Annex B: The Committee's visit programme
in Rome, Berlin and Copenhagen
The International Development Committee visited Rome,
Berlin and Copenhagen from 11 to 16 May 2008. The key meetings
were as follows:
Monday 12 May
Rome
Meetings at the United Nations World Food Programme
(in connection with the inquiry into the World Food Programme
and Global Food Security)
Tuesday 13 May
Rome
Meeting with the Ministry for the Economy and Finance
(MEF)
Meeting with Italian NGO and Trade Union representatives,
including:
Action Aid Italy
Oxfam International
Justice and Solidarity Foundation
Development Cooperation North-South
Trade Union representatives and other NGO members
of CINE—the Italian Network of International Development
NGOs
Meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate-General
for Development
Wednesday 14 May
Berlin
Meeting with Stiftungen (political foundations)
and the Bundestag Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development
Meeting with State Secretary Stather, BMZ (Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Meetings with NGOs, think tanks, and implementing
agencies including:
Oxfam
Womnet
Transparency International
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
German Development Institute (DIE)
Thursday 15 May
Copenhagen
Meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifically
the Development Policy Department and Evaluation Department
Meeting with Niels Dabelstein, Head of the Secretariat
for the OECD Evaluation of the Paris Declaration
Friday 16 May
Copenhagen
Meeting with Professor Finn Tarp and Sam Jones, Development
Economics Research Group, Copenhagen University
Meeting with the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy
Committees of the Folketinget
Roundtable meeting with Danish international development
NGOs, including:
MS Denmark (Danish Association for International
Co-operation)
DanChurchAid
Danish Red Cross
KULU (Women and Development)
Video-conference
The International Development Committee held a video-conference
with members of the Swedish Foreign Affairs Committee and the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, on
18 June 2008.
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