Jean Monnet International Conference EU4AFRI

Jean Monnet International Conference EU4AFRI “The European Union Multidimensional Strategy for Tackling Africa’s Challenges” 11th May 2022, 13.30–16.30
Room 232 Building G and ON-LINE:

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 13.30–13.45

Opening session

• dr hab. Magdalena Proczek, prof. SGH – Head of the Jean Monnet Module EU4AFRI, Warsaw School of Economics
• dr hab. Jacek Prokop, prof. SGH – Vice Rector for International Relations, Warsaw School of Economics
• prof. Ewa Latoszek – Head of the Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union, Warsaw School of Economics
• dr Ewa Osuch-Rak – Assistant of the Jean Monnet Module EU4AFRI, Warsaw School of Economics

13.45–15.00 – I session (moderator: dr Anna Masłoń-Oracz)

• dr Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba – Carleton University, Institute of African Studies; Beyond Trade: Reflections on Development Cooperation in EU-African Relations
• prof. Jean-Marc Trouille – University of Bradford, Faculty of Management and Law, Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration; Comment upon the recent Africa-EU Summit and the Africa-France
• dr Monika Krukowska – Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of International Studies; France in Africa: financial cooperation for development
• dr hab. Kamil Zajączkowski – University of Warsaw, Centre for Europe; EU-Africa relations in a period of transition of global order

Questions and answers

15.00–16.15 – II session (moderator: dr Monika Krukowska)

• dr Josephine Ojiambo – Founder, Peter Ojiambo Foundation, Former Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; Guidelines in the Safe return to schools in Africa during COVID-19
• dr Matías Manuel González Hernández – Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Sustainable, community-based tourism to promote human development in rural communities (case of Senegal)
• dr Anna Masłoń-Oracz – Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Management; AfCTFA, EU and AU Partnership objectives and imperfections
• MA Michał Kulpiński – Warsaw School of Economics, Department of European Integration and Legal Studies; Economic relations of the EU with the Global South – development policy and its coherence with EU trade policy and other policies

Questions and answers 16.15–16.30 Closing remarks

Partners of the Project:

• Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Warsaw School of Economics – CEWSE;
• Polish European Community Studies Association – PECSA;
• Institute of Management, Collegium of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics;
• Institute of International Studies, Collegium of Socio-Economics, Warsaw School of Economics;
• The Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw;
• Department of International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics, University of Economics in Katowice;
• Faculty of Economics, Gdansk University;
• The Jacob of Paradies University;
• The Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw;
• Jean Monnet Module on the European Union and the Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa – an Interdisciplinary Approach - Smart Specialisation-EUAfrica/AFROEU (AFROEU);
• Jean Monnet Module: European financial security in the global, regional and national dimension (EUSEC);
• Jean Monnet Module on the European Union and the Contemporary International Migration – an Interdisciplinary Approach (EUMIGRO);
• AEGEE.