13/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - "Africa on the move" is both the strapline of the first ever European Development Days, to be held this week in Brussels (EUROPE 9301), and the positive image of Africa which the European Commission, which is behind this international high-level event, hopes to project to fight ambient "Afropessimism". The first Europe/Africa business forum (16-17 November), which is very close to the heart of Commissioner Louis Michel, and the political forum on governance (15-17 November) will be two high points of these first ever European Development Days, centred around Africa, but which will be repeated in the future, honouring another region of the developing world. (an)