Development Officials Agree Aid Should Not Be Charity

Bohinj, 14 December - Development aid should not be charity for poor countries but a partnership between countries, agreed the participants in a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation, who met in Bohinj on Friday.

Bohinj European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel (left) and Slovenian missionary in Madagascar Pedro Opeka at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel (left) and Slovenian missionary in Madagascar Pedro Opeka at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj Portuguese Foreign Ministry State Secretary Joao Gomez Cravinho at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
Portuguese Foreign Ministry State Secretary Joao Gomez Cravinho at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj Slovenian missionary in Madagascar Pedro Opeka at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
Slovenian missionary in Madagascar Pedro Opeka at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj A working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
A working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj Portuguese Foreign Ministry State Secretary Joao Gomez Cravinho (left), European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel (centre) and Slovenian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Andrej Ster at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
Portuguese Foreign Ministry State Secretary Joao Gomez Cravinho (left), European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel (centre) and Slovenian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Andrej Ster at a working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj A working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bohinj
A working meeting of officials from 12 EU newcomers responsible for development cooperation.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

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