Sixty years and beyond: contributing to development cooperation

High level conference on EU development cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation , 27 April 2017 | 10.30 – 14.00 DRAFT PROGRAMME

09.30 – 10.30 Registration

10.30 – 11.00 Welcome plenary session

Ode to Joy performed by “Ladri di carrozzelle” and “Coro Altavoce” directed by Federico Capranica Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,

Neven Mimica

European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development

Chair: Pietro Sebastiani, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Stravedo per la Vita performed by “Ladri di carrozzelle” and “Coro Altavoce” directed by Federico Capranica

11.00 – 12.00 From the Treaty of Rome towards a renewed development policy

Marcel Amon Tanoh Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivory Coast Jean-Marie Le Guen Minister of State for Development and Francophonie, France Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica Parliamentary State Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia Rolf Steltemeier German Presidency of G20, Deputy Director General and Representative European Affairs, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

Patrick I. Gomes Secretary General - African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Stefano Manservisi Director General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission Former Chair: Chrispian Balmer, Reuters

Il mondo performed by “Ladri di carrozzelle” and “Coro Altavoce” directed by Federico Capranica

12.00 – 12.30 Coffee

12.30 – 13.30 Working together: new partnerships, actors and tools to build on Luca Lazzaroli Director General of the European Investment Bank Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi Head of Development cooperation coordination Division, European External Action Service Luis Tejada Chacón Director of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, Spain Lisa Ferrarini Vice President for Europe of Confindustria, Italy Fabio Gallia CEO of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Italy Prof. Winnie V. Mitullah Director of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya Seamus Jeffreson Director of Concord Europe Chair: Laura Frigenti, Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Italy

13.30 – 14.00 Closing remarks

video message by High Representative of for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice- President of the European Commission Stefano Manservisi Director General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission Mario Giro Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Chair: Pietro Sebastiani, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

International Conference Hall Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation P.le della Farnesina, 1 Rome

Italian, English, French

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