Africa-South America Summit

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Africa-South America Summit (ASA). UNASUR-African Union. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
2. The III Africa-South America Summit
3. The Africa-South America implementation plan
4. The Round-table on infrastructure, energy, and transport
5. The Malabo Declaration
6. About the Union of the South American Nations (UNASUR) and the African Union (AU)
7. The Declaration of Abuja and Nueva Esparta
8. The Marrakesh Action Plan

The objectives of the subject “The Africa-South America Summit (ASA)” are the following:

1. To understand the aims of the Africa-South America Summit
2. To know the Africa-South America implementation plan
3. To analyse the economic relations between the South American Countries and the African Countries

Sample of the subject - The Africa-South America Summit (ASA):

Description of the Subject: The Africa-South America Summit (ASA).

The Africa-South America Summit (ASA) should focus on the implementation of the Africa-South America Strategic Agenda 2010-20, which includes international trade, international transport, foreign direct investment (FDI), tourism, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, environment, education, and technology.

The Africa-South America Summit is integrated by fifty-four African Countries and twelve countries of South America (members of the Union of the South American Nations).

The members of the South American Community of Nations (UNASUR) are Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The members of the African Union (AU) are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, the State of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, the Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

From the religious point of view, the Summit of the South America - Africa consists of Christian and Muslim countries.

The creation of the Africa-South America Summit in 2006 presented Africa and South America with a chance to build an independent Framework for Cooperation, regional partnership and solidarity that, furthermore, to develop mutual knowledge and inter-regional trade, could supply to Africa and South America with greater visibility and guarantee more efficient introduction in the global economy.

The South America-Africa Summit (ASA) is an inter-civilisation agreement between the economic spaces of the Islamic Civilisation, the African Civilisation and the Western Christian Civilisation (Latin American Economic Area).