Sanoussi Bilal

Dr. Sanoussi Bilal, a Swiss national, is the Head of the Programme on Economic and Trade Cooperation at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht and Brussels. With a background in economics and international relations (Bachelor in economics from the University of Geneva, Master from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva), economics and international trade (PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK), his expertise and publications are in the fields of trade policies and development, economic integration, political economy, regulation and trade-related areas. Before joining ECDPM, he worked on trade and immigration issues at the University of Geneva, on internal market issues at the European Institute of Public Administration, and trade and development issues at the Overseas Development Institute.

His current activities relate mainly to the trade policies, regional integration processes and capacity development of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union, in the context of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations and implementation, as well as the multilateral (WTO) framework, including aid for trade initiatives. He is the founder of www.acp-eu-trade.org, and the author of many publications, as well as the founding editor of Trade Negotiations Insights, a monthly magazine by ECDPM and ICTSD dedicated to ACP and EU trade-related and development matters. www.ecdpm.org/bilal