Brussels Briefing 37: Building resilience of SIDS through trade and agribusiness development

About the Brussels Briefings

The ACP-EU technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the European Commission, the EU Presidency, the ACP Group,Concord, and other partners organize regular development Briefing sessions in Brussels on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation.
Thetarget groupof such Briefings is the wider ‘development’ community in Brussels (EC services, European Parliament, NGOs and networks, ACP group, EU Member States representatives…).

Objectives of the Briefing on Resilience and Agribusiness in SIDS

To improve information sharing and promote networking, the CTA, DG DEVCO from the European Commission, the ACP Secretariat, and Concord organise bimonthly briefings on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation. The Briefing on 11^th July 2014 will address issues related to vulnerabilities and opportunities for ACP small island economies. It will: (i) raise awareness on economic challenges in SIDS; (ii) increase exchange of information and expertise on economic and trade resilience of SIDS; (iii) capture key messages from the Briefing for the upcoming SIDS Conference in Samoa; and (iv) facilitate networking amongst development partners.