Speeches

2011

Speech by Deputy Head of Delegation Nils Jansons at the graduation ceremony of Master of Laws in Human Rights, University of Pretoria (December 2011)

Speech by Ambassador Roeland van de Geer on the occasion of Europe Day (11 May 2011)

Address by Ambassador Roeland van de Geer to the Legislative Sector Policy Support Programme 2011 Consultative Seminar: 'Supporting the SA Legislative Sector in Ensuring the Achievement of the MDGs' (March 2011)

2010

Remarks by Mr. Nils Jansons, Acting Head of the EU Delegation, at the Official Launch of the Partnership Framework for Health Service Delivery (January 2011)

Final Grants Award Ceremony of the Thina Sinako Provincial Local Economic Development (LED) Support Programme: address by  EU Delegation First Counsellor, Mr Richard Young (October 2010)

HR/VP Catherine Ashton's Opening Remarks at the Regional Conference on Piracy in Mauritius (October 2010)

Launch of the Innovation for Poverty Alleviation Programme: Sector Budget Support to the Department of Science and Technology - Address given by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët (September 2010)

European Commission President Barroso 'State of the Union 2010' (September 2010)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of Europe Day (5 May 2010)

2010 Consultative Seminar: "Strengthening Democracy through Global Collaboration of Legislatures" - speaking points by Koos Richelle, Director General, EuropeAid (March 2010)

2009

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët at the University of Pretoria on the occasion of International Human Rights Day (10 December 2009)

Speech by Mr Gerry McGovern, EC Delegation Minister Counsellor, on the occasion of the EUNIC symposium, on "Economic and Power Relations between the North and South: The Impact of Cultural Exchange and Co-operation" preceding the World Summit for Arts and Culture (Johannesburg, September, 2009)

Karel De Gucht EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid: "Progress, Challenges and Prospects for the EU-South Africa Partnership", Cape Peninsula University of Technology SA (September 2009)

Speech by GerhardPienaar, Science and Technology Project Officer, to SA Technology Network Annual Conference (July 2009)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët, Speakers' Forum Induction Meeting (July 2009)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët, Conference on Human Trafficking in Africa (July 2009)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of Europe Day (May 2009)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of the launch of the Project to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development (May 2009)

2008

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of the launch of the Access to justice and promotion of Constitutional Rights Programme - Orange Farm (December 2008)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët to the eThekwini Municipality (November 2008)

Speech by the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering Opening 10th Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament (27 October, 2008)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët at the Ceremonial Handover of the Schools' Infrastructure Support Programme at Sefato Primary School
(Limpopo, October 2008)

Speech at Conference on "Access to Development Funding for Local Government in Africa" (Johannesburg, September, 2008)

"Building a stable framework for the meat sector" - speech at the World Meat Congress, Cape Town, by Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel (September 2008)

"Keeping our maps up to date: trade and trade rules in a changing world" - speech at the University of Stellenbosch by Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel (September 2008)

Speech on the occasion of the sod-turning ceremony at the Aviation Supplier Park, funded under the SWEEEP (19/08/08)

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of Europe Day 9 May 2008

Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of the National Water Summit (March 2008)

"Why the poorest need a Doha deal" - speech by Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson at the Least Developed Countries Ministerial, Lesotho (February, 2008)

2007

Speaking points by Stefano Manservisi, Director General DG Development, at the All-ACP meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements (November 2007)

Speaking points by David O'Sullivan, DG Trade Director General, at the All-ACP meeting on Economic Partnership Agreements (November 2007)

Speech by Head of Delegation Mr Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of the launch of the EU Film Weeks 2007 on National Women's Day (9 August 2007)

2006

Speech by Mr Juergen Lovasz, Acting Head of Delegation, at the Developing Local Economies Conference (August 2006)

Speech by Dr Charles Reeve, Attaché to the Delegation, on the launch of a Memorandum of Understanding between the KZN Department of Economic Development and Standard Bank for the Gijima KZN Local Economic Development Programme (August 2006)

Speech by Head of Delegation Mr Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of the launch(s) of the Urban Renewal Programme in the Eastern Cape (4/5 July 2006)

Speech by Head of Delegation Mr Lodewijk Briët on the occasion of Europe Day, 9 May, 2006

Speech by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson in Pretoria in favour of  Economic Partnership Agreements and regional economic integration (February 2006)

2005

Opening remarks by Head of Delegation Mr Lodewijk Briët at the Symposium "A Delicate Balance: the Place of the Judiciary in a Constitutional Democracy" (November 2005)

Speech by Dr Klaus Schmidt, Head of Development, on successful projects funded under the KwaZulu Natal Gijima Local Economic Development Programme (November 2005)

SAFM radio interview with Head of Delegation Mr Lodewijk Briët on EU Strategy for Africa
(14 October 2005)

Partners for Progress - a Case for European Business in South Africa
Speech to EuroChambers by Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (June 2005)

The European Union and South Africa - Essential Partners for Progress
Speech to SAIIA by Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission (June 2005)

Europe Day - May 2005
Speech by Ambassador Lodewijk Briët, on the occasion of Europe Day (9 May 2005).

2004

Speech by Ambassdor Michael Lake on the occasion of the opening of the Exhibition: From Corot to Monet - Impressionists and Post-Impressionists from the Johannesburg Art Gallery (August 2004)

Speech by Commissioner P Nielson at the 10th Year Celebration of the EU Cooperation in the Water Sector, Limpopo Province, South Africa (July 2004)

2003

Speech of the Ambassador and Head of the European Commission Delegation H.E. Michael Lake on the occasion of the signing of the EU Country Strategy and Multi-annual Indicative Programme 2003-2006, at Pretoria on 14 August 2003

Address by Ambassador Michael Lake  to the Innovation Forum luncheon
University of Pretoria, 23 July, 2003

The European and African Unions - African Union Summit, Maputo, 11 July 2003
By Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission

Nepad, the AU and the EU: the challenges of a relationship
Speech of Ambassador Lake at the Workshop "Putting the Partnership into Nepad": 22-23 May 2003

2002

EU-SA Relations: A Progress report
Lecture to the Ambassadors' Forum of the Africa Institute of South Africa by  H.E. Michael  Lake, Ambassador and Head of Delegation (June 2002)