📣📣📣 The U.S. Department of State and the European Commission will officially launch the ‘MSP Forum’ on the sidelines of the next TTC meeting in Leuven on April 4-5, as announced by European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis and Deputy Director General Leopoldo Rubinacci at yesterday’s Conference on Trade Policy and CRMs organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024. High level reps from the United States, Namibia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other potential Forum partners are expected to be in attendance.
🎯 The MSP Forum will bring together #criticalmineral producers and consumers to identify and support extraction and processing projects, as well as policies, that support shared #supplychain diversification and sustainability goals.
🌎 This integration of the Mineral Security Partnership (MSP) and the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Club project is an important milestone in transatlantic efforts to scale up and secure the mineral supply chains needed for the transition, and drive a global race to the top on environmental, social, labour and governance standards.
🛤 We see this can work as a blueprint for new forms of global collaboration across energy and industrial supply chains. You can learn more about the MSP by listening to U.S. Undersecretary of State Jose W. Fernandez speaking at #SAFESummit24 earlier this month. SAFE is the sole NGO partner to the U.S. Department of State in the MSP, and EIES is proud to support SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy.
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While discussing about #Tembi disaster Mr Adonis Georgiadis
recalls his own argument.
European Union Agency for Railways if there is no investigation in line with Safety Management principles there is room for political exploitation (from all sides).
Keeping Greeks/European citizens safe requires the conduction (even one year after accident) of an investigation towards reducing recurrence probability by an independent & competent committee.
Josef Doppelbauer exerting pressure on securing a sound & objective investigation should be your top priority.
Judiciary & political dynamics do not allow implementation of what is so much needed.
Please push to the right direction!
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Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 Prime Minister Sogavare recent remarks, economic challenges in PNG 🇵🇬, Bendigo Bank postpones exit from Nauru 🇳🇷, New Caledonia elections delayed to enable constitutional change, former Cook Islands 🇨🇰 Deputy PM Robert Tapaitau found guilty of fraud, and much more for our premium subscribers.
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The call to apply for the EU agri-food chain observatory is now launched. The creation of the Observatory is an important step to strengthen the position of farmers in the supply chain as it will look at production costs, pricing, distribution of margins and trading practices. The call is open until 13 May.
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Congratulation Steve and it's nice to be recognized for all your hard work.