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Development Policy Forum (DPF)
The Development Policy Forum (DPF) is a partnership between the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe – Les Amis de l’Europe, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), United Nations, World Bank and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), with support from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Yara International, and in association with the European Commission’s Directorate General Development and Relations with ACP States. The aim of this partnership is to systematically study future issues in terms of development policy via lively debates and written in-depth analyses.
All partners have observed the growing need for an appropriate and neutral platform to debate and analyze development policy issues in Brussels. A large number of debates on development only take place occasionally or are initiated by the very actors of European development policy. In order to stimulate a wider interest in these issues, DPF offers a new platform in Brussels to address such topics.DPF aims to:
- raise awareness to development issues;
- foster debate on specific and interconnected issues relating to policy, the economy and society;
- gather political authorities, national, international and European members of organizations linked to development, reviewers and representatives of the business world in order to discuss and debate development issues.
The key elements of the debates, as well as the reports published during the DPFs, are widely disseminated by Friends of Europe – Les Amis de l’Europe in order to draw attention to the main conclusions both in Europe and at the international level.
Publication in partnership
Monday 6 December 2010
"The Sars and swine flu pandemics served as wake-up calls that disease is no longer confined to any one country’s borders and provoked unprecedented levels of cooperation between a multitude of stakeholders from governments to ordinary citizens. Nevertheless global health remains an elusive goal."
CHARNOZ, Olivier (AFD) and Paul Forster (Institute of Development Studies - IDS). "Six lessons for global health governance from Indonesia’s avian flu crisis", Creating a global health policy worthy of the name, (6-7 December 2010), pp. 30-31.
This research paper prepared in the framework of the Development Policy Forum evaluates the performances of the EU in terms of health and explores the challenges and possibilities of a truly global health strategy. The paper includes contributions from specialists from different backgrounds, including political leaders, supranational institutions, international agencies, academics, professionals and actors from civil society.
This document was published to mark the European Development Days 2010.
Each year, the EU-Africa Summit is organized as the highlight of the DPF. During this edition, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs of the African Union, spoke about the consequences of globalization for Africa. Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, explained how the continent is beginning to take more control of its own development path.
The issues addressed in this summary of debates include: enhancing partnerships with Africa, the continent’s energy and environmental challenges, and the need for innovative solutions in order to meet requirements in terms of infrastructure and human resources.
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