Guyanese concerns over basis for loss of SPAM funding Press articles suggest that the government of Guyana has certain concerns over the basis for the withdrawal of €6 million in budget support under t... 01/07/2009
Making ‘aid for trade’ concrete An IDS policy brief on the ‘aid for trade’ debate notes that to date ‘aid for trade’ initiatives ‘have often not been translated into a set of clea... 31/05/2009
EU ‘SPAM’ funding comes under the spotlight At the 11th special ACP ministerial meeting on sugar Guyana’s prime minister, Samuel Hinds, has criticised the EU sugar-protocol accompanying-measu... 31/05/2009
Using regionally owned funds to deliver ‘aid for trade’ The ECDPM has produced a discussion paper looking at the ‘pros and cons’ of using regionally owned funds to deliver ‘aid for trade’ support to ACP... 01/05/2009
CAP reform allows launch of the ‘food facility’ Addressing the European Parliament, Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel highlighted the more positive role the EU was playing international in ag... 01/05/2009
‘Aid for trade’ and EPAs are assessed The ECDPM has posted an assessment of the state of play with regard to the ‘aid for trade’ and EPA discussions. It traces the EU’s role in developi... 25/03/2009
French government is to pay back illegal support to fruit-and-vegetable producers The EC has found that more than €330 million of state aid granted to French fruit-and-vegetable farmers from 1992 and 2002 was in contravention of... 25/03/2009
Support to private storage for EU butter is reintroduced Introducing the Council agreement on the CAP health check in the European Parliament the Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel highlighted... 01/01/2009
Use of RIP funds is discussed The annex to the joint communiqué of the high-level meeting on ‘accelerating regional integration in eastern and southern Africa and the Indian Oce... 29/08/2008
The EC announces a €1billion food-price facility On July 18th 2008 the EC launched a proposal for the establishment of a €1 billion special facility to assist developing-country farmers to improve... 29/08/2008