Project Report On EU-India summit 10 December 2010

Submitted to:
Mr.Arora Gaurav Singh

Submitted by:
Navdeep Singh Yadav(A06) Siraj Kureshi(A07) Gagandeep Kaur Rangi(A08) Harish Kumar(A10) Ramandeep Verma(A11)

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EU India summit 10 December 2010

The European Union (EU)
EU is an economic and political union or confederation of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe.The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed bysix countries in 1958. In the intervening years the EU has grown in size by the accession of new member states, and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993. The latest amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU, the Treaty of Lisbon, came into force in 2009.

The EU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Important institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Central Bank. The European Parliament is elected every five years by EU citizens. The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws which apply in all member states. Within the Schengen Area (which includes EU and non-EU states) passport controls have been abolished.EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. A monetary union, the eurozone, was established in 1999 and, as of January 2012, is composed of 17 member states. Through theCommon Foreign and Security Policy the EU has developed a limited role in external relations and defence. Permanent diplomatic missions have been established around the world and the EU is represented at the United Nations, the WTO, the G8 and the G-20. With a combined population of over 500 million inhabitants, or 7.3% of the world population, the EU generated a nominal GDP of 16,242 billion US dollars in 2010, which represents an estimated 20% of global GDP when measured in terms of purchasing power parity The European Union is hosting the forthcoming 11th EU-India Summit in Brussels, on 10 December 2010. The EU will be represented by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and Jos Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. India will be represented by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton.

SUMMIT AGENDA
Bilateral issues
Leaders will address cooperation in the security, defence and peacekeeping sphere. Talks will also examine the progress registered in the counter-terrorism field. Consultations are also expected to focus on the EU-India economic cooperation, in particular the ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiations as well as the bilateral collaboration in the energy field.

Regional issues
Under this cluster, leaders are expected to address inter alia the topics of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Global issues
The main focus of discussions will be on the global economic governance. Leaders are expected to exchange views on viable ways of stimulating economic recovery, following the G20 Summit in Seoul. Global threats and challenges including non-proliferation and disarmament as well as climate change are also important topics on the agenda. Leaders are expected to discuss the implementation of decisions made at the Cancun conference, which will be in its decisive phase when the summit takes place.

EU-INDIA RELATIONS

EU-India relations date back to the early 1960s when diplomatic relations were established. It was however the 1994 Cooperation Agreement (which is still the current legal framework for cooperation) that opened the door to the broad political dialogue that has since evolved, notably through annual Summits since 2000, and through regular ministerial and expert-level meetings. In recognition of both sides political and economic importance the EU-India Strategic Partnership was created in 2004 to enable the partners to better address complex international issues in the context of globalisation. To underpin the Strategic Partnership, leaders at the 2005 Summit adopted the EU-India Joint Action Plan (the JAP) which defined common objectives and proposed a wide range of supporting activities in the areas of political, economic, and development cooperation. The Joint Action Plan was reviewed at the 2008 Summit which has since focused on promoting four priorities: peace and comprehensive security, sustainable evelopment, research and technology, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

EU technical and financial trade assistance to India

To assist India in continuing its efforts to better integrate into the world economy with a view to further enhancing bilateral trade and investment ties, the EU is providing trade related technical assistance to India. 13.4million were allocated through the Trade and Investment Development Programme (TIDP) funded from the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2002-2006. At present, the followup programme to the TIDP is being designed and will be funded by the Country Strategy Paper 20072013.

BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
India and the EU have signed bilateral agreements which includes cooperation in the field of Science & Technology in 2001 which was renewed in 2007; Joint Vision Statement for promoting cooperation in the field of information and communications technology in 2001; customs cooperation agreement in 2004; Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Employment and Social Affairs in November 2006; Horizontal Civil Aviation Agreement in 2008; Joint Declaration in field of Education in 2008; Joint Declaration on Multilingualism in March 2009 and Agreement in the field of nuclear fusion energy research in November 2009 and Joint Declaration on Culture in December 2010. As mentioned earlier, India and EU are also currently negotiating the Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement.

Summit meetings
Besides several ministerial and expert level meetings, the EU and the Republic of India hold regular annual summits. The forthcoming Brussels meeting will be the first EU-India Summit organized under the arrangements introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. The previous EU-India Summit was heldin New Delhi on 6 November 2009.

MAIN AREAS OF EU-INDIA COOPERATION

Political cooperation
Essential political areas of cooperation are the fight against terrorism, non-proliferation, crisis management, security, in particular on anti-piracy (Atalantacooperation), peace building and peace keeping and regional issues within the South Asian region. The High Representative, Catherine Ashton, visited India in June 2010 to deepen cooperation in these areas. She was accompanied by Gilles de Kerchove, the EU Anti-Terrorism Coordinator, and General Ton Van Osch, Head of EU Military Staff.Human rights issues are addressed in the EU-India Human Rights Dialogue held in Delhi on an annual basis.

Trade relations
EU-India trade relations have progressed tremendously over the last years. India ranked 9th in the list of the EUs main trading partners in 2009, up from 15th in 2002. The EU is Indias largest trading partner accounting for approximately 69 billion in trade in goods and services in 2009. The EU accounted for 21% of Indias total exports and 14% of Indias total imports. On the other hand, India accounts for 2.5% of EUs total exports and 2.1% of the EUs total imports. The EU has been the biggest investor in India with a cumulative volume of about 20.0 billion since 2000. However, there is still much potential for trade growth. Aiming to boost trade in goods and services, these negotiations started in 2007. Several rounds of consultations have been held until now, therefore, during the summit, leaders are also expected to review ongoing negotiations, with the aim to conclude the agreement in 2011 The completion of the Free Trade Agreement negotiations is a strategic objective for the EU and India. In addition to annual summit meetings, trade subjects are regularly discussed in fora such as: the senior-official level Joint Committee, the Sub-Commission on Trade and a series of working groups dealing with the issues of barriers to trade, agricultural or industrial policy.

Climate change and environment

The European Union supports India's efforts to promote sustainable growth. The environment was established as a strategic area for dialogue in the EU-India Partnership as well as in the JAP. In order to deepen cooperation in the environmental area, India and the EU launched the Initiative on Clean Development and Climate Change as well as an Environment Forum. In 2008, the two parties adopted a Joint Work Programme for EU-India Co-operation on Energy, Clean Development and Climate Change. Follow-up activities were confirmed at the Summit in November 2009, when the EU and India agreed to expedite cooperation activities on Climate Change mitigation, clean energy (clean coal technology, nuclear energy) energy efficiency and renewable energy (in particular solar energy).

Science and technology

Science and technology represents a central element in the EU-India Strategic Partnership. Research cooperation started in the mid-80s and the first Science and Technology cooperation Agreement was signed in 2001 and extended in 2009. In addition, the EU-India JAP contains several action points which have important science and technology dimensions. India has become the fourth largest international partner for the EU under the 7th (2007-2013) EU Framework Programme for Science and Technological development (FP7). Indian organisations are participating in research projects in various technological areas of which health, environment, food agriculture biotechnologies and ICT are the most prominent. India has become a full partner in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) nuclear fusion project. A Joint EU-India Call for Proposals on Solar Energy Research was launched in 2009 with 5 million contributions from each side. A new pilot initiative, the Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation (SFIC), aims at making Europes international research policy towards non-EU countries more effective and coherent through enhanced dialogue and cooperation between the European Commission, the EU Member States and our major partner countries outside Europe. The SFIC has chosen India as strategic partner country with which to start implementing its first pilot initiative.

EU-India Cooperation Programme

The main objectives of the EU-India Cooperation Programme are to contribute towards Indias achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to provide support for the implementation of the EU-India Joint Action Plan (JAP). The first Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) under the 2007-2013 planning period allocated a total of 260 million for the above activities over the four years from 2007-2010. Following a Midterm Review exercise conducted in 2009 the second MIP (2011-13) allocates an indicative total of 210 million to the same sectors as previously, but with an increased allocationfor the social sectors.

EU-India strategic partnership

International cooperation
Since the EU and India are seen as forces for global stability, the focus of relations has shifted from trade to wider political issues. The Commission proposes a strategic alliance to enhance relations with India and promote an effective multilateral approach. India is an important partner in conflict prevention. The EU should therefore explore means of formalising regular cooperation with India in this area. The Commission wishes to step up political dialogue on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and proposes setting up dialogue on export control measures. Real cooperation should be established on combating terrorism and organised crime. The EU is strongly committed to peace and stability in South Asia and encourages dialogue between India and Pakistan.

Economic partnership
The EU is India's largest trading partner and main source of foreign inward investment, whereas India is only the EU's 14th trading partner. India needs to further open up its market and accelerate market reform to realise the potential of its market. It must address such matters as customs tariffs and the many non-tariff trade barriers, as well as considerably improving its infrastructure. The strategic dialogue should address regulatory and industrial policy to improve business competitiveness on both sides. India and the EU should also promote cooperation on the world's major environmental challenges such as biodiversity, climate change and the depletion of the ozone layer. In many areas, dialogue with India has already made considerable progress. Strategic sectoral dialogues should be developed in the following areas:

the information society; transport; energy; biotechnology; the Galileo programme (the European global satellite navigation system); a space partnership.

The EU and India must start dialogue on investment, intellectual property rights and trade defence instruments. The EU has an interest in enhancing cooperation with India on technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary issues. The EU-India customs cooperation agreement should also be exploited and sustainable development and South Asian regional cooperation should be promoted. There is enormous potential for EU-India collaboration in science and technology. Indian researchers should be encouraged to participate in the EU's 6th Framework Programme. The EU should invite India to regularly attend ministerial level consultations on subjects of mutual interest in the field of monetary and financial policy.

Development cooperation
The EU must help India to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Coordination with other EU donors needs to be improved. The EU could also share its experience of social security systems.

Mutual understanding
The European and Indian Parliaments are considering organising regular, institutionalised parliamentary exchanges. In terms of culture, cooperation in all disciplines should be reinforced. All Member States and institutions should cooperate and coordinate their activities to inform Indian public opinion. The Government of India should be encouraged to visit EU institutions as often as possible and devise its own communications strategy.

Institutional architecture
EU-Indian partnership is based on the 1994 Cooperation Agreement and the Joint Political Declaration of 1993. The first Lisbon summit of 2000 was also key to the development of bilateral relations. The Commission proposes a number of initiatives to streamline the structure of the partnership.

Implementation and follow-up

The Commission hopes that this Communication will be a starting point for collective reflection on how to improve EU-India relations. The proposals emerging from such reflection could serve as the basis for an action plan and a new EU-Indian joint political declaration. Both could be endorsed at the Sixth EU-India Summit in 2005.

EU-IndiaGrid2 project towards conclusion

02 DECEMBER 2011

The EC funded EU-IndiaGrid2 project - Sustainable e-infrastructures across Europe and India has played a key role in enhancing and increasing Euro-India cooperation on e-Infrastructures. The EUIndiaGrid e-Infrastructure has successfully supported a set of applications which, with effective deployment and increasing usage of the Grid service, achieved excellent results in the domains ofHigh-Energy Physics, Biology, Material Science, Earth and Atmospheric Science. EU-IndiaGrid2 is now approaching to its conclusion. The final workshop will be held on 8th December within the frameworkof the 7th International Conference on e-Science, in Stockholm, Sweden.

EU-IndiaGrid2 and CHAIN Workshop at APAN32 Meeting: media package

25 OCTOBER 2011 At the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network 32nd meeting, which took place in New Delhi, the EUIndiaGrid2 and CHAIN Workshop on Research Applications of High Speed Connectivity Across Europe, India and the Asia-Pacific Area was held on 24 August 2011 showcasing how eInfrastructure is driving scientific research across Europe, India and Asia.

EU and India launch policy dialogue on culture

Jos Manuel Barros, the President of the European Commission, and Catherine Ashton, Vice President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will join Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh at a ceremony today to mark the signing of a joint declaration to strengthen people-to-people contacts between India and the EU through a policy dialogue on culture. President Barros said: "It is a very positive signal for EU-India relations that we can reinforce our strategic relationship through a more intense dialogue and exchanges in the field of culture, acting jointly in favour of cultural diversity in the EU, in India and at international level." Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, added: "Today's declaration will bring our communities closer and result in increased regular exchanges of best practices. I am confident that both the EU and India will see concrete benefits from the promotion of knowledge building in the field of culture." The joint declaration was signed by Jan Truszczyski, Director General for Education and Culture of the European Commission, and Jawhar Sir car, Secretary of the Indian Ministry of Culture. The signing of the declaration formally marks the launch of a culture policy dialogue between the European Commission and the Indian Government. It shows the growing importance of culture in international relations, in particular since the adoption of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural expressions, to which both the EU and India are parties. Since 2007, the Commission has invested 2 million through the EU Culture Programme in support of five joint initiatives with India. These included the 'Spice'project which brought together the Attakalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore and art professionals from Europe. The Culture Programme also backed '2050 Cultures of Living', an architecture project where the Darpana

Academy of Performing Arts and the Srishti School of Art shared views on design and technology with partners from eight European countries.

EU India Trade Deal by Feb 2012

Comments by President Van Rompuy and President Barroso ahead of the EU-INDIA Summit
The EU and India are hoping to clinch a free trade deal within the coming months, according to toplevel officials from both sides. The February 2012 EU-India Summit has now been set as the new deadline for completing the talks, which were launched in 2007. The renewed push to complete the trade talks was announced late last week by both EU and Indian officials. John Clancy, the EU Trade Spokesman, said in a 17 November statement that discussions are currently moving at full steam ahead. Intense negotiations will therefore continue over the coming months to effectively solve the remaining core issues between now and the EU-India Summit, he added. A statement from the office of Indias Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, also confirmed the satisfaction with the progress of negotiations of the EU-India trade pact. Since negotiations were launched in 2007, the talks have faced repeated setbacks; the pact was originally scheduled to be completed in 2010. Thirteen rounds of trade talks have already taken place. The recent deadline for next February came about as frustrations among EU member governments, such as Britain, built over the various delays. With the pact set to slash duties on over 90 per cent of bilateral trade, along with an opening of mutual markets for investment and services, the EU Trade Commission estimates that, in the short run alone, India would gain 5 billion and the EU over 4 billion from finalising the pact. Comments by President Van Rompuy and President Barroso ahead of the EU-INDIA Summit The European Union and India will hold their 11th annual Summit in Brussels on 10 December. The EU will be represented by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and by European Commission President Jos Manuel Barroso, accompanied by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, and by Karel De Gucht, the EU Trade commissioner. The Republic of India will be represented by Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, assisted by Anand Sharma, Minister for Commerce and Industry, and Shiv Shanka Menon, National Security Advisor. The main focus of the Summit will be the strengthening of the political dimension of the EU-India strategic partnership, in particular through increased cooperation in security and counterterrorism. The Summit will also provide a strong impetus for an early conclusion of a broad-based investment and trade agreement. Both partners will address regional and global issues of common interest and concern, as well as a wide range of joint activities and policy dialogues in various sectors of cooperation. In advance of the Summit President Van Rompuy stated: ''I am confident that the EU-India Summit will deliver great results for the mutual benefit of our people. We will give fresh momentum to the ongoing negotiations on the Trade and Investment Agreement, which will bring significant economic benefits to both sides and further strengthen our strategic partnership. We will also discuss recent developments aimed at reinforcing global economic governance in particular in the G20 context. Finally, I look forward to launch EU-India cooperation in the field of security, in particular in the area of counter-terrorism.'' President Barroso said: "I am particularly confident that we will make headway towards a Free Trade Agreement at this Summit, bringing together markets of one and a half billion people. We should now give the final push to these talks so we can hail a historic agreement when we meet next year in Delhi.

We will also give renewed political impetus to our cooperation in the field of energy. We can do even more to exploit the potential of green and clean technologies together, to the benefit of our citizens and businesses."