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• The JAES website structure should be simplified: This implies merging the sectionsfocus and news in the short term. Ahead of the 4th Africa-EU Summit the consultantwill find a way to allow for the publication of some Focus articles for important news.• In terms of content, it was decided that the priority will be the regular updating of thenews section of the website and the improvement of the access to referencedocuments.• It was agreed that the first target group is in priority the stakeholders of the JAES, i.e.the journalists, the academic world (students, researchers, think tanks).• The African Union reaffirmed its strong political interest in the JAES website andcommited to appoint one person responsible for updating the JAES website. For theAfrican Union, the Africa-EU partnership is the most important among itspartnerships. The JAES website remains a tangible outcome of how Africa and Europecommunicate jointly on issues of common interests. The AU also informedparticipants of a budget available specifically for the JAES website.The adequate allocation of human resources for the JAES website has been re-defined.Internal communication was also discussed.2. Conference organisationI. ParticipantsAfrica: Mr Ambang Agbor (Deputy Secretary General), Ms Fatoumata Keita (DCMP), MsPamela Youth (DCMP)EU: Mr Brian Fox (DG SCIC), Mr Luigi Fiorino (DG SCIC)II. OutcomesPriorities for 2012 and way aheadThe two parties identified areas for future activities, some of which had already been agreedin April 2011 but could not be carried out as scheduled last year.DG Interpretation will check the feasibility and the possible dates for the following activities:enhancement of skills of AU interpreters in their B languages; organisation of training courseson note-taking in consecutive interpretation; presence of AU interpreters as observers ataccreditation tests for freelance interpreters.DG Interpretation will also explore again the possibility to provide the DCMP with the Lithosdatabase and with information on how to set up a system similar to Medata.It will also see what can be done to help the Office of the Secretary General of the AUCommission on: i) training in report writing; ii) conference organisation; iii) familiarisationwith the structure and working methods of the EC. For these activities, if necessary the AUwill be redirected to the relevant EC services outside DG Interpretation.4
Concrete initiatives and projects: Nothing concrete for the time being, as the feasibility of allactivities will have to be checked first.Actors and timeline: Different colleagues in DG SCIC and the DCMP, as needed, will liaisein the next few months.3. Linguistic CooperationI. ParticipantsAfrica: Ms Pamela Youth (Conference Services) and Mr Agbor Ambang (Bureau of theChairperson)EU: Ms Roxana Manuela Enciu and Mr Cristian Buchiu (Directorate General for Translation)II. OutcomesPresentation on European Master in Translation (EMT) and on cooperation withAfrican Master in Conference Interpretation and Translation (AMCIT)- Introduction of the EMT programme and the current cooperation with AMCIT anddistribution of information materials- Previous cooperation: facilitating academic exchanges between EMT experts and AMCITcoordinators (invitation to the EMT Conference)- Underlining the need for professional translators as a shared point between the EC and theAUC - a discussion on similarities and differences of needs and organisational practices- Taking note of the inclusion of AMCIT in the Pan-African University, a positivedevelopment in the context of the encouragement of the African ownership of the project- Future cooperation: organising training(s) for trainers - academic content may be providedby EMT experts (provided that financial resources can be identified within the JointPartnership or other funding sources).Linguistic cooperationDG Translation mentioned its interest in establishing cooperation on Arabic. DG Translationis looking into developing a small capacity in Arabic and it could benefit from the experienceof AUC in this field.Colleagues in AUC Conference Services showed their interest in such cooperation.Training issuesMr Agbor Ambang stated the deep interest of AUC in training in report writing. This trainingis very important in the light of AUC needs.This type of training is not part of the remit of DG Translation.5
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