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Top economist warns EU against biofuels |
 During a visit to Brussels last week, leading economist Jeffrey Sachs advised MEPs that European biofuels targets were contributing to soaring world food prices and should be "cut back significantly". |
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EU expresses solidarity with Georgia as tension rises over Abkhazia |
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 On Wednesday 7 May, the European Parliament debated the situation in Georgia, amid escalating tension and the build-up of Russian troops in the region. Many MEPs expressed concerns that Russia's support for secessionist movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia was threatening the security of the region.
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West Papua delegation in Brussels to talk human rights |
 This week, a delegation of four representatives from West Papua, representing both the Justice and Peace commissions (SKP) from the dioceses of Merauke and Jayapura and the Protestant Church (GKI Papua), will be in Brussels. They will attend a parliamentary briefing at the European Parliament on Wednesday the 15 May from 10.30-12.30 as well as bilateral meetings with representatives from the European Institutions and civil society. The parliamentary briefing discussion will focus around three topics: Decentralisation's impact on human rights defenders: the case of Merauke, Torture and the Environment. |
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EU to fund key projects in neighbouring states |
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 On Tuesday 6 May the EU formally launched the , which will provide over €700 million in funding, primarily for energy and transport infrastructure projects in the EU's neighbouring countries over the next five years.
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EU/LAC Summit in Lima on 16-17 May |
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 At the fifth Summit of the EU and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in Lima, Peru on the 16th and 17th of this month, over 60 Heads of State and Government will meet to discuss bi-regional cooperation to combat poverty and climate change.
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Asian civil society organisations condemn the Asian Development Bank's "Strategy 2020" |
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 A statement signed by over 50 NGOs and civil society organisations, the vast majority from Asian developing countries and some Eurostep members, claims that the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) ‘Strategy 2020' will subject Asia to the "even more relentless pursuit of unregulated risk-free and publicly-guaranteed profits by big business".
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