The Development Policy Forum led by Friends of Europe is supporting the Kapuscinski Lecture "Development at crossroads" as part of a series of lectures on development policy delivered by experts on various issues. This lecture looks at current challenges for development policy and how aid can be more effective. 

 

14:00-14:15: Welcome

 

• Françoise Moreau, Acting Director for EU Development Policy, European Commission
• Antonio Vigilante, Director of the Brussels Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 

14:15-15:00: Current challenges for development policy and how aid can be more effective 

 

• Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at Oxford University and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, author of The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

 

15:00-15:30: Response of the European Union to the development policy challenges 

 

• Maciej Popowski, Deputy Secretary General for the European External Action Service (EEAS)

15:30-16:30: Debate

The "Kapuscinski Lectures" series is an initiative of the European Commission, implemented jointly by the UNDP and partner institutions. The lecture in Brussels is hosted by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes in partnership with the Development Policy Forum led by Friends of Europe and Brussels Free University.