Press Release: Second EU-South Africa Summit to Tackle Climate Change and International Financial Crisis

Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid was in South Africa on 11 September, 2009, for the second EU-South Africa Summit. Global issues from climate change, the financial crisis to peace and security matters in Africa and beyond are to be discussed. Ahead of the Copenhagen climate change talks and the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, these talks will seek to build converging approaches between the EU and South Africa as a leading player from the African continent. In the margins of the Summit, Karel De Gucht and South African Minister Rob Davies will launch a € 100 million Employment Creation Fund, an important EU contribution to increasing employment opportunities and skills development in the South African economy.