Asian-African Strategic Partnership

Subject (Course): New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP)
2. Africa-Asia Sub-regional Organisation Conference (AASROC)
3. Afro - Asian Conference (Bandung Conference)
4. Declaration on the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership
5. Foreign trade Africa-Asia

The aims of the subject “The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership” are:

1. To understand the objectives of the New Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership
2. To evaluate the advantages for African countries
3. To know the pillars of the Afro-Asian cooperation.
4. To analyse foreign trade between Asia and Africa

Sample of the subject - New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP):

Subject Description: The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership:

In the Asia-Africa Summit held in Indonesia (Jakarta, 2005), the leaders of Africa and Asia adopted the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) with the main objective of encouraging bi-continental cooperation between them.

The three pillars of the Strategic Partnership between Asia and Africa:

1. Economic cooperation
2. Socio-cultural relations
3. Political solidarity

South Africa and Indonesia co-chairs the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership.

The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership is a forum for cooperation between fifty-four Asian countries and fifty-two African countries.

The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership has defined eight top areas of collaboration:

1. SME
2. Food security
3. University networking
4. Tourism
5. Energy security
6. Gender equality
7. Women empowerment
8. Fight against trans-national organised crime
9. Counterterrorism

The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership devotes particular attention to the cause of liberation of Palestine.

Foreign Trade Asia-Africa.

1. Asia is the third export continental market of Africa (26% of the total foreign trade of Africa)
2. Africa is the four export continental market of Asia (3% of the total foreign trade of Asia)
3. The total Asian foods exports to Africa: 16 billion dollars
4. Commodities are the largest African export product to Asia
5. Top African imports from Asia are capital and consumer goods and fuel

Bilateral relations Asia-Africa:

1. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
2. Africa-India Framework for Cooperation
3. Africa-Japan (TICAD)
4. Africa-Korea

The Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership belongs to the African Civilisation, Buddhist Civilisation, Hindu Civilisation, Islamic Civilisation.