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Exciting News: Ethiopian Freight Forwarders and Shipping Agents Association (EFFSAA) has officially submitted a bid to host the prestigious 2027 International Federation of Freight Agencies (FIATA) World Congress! This global event brings together over 1,000 logistics leaders and industry stakeholders from around the world. EFFSAA's bid comes after previous attempts for the 2022 and 2025 congresses were impacted by security concerns in the northern region. However, with a strong proposal presented by Dawit Woubishet, EFFSAA President, at the recent FIATA meeting in Geneva, Ethiopia is now competing against the Czech Republic for the hosting rights. By withdrawing bids from Israel and Brazil, Ethiopia has positioned itself as a top contender for the 2027 congress. Dawit emphasized the importance of securing sponsors and ensuring sustained security to secure the bid, along with highlighting government support and Addis Ababa's tourist attractions. With FIATA having only held three congresses in Africa in its 100-year history, Ethiopia's bid is particularly significant, especially in light of the African Continental Free Trade Area. The host announcement is set to take place in September 2024 at the Panama City World Congress. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting development! #FIATAWorldCongress #EFFSAA #LogisticsLeaders #IndustryStakeholders #EthiopiaHostingBid #AfricanTradeArea #GlobalEvent Source: Capital Ethiopia

🔸”Wind of change” was the motto of the conference organised by the EUROPEUM Brussels Office (see https://lnkd.in/dyr4AtH5 ) about the changing role of Central Europe within the EU. The countries of this region have common features, therefore common interests as well. 🔸The Central European region so far is significantly underrepresented in the European debates. The greater growth potential should have been factored in by the Draghi report. However, among hundreds of sources of the Draghi report, perhaps just one originated from the Eastern EU countries. 🔸Central Europeans should develop a coordinated strategy and representation ahead of the upcoming debates on the EU MFF. CE countries are stakeholders in Cohesion Policy as well as CAP. However, these items cannot remain the sole focus of CE efforts. For example, there should be an endeavour to increase participation in Horizon Europe. More elements of my intervention here: https://lnkd.in/dP-zTkM5

Today is the launch of the Lublin Central Europe Forum #LCEF at the Institute of Central Europe (#IES) in Lublin The main theme is "Reshaping Central Europe: Building a More Sustainable Future". We will discuss i.a.: 1⃣ Poland & Romania partnership, 2⃣ regional cooperation in CE, 3⃣ Poland'sNorthern Policy, and 4⃣ Western Balkans

🇭🇺 From 1 July to 31 December 2024, Hungary is presiding over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. During this period, #Hungary will organise and chair meetings, representing the Council of the EU to other EU institutions. 💡 Here's how Hungary contributes to Interreg Europe: 🔹 40 Interreg Europe projects have Hungarian partners 🔹 6 projects have a Hungarian lead partner 🔹 342 Hungarian organisations are in the Interreg Europe online community Would you like to learn more? Visit our website 👉 https://bit.ly/3S7eNd5 #HU24EU #EuropeanUnion #InterregEurope

💡 Riga is the hub to discuss fresh ideas and learn more about global challenges. 🍁 The annual Rīga Conference organized by LATO is fast approaching but there is something completely new around the corner. 🤩  We are beyond thrilled to announce that this year to the conference list we will add another one: Latvian and Nordic Youth Conference “The Importance of Global Conventions”. 🚀 This event will bring together young minds from Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Finland to discuss the importance of resilience, cooperation between actors, global security and peace. 🚀 If you are a young person from Latgale’s region, through the project Latgale=Latvija we are providing a chance for you to come and join our event. Apply 👉 https://lnkd.in/d4tunrn2 The project is supported by the United States Embassy - Riga, Latvia, Nordic Council of Ministers and Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the coordinators of this project and does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Embassy - Riga, Latvia, Nordic Council of Ministers and Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga.  #wearenato | #strongertogether | #youth | #resilience 

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Addis Ababa Conference 25-27 March 2024 Follow the link: https://lnkd.in/eNCF6EjE Africa - Europe Relations and AU - EU Partnership in a Multi-Crises World Call for Papers for the first conference in Addis Ababa, 25-27 March 2024. Abstract proposals of 300 words maximum should be sent by 9 February 2024

14 – 27 – 45 This is not a logical test. This is the increasing number of French companies under the French Pavillon that we have been organizing for the last 3 ReBuild Ukraine. This year we were the #1 pavilion in terms of foreign companies represented at Rebuild Ukraine even though some others may had a bigger space. Those results do not come out of nowhere. It is a result of a bottom-up approach with most of the work being unseen. It reminds me of the safety triangle when you have to focus on eliminating unsafe acts and near miss incidents in order to reduce fatalities at the top of the triangle. The success of the French Pavilion is a collective effort : Internally we have an amazing team here in Kyiv Olexandra H. Nataliya BILYK Mariana Misiura, in Paris Cassandra Guerrin Pascale Thieffry Catherine Jurovsky and in Warsaw. The unwavering support from our direction Laurent Saint-Martin Benoit Trivulce Yvane BOCCHI-WIRMAN Gouënaelle B. Laurence de Touchet and others, has been instrumental. We conceived the French Pavilion as a gathering place for the "Team France" and a special recognition goes to our special envoy Pierre HEILBRONN and his team Olivier STEMLER Elise Benyo and to our Ambassador in Poland Etienne de Poncins This year we had some very valuable help from our colleagues of the Economic Department at the Embassy Pierre Offret Mathilde Arjakovsky and from our Ambassador Gaël Veyssière We were also very happy to count in our delegation representatives from the French Treasury Melchior Savigneux from Agence Française de Développement Axelle Nos Sandra Kassab from Expertise France Aurélien MAS and a strong involvement of French Regions Geoffroy DIDIER Franck LEVY Région Hauts-de-France We also had a lot of French companies already operating in Ukraine and members of the CCI France Ukraine Bertrand Barrier Maud Chicheportiche - Joseph and some French Foreign Trade Advisors as Grégoire Dattée During this last edition there were a very interesting involvement of the European commission, and I feel our interactions will increase Gabriel Blanc Orest Tokač Martine Diss Eventually all of this is possible because we had the chance to work with amazing Ukrainian partners, from Premier Expo Liudmyla Denysiuk from the Ministry of Energy, from the Ministry of Economy, from the Ministry of infrastructure, from the State Agency for Reconstruction and from many many Ukrainian collectivities. I strongly believe that this work is providing results. Not all companies of course will at the end be present at the end in Ukraine, but the more companies are being mobilized and properly prepared the more we will see effective and useful projects emerging between French and Ukrainian companies. I extend my gratitude to all the French companies that have been part of this journey over the past three editions. Your trust and commitment have been the cornerstone of our success, and I appreciate each one of you for your contributions. 

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐔 𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧”. The Open Society Foundations | Western Balkans and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) of the European Commission, will organize the 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐬. The conference marks 20 years since Slovenia's EU membership and will bring together EESC members, civil society representatives, and government officials from #WesternBalkans and Slovenia. Key discussions will focus on: ✅ The EU accession path for the Western Balkans ✅ The crucial role of civil society in the region's socio-economic convergence with the EU 📅 Date: 24 May 2024, starting at 09.00 🌍 Join online the Civil Society High-Level Conference on the Western Balkans https://shorturl.at/PH2y9 ℹ Learn more about the agenda of the conference: https://shorturl.at/kw3K3 #EUEnlargement #WesternBalkans #CivilSociety #EESC #DGNEAR #OpenSocietyFoundationWesternBalkans #OSFWB #EU #Ljubljana2024

𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) welcomes the EU Council's commitment to align competitiveness and territorial cohesion, as outlined in the Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal adopted today by EU leaders. However, CPMR emphasizes the urgent need of addressing competitiveness for the benefit of all regions rather than a select few. In its Reflection Paper "𝐴 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐸𝑈 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛", CPMR presents a strategy to achieve competitiveness through territorial cohesion, proposing ways to leverage the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to support this goal. 🔗 Read the full paper here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eC542QDJ