Key documents
The key documents about the Africa Europe partnership are currently the following ones:
EDD session on “Citizens AU-EU partnership”, 17/11/2009
- Final report of the seminar
- Background: factsheet on civil society participation in the Africa-EU Partnership
Contributions:
- Speech by Akere Muna, President of the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC)
- Speech by Sandy Boyle, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- "Diaspora Perspectives on the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership", ADPC Position Paper, Oct. 2009
Kampala Summit on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in Africa, 28/10/2009
- Press release
- Declaration
- Statements
- Mrs Julia Jolly, Joiner Commissioner for political Affairs, African Union Commission
- Mr Jean Ping, President of the African Union Commission
- Mr Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Closing statement, Mrs Julia Jolly, Joiner Commissioner for political Affairs, African Union Commission
13th Africa-EU Ministerial Troïka, 14/10/2009
- Joint communiqué
- Report of the 9th meeting of the Joint AUC-EC Task Force
- Presentations (PPT files)
- ADB’S financing instruments
- COMESA – Harmonisation mainstreaming complementarity coherence and adaptation in the programme and implementation of regional African resources
- Africa-EU Workshop on resources for the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and first Action Plan (Presentation by the European Commission of all relevant Community instruments contributing to the overall Africa-EU Strategy and its 1st Action Plan)
- Accessing EIB Resources, European Investment Bank
Link! Newsletter of the EU Delegation
Main features:
- Interview avec prof. Jean-Pierre Ezin
- Dossier Technology
- Latest news about the partnership
Main features:
- Lisbon Treaty
- Interview of Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Bank of Development
- Feature on infrastructure, a priority for EU-Africa cooperation
- Latest news
Main features:
- Interview with Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union
- Feature on peace and security
- Interview with Shewit Hailu, Situation room co-ordinator
- Africa Union mission in Somalia
Main features:
- Interview with Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for rural economy and agriculture
- Feature on climate change
- Climate change and security: a “threat multiplier”
- Interview with Kirsti Aarnio, Ambassador of Finland to Ethiopia and Djibouti, Permanent Representative to the African Union
Link! n° 1 - Newsletter of the EU Delegation to the AU in Addis Ababa:
Main features:
- Interview of the month with the AUC President Mr. Ping
- Farewell interview of EU Commissioner Louis Michel
- Article on Somalia
- A look at some recent developments in the Peace and Security; Governance; Energy and Science, Information Society and Space partnerships
- An interview with a member of the AU team invited to observe the EU elections in June
Joint Africa-EU Strategy - Mid-term review:
12th Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting, Luxembourg (28/04/2009):
- Joint Communiqué (28/04/2009)
- Roadmaps
- Agenda
- AU-EU Expert Report on the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction
- AU Press Release on preparatory meetings (24/04/2009) [FR]
Parliaments' involvement in the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership (23/03/2009)
- Joint note "the role of the Pan-African Parliament and the European Parliament in the implementation and monitoring of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy"
- Report of the second meeting between AU and EU institutions, Strasbourg, 23/03/09
- Report of the first meeting between AU and EU institutions Addis Ababa, 31/01/09
- European Parliament resolution of 24 March 2009 on "One year after Lisbon: The Africa-EU partnership at work"
- European Commissioner Louis Michel speech[FR]
Joint Africa-EU Task Force, 17-18 March 2009
IRD-STOA Conference: the scientific partnership between the EU and Southern countries and its inclusion in development policies (04/03/2009)
Conference on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Poznan, December 2008:
Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting (20-21/11/2008):
Meeting between the Commissioners of the African Union and European Union (01/10/2008):
Meeting between AU Commissioner Ibrahim and EU Commissioners Michel and Piebalgs (08/09/2008)
European Parliament Africa Week (08-12/09/2008):
Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting (16/09/2008):
- Joint Communiqué: Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting (16/09/2008)
- Progress Report on the Implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and its First Action Plan (2008-2010)
Lisbon Summit, 8 December 2007:
Press Releases:
- 25/05/2009: Africa Day: The European Commission reaffirms its commitment to strengthen the EU-Africa Partnership in order to address common challenges, EC press release.
- 25/05/2009 : 46th Anniversary of a united and strong Africa, press release from UA
- African Union press release- Africa day 2009, press release from UA
- Chairperson PING officially inaugurates the satellite receiving station AMESD
- Joint Press release AU-EU : Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership Presented to European Parliamentarians (April 8)
- Commission first to act on G20 with strategy to support developing countries
- Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis
Speeches and interviews :
- Lisbon Conference "The Partnership on Peace and Security in the Joint EU-Africa Strategy: Progresses and Challenges" - Opening Address by João Cravinho, Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (26/11/2009)
- Allocution of the President of the African Union Commission - Africa day 2009 [FR]
- Agriculture and food security in Africa: EU Head of Delegation Speech
- Discours du Président Ping
- Interview de M. Erastus Mwencha, vice-Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine
Presentations on the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership:
- "Ministerial Troika outcomes, progress in the implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and the 8 thematic partnerships, and the way forward",presentation made by Ph. Darmuzey, Head of the European Commission Panafrican Unit (18/05/2009)
- The European integration experience, presentation made at the Conference of African Ministers of Integration, EU Delegation to the African Union, Addis Ababa (4-8/05/2009)
- "Everything you always wanted to know about the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership", (26/01/10)
- "The Africa-EU Strategic Partnership, one year after Lisbon", presentation made by Mr Briosa e Gala at Chatham House, London (12/12/2008)
- Migration and Development (17/02/2009)
- African Peace Facility
Articles & publications:
- Europe and Africa, partners for development - Tackling together global challenges, by Stefano Manservisi, Director-General for Development, European Commission [IT]
- Beyond Structures? Reflections on the Implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy, by Veronika Tywuschik and Andrew Sherriff, ECDPM, Feb. 2009 [IT]
Climate Change - Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (20/05/2009):
- Powerpoint presentation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative
- AU-EU study to assess the scope and pre-feasibility of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative