The Africa-EU Partnership

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The Africa-EU Partnership1. The Joint Africa-EU Strategy2. The 4th Africa-EU Summit 3. A new roadmap for 2014-2017: a. Core Policy Priorities

b. JAES architecture4. Main challenges ahead5. The PanAfrican Programme

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1. The Joint Africa-EU Strategy

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

I. Africa-EU Summit, Cairo

Launch NEPAD

Establishment African Union

EU enlargement

Adoption EU Strategy for

Africa

II. Africa-EU Summit, Lisbon:

Adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy

III. Africa-EU Summit, Tripoli

Action Plan 2011-13

EU Delegation to AU

EU enlargement

IV.Africa-EU Summit

Brussels

C2C

EC Proposal to create Pan-African

Program

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Changing geopolitical agenda & new actorsAfrica:2001: NEPAD, 2002: OAU => AUMultiple international partnerships (China, India, Brazil, etc)World fora: G8/Africa Dialogue, represented at the G-20, UN

conferencesEU:15 => 28 Member States (13 MS new to relations with Africa),

Lisbon Treaty, External Action ServiceGeopolitical context: emerging donors, shifting balance of

powerNew global challenges: climate change, energy, terrorism &

transnatl.crime, financial crisis…New opportunities for cooperation: S&T, renewable energies,

space, ICTs

2. The Africa-EU Summit

• 2-3 April 2014 in Brussels• High attendance (61 HOS and Gov)• Side events: Business Forum, Youth Leader's

Summit, Parliamentary Summit, Civil Society Forum

• Achievements on e.g. Peace and Security, migration, trade, climate change, agriculture, science and technology, space,..

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3. JAES - A new Roadmap for 2014-17

• More flexible institutional architecture• Concentration on 5 core priorities• An agenda of actions at continental level

complementing the regional, national & local levels

• A dedicated EU financial instrument: Pan-African Programme (€845M)

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Road Map - Policy Priorities• Peace and Security• Democracy, Good Governance and Human

Rights• Human Development: STI, Higher education, migration

• Sustainable and inclusive development and growth, continental integration: private investment, infrastructure, trade, agriculture

• Global and emerging issues: climate change and environment, post 2015..

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Institutional architecture

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Summit

Ministerial meetings

Joint Forum

(Progress review)

Ad-hoc working Groups

(Annual)

Political guidance

Political dialogue, review, monitoring

Expertise

(every 3 years)

EESC-economic & social actors

AU-EU civil society

EP-PAP

Inputs

(implementation &/or coordination)

(ad-hoc)

(ad-hoc)

4. Challenges ahead

Euro-Med Partnership with North Africa + Neighbourhood PolicyCotonou Agreement with sub-Saharan Africa

Agreement on Trade, Coop. and Development with South Africa

a. Sustain the continental and multilateral dialogue Climate change, post-2015, Peace and Security, migration, etc.

b. Mobilise contributions from all stakeholders, including from Africa and from EU Member States

c. Ensure coordination between the different levels (continental, regional, country) :

5. Role of Pan African Programme (PanAf)• DCI: € 845 million - MFF 2014-2020• Dedicated to the JAES: "treat Africa a one"• Specificity: cross-regional, continental• Complementarity with other EU cooperation

instruments: EDF NIPs, RIPs, Intra-ACP, DCI geographic and thematic (GPGC & CSO/LA), ENI, EIDHR

• "Beyond Development": implementation of Policy Coherence for Development

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Partners

• African Union Commission & organs• African organisations, e.g. African Development

Bank• International Organisations, UN agencies • Civil society Organisations• MS Development agencies→ Stakeholders active at pan African level→ Consulted in identification and implementation

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PanAf: next stepsRecently achieved

1.Formal adoption of legal basis (trilogue agreement 12.2013)2.Identification of priorities through informal/formal consultations with European and African partners at continental level (incl. AUC, AfDB, other AU organs, RECs, CSOs, EESC, etc.)3.Strategic dialogue with European Parliament (24.02.2014)4.4th Summit Africa-EU

Next1.Adoption of the first multiannual indicative programme (MIP) 2014-2017 (07/2014)2.Adoption of first Annual Action Plan (9/2014)

Thank you for your attention

For more information on the Africa-EU Partnership:

http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/

Summit documents available on: http://www.european-council.europa.eu/eu-africa-summit-2014

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