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Working Group 4.2
Regional integration and EPAs. How can rural producers adapt to the new competitive environment? Impacts and adaptation
English speaking working group
Resource persons
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Agayo Ogambi (Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry) - Cris Muyunda (COMESA)
- Mareike Meyn (ODI)
- Jean-René Cuzon (UEMOA)
Moderators
Questions to guide working group discussions
- What progress has been made in EPA negotiations affecting Africa? What is the likely shape of future agreements? What are the obstacles to progress?
- What progress has been made in regional trade liberalisation in Africa? What are the remaining obstacles?
- What has been learned from research on the positive and negative impacts of EPAs and regional trade liberalisation on rural communities?
- How can rural communities be assisted to adapt to the new competitive environment?
- What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?
These questions illustrate the range of issues that could be addressed by the working groups. While they should not be considered to be the only issues that may be discussed, and participants are at liberty to raise others that fall within the scope of the working groups, presenters are asked to consider giving priority to some of these questions.
Please note that all working groups are asked to consider: What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?
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
Mareike Meyn
