Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership

The objectives of the subject “Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership” are the following:

1. To understand the objectives of the Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership;
2. To analyze the benefits for the African Countries of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership;
3. To explore the bilateral relations of the European Union with Africa.

The Subject “Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate (DIB): African Business, Islamic Business, European Business, World Trade.

Masters (MIB): Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Courses: International Relations of Africa, EU International Relations.

Learning materials in or Partenariat stratégique Afrique-Union européenn Parceria estratégica União Europeia-África Asociación estratégica Unión Europea-África.

Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership

The European Union-Africa Summit, cemented the new Africa-European Union Strategic partnership, marking a qualitative leap in international relations between Africa and the European Union.

1. The Joint Africa-European Union provides a general long-term framework for the international relations between Africa and the European Union;
2. By the Lisbon Declaration, Africa and the European Union define the framework for the Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership, intended to guide the dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and Africa;
3. One of the main objectives of the Africa-European Union relations is to promote the United Nations Millennium Development Goals achievement in Africa;
4. This objective is strengthened and complemented by specific objectives pursued within the Cotonou Agreement, trade development and cooperation agreements, the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, and the European Neighborhood Policy, including the assistance to the political reform and economic modernization;
5. Strong trade links connect Europe with Africa, making the European Union the largest export market for the African products;
6. Near 85% of cotton, fruit, and vegetables exports are imported from the European Union (EU);
7. For most of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group countries - and virtually all the ACP countries - the European Union is the largest trading partner.

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) group involves seventy-nine member economies, all of them, except Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement that bind them to the European Union: forty-eight countries from the Sub-Saharan Africa, sixteen from the Caribbean and fifteen from the Pacific.

List of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) countries (Africa): Angola - Cape Verde - the Comoros - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central African Republic - Chad - Congo (Brazzaville) - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ivory Coast - Djibouti - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - Gambia - Ghana - Republic of Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Equatorial Guinea - Kenya - Lesotho - Liberia - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Rwanda - São Tomé and Príncipe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - Sudan - Eswatini (Swaziland) - Tanzania - Togo - Uganda - Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Nigerian Trade Agreements: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)...

The Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership belongs to:

1. African Civilization;
2. European Economic Area (Western Civilization).

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