The Pan-African Programme provides dedicated support to the Africa-EU strategic partnership and is the first ever EU plan for development and cooperation that covers Africa as a whole. It supports projects with a trans-regional, continental or global added-value in areas of shared interest, and offers new possibilities for the EU and Africa to work together.
Established in 2014, the Pan-African Programme is one of the main EU financial instruments for the implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy. The programme is funded under the EU's Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) with an allocated budget of EUR 845 million for the period 2014-2020.
In the period 2014-2017, the programme committed more than EUR 400 million to build mutually beneficial projects for the EU and Africa. Aligned with the Roadmap 2014-2017, the Pan-African Programme focuses on five key areas of cooperation between the two continents, namely:
In 2018, the second phase of the Pan-African Programme was launched for the period 2018-2020 with funding of EUR 400 million. Contributing to the implementation of the strategic priorities identified at the 5th AU-EU Summit of November 2017, the programme now focuses on three key areas of cooperation between Africa and the EU:
The added value of the Pan-African Programme builds on three main criteria:
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Cross-regional or continental in dimension
A joint interest in Africa and the EU
Complements other financial instruments
Contribute to regional integration through the development of resilient infrastructure. Facilitate intra-African trade and European investments.
Enhance young people's employability through improved job-oriented education and training and recognition of skills. Modernise higher education institutions in Africa and improve the employability of students and their mobility across the continent and with Europe.
Strengthen the Africa-EU Partnership through increased political dialogue and engagement. Contribute towards the development of an accountable, responsive and effective system of good governance at the pan-African level.
The EU has committed to €100 million for education, research and innovation within the Pan-African Programme between 2014 and 2017
The EU is Africa's biggest trading partner accounting for 37% of African exports and 35% of African imports in 2017
Solar capacity enjoyed exponential success. With support from the Africa-EU Energy Partnership, solar facilities reached 2,382MW at end-2016 from only 146MW in 2010
30 continental and trans-regional initiatives currently ongoing
