Welcome

Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rural Africa: How can Europe be a more effective partner?

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

Final Conference Report, Second European Forum on Sustainable Rural Development

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