Global EU response to COVID-19