EU NEWS ISSUE 6 December 2010 Content: EU Development Policy -EU Commissioner Piebalgs proposes development policy focus on “inclusive growth” -EU External Action Service and new DG DevCo to begin work on 1 January -Mutual Accountability and Transparency: EC and Member States committed to concrete action -Next EU Multi-annual Financial framework, the debate is launched EU Sectoral Policies -Cancun Climate talks kick the process forward but many key questions are still to be answered -Trade, Growth and World Affairs : EC communication on a new EU trade policy -EC proposals for the reform of the CAP overlook global food security risks -Civil Society policy dialogue on migration and development EU Humanitarian Aid Policy -Adoption of the Mid-Term Review of the European Humanitarian Consensus Action Plan -Another step taken towards the creation of a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps EU relations with third countries -Africa - EU: a low key Summit in Tripoli -CSO networks urge the EU to respond to human rights situation in Honduras -EU trade agreements with Latin American countries and the dairy sector EU Funding for Development -EU - Civil Society Structured Dialogue: wrapping up and future stages News from the Networks -APRODEV -CIDSE -Caritas Europa EU DEVELOPMENT POLICY EU Commissioner Pieba lgs proposes development policy focus on “inclusive growth” On 10 November, the European Commission issued a Green Paper entitled, “EU development policy in support of inclusive growth and sustainable development: increasing the impact of EU development po licy,” for consultation until 17 January. The paper was originally conceived as launching a process eventually leading to the revision of the 2005 EU Development Consensus. However, a full review is looking less likely at this stage, possibly still a partial revision. Thenext official step is a subsequent communication on “modernizing EU development policy” planned for fall 2011. The communication should be seen in the context of other, parallel EU policy reviews – e.g. EU 2020, Energy 2020, and common agricultural, fisheries, and trade policies – , particularly in view of next year‟s discussions on the EU Multi -Annual Financial Framework for the period beginning 2014. At