Welcome

The European Commission, the German Presidency of the European Union and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development have convened the Second European Forum on Sustainable Rural Development.

Conference Report

English (PDF, 1.5 MB) French (PDF, 1.5 MB) German version under preparation.

special supplement to Agriculture and Rural Development English (PDF, 330 kB)

Documentation

Opening event Opening event Working Groups Key notes Input papers Reporting back Closing Session Closing Session Evaluation Evaluation others Brown bag lunches Audio recordings Photos News flash

Photos

Press Downloads

21.06.2007 English press release background information Français Communique de presse Contexte Deutsch Pressemitteilung Hintergrundinformation Opening Speech by Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul opening speech Eröffnungsrede Audio (MP3, 5.6 MB) Audio Stream (M3U)

partners: European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany

Berlin, Germany
June 18-21, 2007

at Radialsystem and EnergieForum

Topics and
Working Groups

Theme 1
Rural livelihoods in Africa in the face of globalisation

Theme 2
Environmental issues in rural development

Theme 3
Economic and political reforms required to support rural development in Africa

Theme 4
Regional integration in Africa and its implications for rural development

Theme 5
Aid effectiveness, harmonisation and alignment