The ACP-EU Courier | Number 14 (November-December 2009)

Summary:

This issue of the ACP-EU Courier magazine includes the following items:

• Profile
  • Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament
  • Stephen T.K. Katenta-Apuli, Ambassador of Uganda to the EU
• Editorial
• To the Point
  • Hansjorg Neun, Director of the CTA:
    • A hands-on practitioner assisting ACP farmers
• Round Up
• Dossier
  • Science becomes part of cooperation
    • the lost, forgotten-even exhumed riches from Africa
    • Radioscopy of a continent
    • Science at the service of sustainable development
    • the South African powerhouse
    • Cuba, where science and development go hand in hand
    • Data sharing to improve medical research
    • The brain drain headache
• Interaciton
  • European Development Days, Stockholm
  • African continent headlines Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize 2009
  • AU-EU Strategy two years on...
  • Action plan on track to build Africa-EU transport links
  • "For South Africa to succeed, our region and the whole of Africa must succeed"
• Civil Society on the Move
  • Development NGOs concerned about new European priorities
  • TRIALOG: matching the sides of the NGO triangle
• Trade
  • Common Fund for Commodities comes of age
• Zoom
  • Boubacar Boris Diop:
    • "We can't rely on the Berlin Wall any more"
• Our Planet
  • African bees for development
• Report
  • Seychelles
    • Almost a national emblem:
      • Beauty, liberty, security, hospitality-and farniente
    • A well-tempered suite
    • Success of reforms follows the spectre of bankruptcy
    • "To survive, be strong economically. To be strong, work hard.' The days of the begging bowl are over" Interview with President James Alix Michel
    • Seychelles-EU co-operation: Interview with Alesandro Mariani, EU head of Delegation
    • A broad alliance to combat Somali piracy
    • Wavel Ramkalawan: Time to put an end to partisan politics
    • Cultural cauldron
• Discovering Europe
  • Shannon
    • Shannon, where Irish history is repeating itself
    • From the 'wild geese' to the European Tiger
    • A long-standing sense of solidarity
    • the unfailing support of the Irish people
    • "The region faces huge challenges, but has some tremendous assets"
    • The heartbeat of Irish music lies in Ennis
    • From Gaeltachts to Angela's Ashes
• Creativity
  • Silvia Da Braganca, a multicultural artist
  • The EU-ACP Films Programme: Supporting the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Sector
  • Denise Colomb: a humanist look
• For Young Readers
  • Scientific Research
• Your Say/Calendar