21/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - Cotton processing will be on the agenda of a round table to take place in Bamako from 19 to 21 February. This concertation, organised by OPICT (Cotton and Textiles Industries Trade Association), the Centre for Enterprise Development and Pro-Invest, will bring together representatives of international, national and regional institutions, Ministers of Industry, Trade and Agriculture, heads of textiles companies and international private partners. It will look at recommendations to the Heads of State of the region on the rapid implementation of concrete measure to boost cotton activity in this part of Africa (Contact Hamed Sow, 0032 2 679 18 24, or hso@cde.int).