EDD2016: DEAR pioneer talks

Are you in Brussels for the EDDs? Come and join us during coffee breaks!You can grab a fairly traded cup of coffee and sit with us for a few precious minutes where you can hear the 1970s and 1980s pioneers that worked in the beginning of Development Education budget line, tell you how it all started four decades ago.The DEAR café: Pioneer talks take place within the EDD Village, at Stand 22 - and will give you an opportunity to listen to France Marion or Vincent Dowd - who were EC staff when it all started - or Pierre Galand and Menotti Bottazzi who were the pioneers from NGOs at the time - respectively Oxfam Belgique and CCFD.DEAR café: Pioneer talks (Stand 22)

15th June – 11h to 11h30 and beyond (starting on the coffee break 11h00)

_Why EC supported DE(AR) four decades ago?

- (Moderator) Lucia Parducci - EC DEVCO B2

- Peter Anton Reithinger - former EC DG VIII, Service ONG 

- Vincent Dowd – former EC DG VIII,  Service ONG

15th June – 15h30 to 16h00 and beyond (starting on the coffee break)

_DEAR in the 70s: How it all started?

- (Moderator) Paolo Barabesi - EC DEVCO B2

- Marion France – former EC DG VIII, Service ONG

- Pierre Galand - Former President Oxfam / CLONG

- Menotti Bottazzi, Former President CCFD / CLONG

16th June - 11h to 11h30 and beyond (starting on the coffee break)

_DE and EC support: impact of first years

- (Moderator) Joseph Schermesser, Head of Sector DEAR Programme

- Menotti Bottazzi, Former President CCFD / CLONG

- Marion France – former EC DG VIII, Service ONG

- Peter Anton Reithinger - former EC DG VIII, Head Service ONG

Come and join us!