Course summary Cotonou Agreement Africa European Union:
The European Union - Africa summit (Lisbon), cemented new Africa
- European Union Strategic partnership, marking a
qualitative leap in international relations between Africa and the European
Union. The Joint Africa - European Union strategy provides an general long-term framework for Africa- European Union international relations.
Africa and the European Union with the political Lisbon declaration, those key
documents define the framework for
the Africa - European Union strategic partnership, intended to guide European
Union - Africa dialog and cooperation.
One of the main objectives of the European Union international relations with Africa is to
promote the achievement of the United
Nations Millennium
development goals (MDGs) in Africa. This objective is strengthened and complemented by the specific objectives pursued within the Cotonou Agreement, trade development and cooperation agreement (TDCA), the Euro-Mediterranean partnership,
and the European neighbourhood policy, including the
assistance to political reform and economic
modernization.
Europe and Africa are connected by strong International trade links, making the European Union the
top export market for African products. Near 85% of exports of cotton, fruit and vegetables are imported by the European Union
.
Example of the course Cotonou Agreement:
The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group involves to 79 member
economies, all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement which binds them to the European Union: 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from
the Pacific.
List of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries (Africa)
Angola - Cape Verde - Comoros - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi -
Cameroon - Central African Republic (CAR) - Chad - Congo (Brazzaville) - Democratic Republic of Congo - Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) - 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 - Sao
Tome and Principe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia -
South Africa -
Sudan - Swaziland -
Tanzania - Togo -
Uganda - Zambia and Zimbabwe.
External trade with the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries
was EUR80 billion, with the European Union importing products to the value of EUR40.2 billion and exporting
products value EUR39.7 billion. For most of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries - and for virtually all African
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries - the European Union is the main
trade partner.
