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Highlights - 19-20 February: Education hearing, 2030 Agenda 2030 with head of UNDP, Debt - Committee on Development 08-02-2018 05:33 PM CET The next meeting of the Committee on Development will take place on Monday, 19 February and Tuesday, 20 February. Highlights include a hearing on 'Education and training: using EU aid to support youth' (Monday afternoon) and an exchange of views with the new head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Under-Secretary Achim Steiner (Tuesday afternoon). His presentation and the discussion will focus on the reform of the UN Development System to deliver on the Agenda 2030 and the EU's role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. On Tuesday morning the Committee will vote on the report of Charles Goerens on debt sustainability, and on ending the fisheries agreement with the Comores, the mid-term review on external financing programmes, conflict minerals and the EU's commercial policy. Further information Meeting documents Live Webstreaming UN report: Repositioning the United Nations development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111