EU-China Summit Briefing-Franz Jessen Francois Godement

About this Event
23 Sep 2009 @ 12:45

EU-China pre-summit briefing:

On Wednesday 23 September 2009 at 12.45 p.m., a briefing was held on EU-China relations with Franz Jessen and Francois Godement at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA).


About the event

Following the EU-China Summit held in Prague in May 2009, at which the global economic and financial crisis, climate change and energy security as well as an exchange of views on regional issues took place, the leaders will once again convene under the aegis of the Swedish Presidency of the EU in Beijing before the end of the year.




About the speaker

Dr. Francois Godement is Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Founding Director of the Asia Centre at SciencesPo. He is co-author of the Power Audit of EU-China Relations, published by the ECFR in April 2009. Mr. Franz Jessen is Head of China Unit in the European Commission Directorate for External Relations (RELEX).




The effectiveness of the EU in promoting development cooperation and humanitarian assistance

About the event:

Gay Mitchell, MEP and member of the European Parliament Committee on Development and Koos Richelle, Director-General of EuropeAid Co-operation Office at the European Commission, discussed this important topic.

On the occasion of this event, Mirjam van Reisens new book Window of Opportunity: EU Development Cooperation after the End of the Cold War was launched. This book provides an account of the history and evolution of EU development co-operation policy as well as examining current issues and priorities and future policies for the coming decades.




About the speakers:

Gay Mitchell is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former member of the European Parliament Committee on Development

Koos Richelle is Director-General of EuropeAid Co-operation Office at the European Commission

The author, Mirjam van Reisen, is the founder and Director of Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA), a Brussels-based centre of expertise on the EU's external policies and is the author of numerous publications on the EUs policies and their impact on poverty eradication.

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