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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Cotonou Partnership Agreement: what role in a changing world?

In a rapidly changing world the ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement (2000-2020) faces steep challenges. When Cotonou was signed in 2000 it represented a huge step forward in ACP-EU and international North-South relations. Cotonou was setting an ambitious and innovative agenda in terms of political dialogue, non-state actors participation, trade and development and performance based aid management. In several of these areas major progress has been realised, in others Cotonou was not yet able to live up to the high expectations.

In recent years some fundamental changes in the EU and the ACP cast a cloud upon the Cotonou Partnership and its future.

This ECDPM policy management report aims to stimulate a constructive debate on the Cotonou Partnership Agreement and the future orientation of ACP-EU relations. It is based on the outcomes of a multi-stakeholder seminar organised by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) on 18-19 December 2006 on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, and on recent ongoing debates and independent reflections in both the EU and the ACP.

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Weekly updates on the EPA negotiations

Now that the pace of the EPA negotiations has increased in all ACP regions, ECDPM has set up dedicated pages on the discussions in each ACP region on the acp-eu-trade.org web site.

These pages will be updated on a weekly basis and provide breaking news 'as-it-happens.'

See also feeds from euforic members:

  • acp-eu news from ACP countries [subscribe to email updates]

  • acp-eu trade news [subscribe to email updates]

  • news on acp-eu cooperation [subscribe to email updates]

  • africa-eu cooperation [subscribe to email updates]

  • caribbean-eu cooperation [subscribe to email updates]

  • pacific-eu cooperation [subscribe to email updates]

  • news from acp secretariat

  • news from cta

  • news from ecdpm

  • Check out discussions in the eu-africa joint strategy consultation [subscribe to email updates]

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