04 Feb 2010

International Conference on “The EU and China: Partners or Competitors in Africa?”

From 04/02 09:00 till 05/02 20:00

Dijver, Bruges campus
Dijver 11
8000 Bruges
Belgium

Dijver, Bruges campus

On 4-5 February 2010, the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations in the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges organised an international conference on “The EU and China: Partners or Competitors in Africa?”. 

The conference primarily addressed European, Chinese and African scholars, journalists, policy practitioners and representatives of NGOs and offered an opportunity to enhance the understanding of the EU’s role in Africa, to assess the prospects for EU-China cooperation or competition in Africa and to reflect on its impact on the continent. The diversity of the participants contributed to establish multidisciplinary and transnational channels of dialogue among Europeans, Chinese and Africans.

With the support of a European Commission grant under the LLP Jean Monnet Programme (DG Education, Audiovisual & Culture) the conference brought together European, Chinese and African scholars, journalists, policy practitioners and representatives of NGOs to assess the prospects for EU-China cooperation or competition in Africa and to reflect on its impact on the continent. The best papers presented at the conference will result in a book publication.

With the support of a European Commission grant under the LLP Jean Monnet Programme (DG Education, Audiovisual & Culture) the conference brought together European, Chinese and African scholars, journalists, policy practitioners and representatives of NGOs to assess the prospects for EU-China cooperation or competition in Africa and to reflect on its impact on the continent. The best papers of the conference were published in a book in both Chinese and English.

Chinese version: J. Men & B. Barton, China & The EU: Partners or Competitors in Africa?, Beijing, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2011, 1st edn.

English version: J. Men & B. Barton, China & The EU: Partners or Competitors in Africa?, Farnham, Ashgate,  2011, 1st edn., pp. 302.

Programme

The conference abstracts can be found and freely downloaded by following this link


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