Brussels, 06/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, was in Ougadoudou, in Burkina Faso, on 6 and 7 March, to launch the programming of the next European Development Fund (the 10th EDF covering the financing of EU cooperation with the countries of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific in the period 2008-2013) with the authorities of West Africa. A Commission press release states that this third regional seminar, after those which were held with the Central and Western African countries, brought together ministers from sixteen Western African countries and officials from regional bodies.