Background documentation:

• Press communiqué of the 9th meeting of the EU-Africa Troika, Accra, Ghana, 2007-10-31 (pdf format)
• The EU-Africa Strategic Partnership - Highlights of the Joint Strategy, Plan of Action and Implementation Mechanisms (pdf format)
• EU-Africa relationships

Know more:
http://www.summits.aip.pt/Africa/index.asp

Programme:

7 December

• 18h00 - Beginning of arrival of heads of state and government for the reception offered by the president of the European Council/ prime minister of Portugal - Pavilhão de Portugal (Parque das Nações, Lisbon) - OPEN TO IMAGE (exterior)
• 19h00 - Reception offered by the president of the European Council/ prime minister of Portugal, followed by a concert - Pavilhão de Portugal - Host broadcaster/photographer

8 December

• 07h30 - Beginning of arrival of heads of state and government to the EU-Africa Summit - Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL), Pavilion 1 - OPEN TO IMAGE (exterior)
• 09h30 - Opening ceremony of the EU-Africa Summit
• Interventions by the presidents of the European Council and the African Union, the former host and Egyptian president, the presidents of the European Commission and the African Union and the presidents of the European Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament
  FIL, Pavilion 1, Plenary Room
  - POOL A for photographers - tour de table
  - POOL 1 for television - tour de table
  - POOL 2 for television - fixed position for all the opening session
  - Click here to download the pool registration form.
• 10h30 - Family photo - Pavilion 2 - open to image
• 11.00 - First Plenary session - (closed)
• Initial interventions on the themes of the Summit’s agenda:

  1) Peace and Security: Interventions by the French President of the Republic and the President of Gabon
  2) Governance and Human Rights: Interventions by the South African President and the German Chancellor
  3) Trade, infrastructures and development: Interventions by Italian President of the Council of Ministers and the President of Burkina Faso
  4) Energy and climate change: Interventions by the President of Uganda and the Prime Minister of Denmark
  5) Migrations: Interventions by the Spanish Government President and the Leader of the Lybian revolution

• 13h00 - Lunch offered by the president of the European Council / prime minister of Portugal
  Pavilion 1 - host broadcaster/photographer
• 15h00 - Second Plenary session - (closed)
• 18h00 - Briefing by the Portuguese MInister for Foreign Affairs - Presidency Briefing Room (Hall 3)
• 20h30 - Banquet offered by His Excellency the President of the Republic in honour of the heads of delegation who participate in the Summit - host broadcaster/photographer

9 December

• 08h30 - Beginning of arrival of heads of delegation - Pavilion 1 - OPEN TO IMAGE
• 09h30 - Thirth Plenary session (closed)
• 12h00 - Closing ceremony of the Summit - Pavilion 1
  - POOL B photographers - tour de table
  - POOL 3 television - tour de table
  - POOL 4 television - fixed position for all the closing session
  - Click here to download the pool registration form.
• 12h30 - Joint press conference 
• EU and the AU presidencies and presidents of the EU and AU Commissions
  Press Conference Room of the presidency - Pavilion 3

Useful information:
Venue:
The EU-Africa Summit will be held at Feira Internacional de Lisboa, located at Parque das Nações, in the oriental side of Lisbon.

•  Map (pdf)

Participants:

- 52 Member-States of the African Union;
- Kingdom of Morocco;
- African Commission;
- 27 Member States of the European Union;
- European Commission;
- General-Secretariat of the Council of the EU

Accreditation:
Media representatives who wish to have access to the press centre must apply previously for accreditation through this site.
The yellow accreditation card has to be picked up at the accreditation centre by the entitled person, against the presentation of an identity document and a press card.

Acreditation - Click here

Opening hours of the Accreditation Centre
06Dec - 09h00/18h00
07Dec - 09h00/23h00
08Dec - 06h30/23h00
09Dec - 07h00/16h00

Accommodation:
Hotel reservations can be made through the following contacts:

Agência Viagens Abreu, S.A.
Av. 25 de Abril, 2
2799-556 Linda-a-Velha / Portugal

Elizabete Figueiras
Efigueiras.lisboa@abreu.pt
Tel: 21 415 6115

Hélder Carvalho
Hcarvalho.lisboa@abreu.pt
Tel: 21 415 6120

Transport:
A transport service will be available between the airport and the media centre (FIL).
The timetable will be communicated in due time.

Car parking
Media representatives using their own car have car parking facilities - Parque da Gare do Oriente - located 500 meters from the Media Centre.

A car parking for technical vehicles is located next to the Media Centre.

Due to space limitations, access to car parks will be given after the application and confirmation of available spaces.

For the vehicle application form please click here.

Limitations to road circulation
On 8 and 9 December, circulation of accredited vehicles within the security perimeter, as well as access to the technical vehicle parking will be forbidden during the following times:

8 December
- between 07h45 and 10h00
- between 18h00 and 19h30

9 December
- between 08h15 and 09h45
- between 12h00 and 13h30

Media centre:
The media centre is located in Pavilion 4 at Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL), in Parque das Nações.
1200 workstations are available, with internet connection, telephones, printers, faxes and photocopiers.
Some workstations are also equipped with ISDN/RDIS lines, and some PCs are also available.

Opening hours of the Media Centre
06Dec - 09h00/19h00
07Dec - 09h00/00h00
08Dec - 06h30/00h00
09Dec - 07h00/20h00

Radios and televisions:
Radio and television booths are equipped with pool access, internet access, a telephone and a television set.
Radio booths also have ISDN/RDIS lines.

Television and Radio / Host Broadcaster services
RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal) will work as host broadcaster, offering its services in cooperation with EBU/UER, with pool signal distribution and technical support.

Requests for TV and radio booths, stand-up positions or satellite transmission must be made to UER or RTP.

RTP - Radio and Television Host Broadcaster
e-mail: uertp@rtp.pt

Ana Isabel Ramos
Tel: +351 91 918 6396

Maria José Nunes
Te: +351 91 758 5192

Television and radio booths and other facilities can be requested through UER/EBU

Suzana Fenster
e-mail: fenster@eurovision.net
tel: +41 22 717 2850

Radio booths and other facilities can be requested through UER/EBU

Ms. Júlia Lonicer
e-mail: lonicer@ebu.ch
tel: +41 22 717 2607

Press conferences:
Briefing announcements will be made by the Organisation / Media through the closed circuit television (CCTV), upon request of delegations.
Access to briefing and the presidency's press conference rooms is free for all accredited media representatives.
The press conference of the presidency will be held at the conference room of the presidency, with Arabic, French, English and Portuguese interpretation.

The press conferences of the presidency may be followed live in audio and video (Portuguese and English) through the closed circuit television - CCTV and this page.

In FIL's Pavilion 3, 30 press conference rooms are available.

Interviews:
Requests for interviews must be made directly to the respective Liaison Officer (pdf format)

For security reasons, the area where interviews are to be held is located at the media centre or surrounding area (yellow zone).

Closed circuit television (CCTV)
The closed circuit television system, available in all areas of the media centre, broadcasts the main events, transport and briefing schedules and other useful information.

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