DG Development

On 9 April 2008 the European Commission adopted a Communication highlighting the lack of progress to achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals, three of which are specifically about health. The Commission wishes to see urgent action from the Member States and a leadership role for the EU in the major international fora during the rest of 2008.
The discussions of the Council on the Communication should prepare a common EU line for two major international conferences later this year: (...)

The Smoke Free Partnership is preparing a series of briefings called “Spotlight on the FCTC”. The overall objective of the briefings is to explain the key articles of the Framework Convention Tobacco Control in order to raise awareness amongst key policy makers at European and national level about the FCTC and the EU’s associated obligations.

The European Commission adopted on 27 June 2007 a Communication outlining a new approach to the regional partnership agreement that is the EU-Africa Strategy. This Communication will form the basis for the discussions beetween EU and African heads of state at the EU Africa Summit in Lisbon at the ned of this year.
The Commission has adopted proposals presenting five flagship policy initiatives that embody a new approach to EU Africa relations:
EU-Africa Partnership on Energy
EU-Africa (...)