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		<title>Simon is appointed to Andris Piebalgs’ Scientific Advisory Board</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that Simon Maxwell has been appointed a Founder Member of European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs’ Scientific Advisory Board for EU development policy. After the publication of the Commission&#8217;s new development strategy &#8211; &#8216;An Agenda for Change&#8217;, the Scientific Board is another step to further modernise EU development policy. The other members are: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1245&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting report: The European Commission launches its latest trade strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU is the most open trading bloc in the world, around three quarters of EU imports from developing countries are duty free &#8211; this is a much larger share than imports to the US and China. However, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) continue to account for a low share of global trade, experiencing an increase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1236&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The European Commission’s legislative proposals for financing EU Development Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, the European Commission unveiled its package of legislative proposals on the EU’s external action instruments for the period 2014-20 as part of the negotiations on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s spending review. Mikaela Gavas has written an ODI Background Note analysing the changes introduced by the instruments of direct relevance to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1228&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simon and Siân give evidence to the IDC inquiry on EU development assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Development Committee recently called Simon Maxwell and Siân Herbert to give oral evidence at a session for the inquiry into EU development assistance. The session covered a vast array of issues including: The EU&#8217;s new development strategy &#8211; An Agenda for Change;  The comparative advantages of the EC, compared to both bilateral and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1230&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The EU’s policy on differentiation: Tackling poverty and global challenges?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 2 February, Siân Herbert gave a presentation at a workshop in Copenhagen, discussing the EU’s new policy on ‘differentiation’ (‘Differentiation’ means reassessing aid to middle income countries). The workshop was hosted by Concord Denmark, the Danish NGO platform for EU development work, and attended by a variety of Danish NGOs. The objective of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1216&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EDCSP visit the European Parliament</title>
		<link>http://international-development.eu/2012/02/05/edcsp-pay-a-visit-to-the-european-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Maxwell and Mikaela Gavas recently spent two days at the European Parliament, meeting MEPs and Committee Secretariat staff. Their objectives were (a) to understand better how the EP works, (b) to map who is doing what on the current EU agenda, especially the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, (c) to exchange views on the MFF, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=international-development.eu&amp;blog=12201170&amp;post=1210&amp;subd=internationaldevelopmenteu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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