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TABLE
CONTENTSOF
Expectations 4
Policy Forum on Development 5
Welcome and Opening Address 6
The Case of Botswana 7
Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda 8
Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda
- Interactive Session 9-10
AU-EU Summit of November 2017 to Today 11
AU-EU Working Groups 12-13
Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda
- Working Groups 14-15
Post 2020 EU-ACP and Africa Relations 16
Winning the Fight Against Corruption 17
Outcomes 18
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EXPECTATIONS
Translate the meetings into action. How do the outcomes translate into action?
Funding opportunities from EU and areas of focus
Discuss ways and mechanisms to increase FDI in the south where the need is greater
Investment opportunities
Feedback/progress/ achievements from previous Regional (African) and Global meeting of PFD
Find innovative solutions to the different problems
Sharing experiences and best practices from every region
CLGF (HQ) Building trust and building a joint dialogue. ACP post Cotonou debate
African Diaspora Network - Contribute to AU-EU dialogue process
Networking opportunities
Networking and capacity building
CLGF (SA) linking up with CSOs and partners (Network)
Awaress of organisation and look for opportunities to collaborate
Better understand Africa issues
Focus on decent work
Focus on local development
Cyber crime and security (ICT)
Gender (women’s representation, VAW)
Youth unemployment
Climate change
Democracy (elections) and Human Rights
Illegal immigration and human trafficking
Diseases (though gains, more to be done)
Terrorism (youth radicalisation)
Sharing of concernsSharing of expertise
Have a final document to share with our govenments
Local development - governance
Migration and mobility
Political issues of peace and security
Concrete proposals on issue of migration and its impact on local development
Skill development for youth and women to access labour markets
Role, and participation of, civil society in skill development for young people - investment in youth
Strengthening institutional and organisation capacity of CSOs to play an effective catalyst role in achieving SDGs
Establish effective mechanisms to ensure good governance is enhance, and
have tools to track data and statistics from CSOs
Open and inclusive discussion of themes
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Policy Forum on
Development
Presen
ted by
Claire
Frost
62 networks
and associations
Civil society organisations
Local authorities
European Commission
Private sector
Who?
Facilitate dialogue on cross-
cutting issues
Promoting policy debate,
consultation and exchange of
information
Providing space for regular
updates and peer reviews
Goals
Multi-stakeh
olde
r plat
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CSOs
LAs
EU
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Welcome and Opening Addresses
H.E Jan Sadek H.E Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi
Cllr. Mpho Paks Tau
Moderator, Katrin Hagemann
Achieng Akena
What should we do to enhance investment where development needs
are greatest?
Our story of success is one of
prioritisation, choices and decisions in the face of
challenges
EU external investment fund
How have we addressed SDGs and aligned them with
Agenda 2063
Welcome to Botswana!!
Role of local authorities is irreplecable!
Without development no peace; without peace no
development
We hope you will:learndialoguecreate a body of knowledgeinnovate solutions
Welcome home!
We look forward to workable partnerships - in
Africa and with EU support
AU-EU alliance for
jobs
What progress on AU theme 2018:
Anticorruption?
5Ps: People, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership for
Poverty eradication
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Many African cities are presently preparing master plans as the cities they had before were prepared during the colonial times
What measures have been taken to alleviate the challenges faced in cities in Africa?
Many African cities are presently preparing master plans as the onesthey had before were prepared during the colonial times
Challenges identifying women’s organisations and getting women’s voice to be heard
Women’s rights organisations exist across the continent . It is important to not only recognise the voice of women, but to also work to remove the barriers to their participation
There are campaigns to fight against inequalities. We need to focus on removing barriers and unlocking access to resources
Is there a difference between Europe and Africa? Why do our GDP growth rates not result in improved livelihoods?
African cities are engaged in dialogue(s) on different questions of urbanisation
?
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“Interacti ve Session ”
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How did AU ensure coherence between 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063?What role do CSOs have in achieving Agenda 2063?
European local governments are autonomous while African ones are dependent on central government support
Inequality is a shared concern with Europe. The EU is keen to have dialogue with Africa based on SDGs
In the development of Agenda 2063 there was strategic alignment with global frameworks
Every actor - including CSOs- has a role to play in Africa’s development agenda
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AU-EU Summit of November
2017 to today
Who was in Abidjan?(and who was excluded)
What happend in Abidjan?
What were the key outcomes?
What has happened since then?
engage stakeholders especially young people and CSOs in programmingPreparation of political
declaration-informed by presentation of youth among others
Development of action plan
Discussion on four thematic areas
City Society Forum
1st Africa-Europe Local and Regional Government Forum
5th AU-EU Summit Abidjan, November 2017
Joint Declaration- Investing in people- Strengthening resilience- Mobilising investment- Mobility and Migration
Heads of 55 African States
Heads of 28 European States
Young People-36 fellows - AU-EU youth plug in -Made presentation of youth agenda
Representatives of Local
and Regional Governments- not allowed to make presentation
CSOs-despite recognition in Accra declaration were not allowed access
The declaration reflected
Recommendation
Declaration
the recommendations of civil society
the recommendations of the youth
Evaluation of action plan of 4th (previous) AU-EU summit
Moderator: Emmanuel O.AkweteyPanelists: Domenico Rosa, Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Nondumiso N Hlophe, Abozer Elligai
participation in human rights dialogue
continue to seek mechanism for participation of local governments
continue to seek recognition of ‘one Africa’
EU-Africa alliance for jobs
Erasmus plan
Vocational training for skills by EU
External investment plan of EU
Investment in energy by EU
Did not reflect
the declaration of local governents
governments would have liked a change in the narrative of migration (root causes of migration
are global)
Long term and political framework of the EU-Africa cooperation relations
The Africa-EU Partnership
Launched at the first Africa-EU
Summit in Cairo, in 2000
Adopted during the 2nd EU-
Africa Summit in Lisbon, in
2007
The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES)
Guidance tool defining the strategic orientation of the Partnership and providing the political vision for future cooperation.
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If the AU recognizes diaspora as a region,
why does it not have a mechanism to work
with them?
Is the REASON for exclusion of CSO from
summit as provided legitimate?
PEOPLECENTRED
Is there space?
Was the engagement of young people ‘meaningful’ and sustainable?
goes into building community and
classifying identity?
Where is theINCLUSIONof the peoplein the process
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be in touch with lived realities
reach all young people
use existing mechanisms
Recommendation
European Youth Charter
AU contribution to youth development
existing policy instruments
corporate engagement
What is working
What is miss
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increased a�rocentric view
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Enhance effective partnerships - include CSOs, local govern-
ment and provate sector
Increase the level of TRUST between government, LAs and CSOs
Build capacity of governments and CSOs
Support national dialogue
Recommendation
Trust between governments and CSOs
Transition between political regimes
Governments implementing reforms
EU support for CSOs
Domestification of human rights protocol
What is workingWhat is missing
Governance
Jointly build capacity of governments and CSOs
Involve CSOs and diaspora in conflict resolution
Local governments and CSOs mobilize citizens
Engage CSOs in resource management
Recommendation
Space for CSO participation
Focus on democratic processes
Social and economic cooperation
Military cooperation
What is working
What is miss
ing
Peace and Security
Enhance monitoring and evaluation
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Post Cotonou Agreement:-Benefits to both parties-Separate regions, common foundations
Challenges-Partnership with EU is unequal-Donor funds linked to donor interests-Informal CSO participation-Lack of strategic position as one Africa
How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Create space for multi-stakeholder partnerships, diversity-Prioritise halting IFFs-Ensure SDG based partnering including EDF
-Align with Paris delegation-Strengthen CSOs
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
Post Cotonou Agreement:-Better consideration for local governments-Invest in development of women and growth
Challenges-Paradigm of AU-EU relationship-exclusion of diaspora-Weak mechanisms for collaboration-No clarity on African interests
How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Change the paradigm-Include diaspora beyond financing-Create mechansisms for collaboration among stakeholders-Create interest based dialogue between parties
ENHANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Challenges-Tense relationship between trade and development-Restricted mobility
How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Consider social indicators alongside economic ones-Encourage economic diversification-Finance development using Africa’s resources-Engage with CSOs and LAs-Mainstream CST done by private sector
TRADE AND COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Post Cotonou Agreement:-Greater accountability-Better information flow
-Build capacity of local investors-Reinforce role of women
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How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts- REcognize territorial differences-provide information on role of different actors in EIP-Address inequality-Contextualise approach to country needs
EXTERNAL INVESTMENT PLAN
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WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Mechanisms-anti corruption comittees-Multi-stakeholders approaches-both local level and national level initiatives-Continuous legal reforms
Questions-focus on bribery (exclu-sion of all else) - 95% of our efforts on 5% of our problems-difficulties accessing funds from institutions in Europe
Progress-Norms and processes in place-AU advisory Board-African Peer Review Mechanism-Work of investigative journalists-Social movements-Professional associations-CSO Forum for AU-Individual initiatives
Stumbling block-undermines democracy-diverts resources-US$ 100 Billion per year lost in Africa ($140 Billion in Europe)-weakens state institutions
Framework
s
SDGs
(SDG 16)
AU
Convention
Moderator: David C. JamaliPanelists: Hon. Cllr Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Peter Frisch, Donald Deya
EU
leadership on addressing IFFS
relationships with citizens
Wha
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corr
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on in
CSO
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whistleblower
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Mutual balanced relationship between AU and EU
Young population in Africa
ClimateChange
Weak implementation
Corruption and IFFs
Post Cotonou Negotiation
Rising inequalities
Inclusive Development
Institutional Development
Sustainability Approach
Inclusion and justice
Invest in Africa’s youth
Multi-stakeholder and Multi-level engagement
Multi-stakeholder Approach to Partnership
Mutually beneficial development model
Curb corruption and IFFs
Anchor post Cotonou negotiation in Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030
Common narrative on migration
Include Afria’s private sector in EIP
Resident institutions
Strengthen local structures
Migration
Migrants
Leadership
EIP
PFD model of multi-stakeholder dialogue
OUTCOMESObservation Recommendation
Gaborone, Botswana8-10, October 2018