The European Union's Contribution to Meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The EU is soon to revise its development policy, providing an opportunity for it to address MDG-related issues more directly. The EU's current development policy statement was written before the MDG goals and targets were finalised and so was unable to treat the attainment of MDGs as a focus of its interventions and approach.

This session examines what changes are necessary in terms of aid architecture and to the EU's policy and practice for the EU to become a leading player in the international development community.