Europafrica Bulletin Issue 48 – January 2012 (last issue)

January 31, 2012

This is the last issue of the Europafrica bulletin.

We are grateful for your interest in our independent information hub on the Joint Africa EU Strategy (JAES) that the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) has produced over the last five years.

We hope to have contributed to improved understanding and increased ownership of this complex process of all the stakeholders involved.


18th ordinary session of the African Union ends with postponement of commissioners elections to June

January 31, 2012

AU The  Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), meeting at the 18th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 29 January 2012, on the theme “Boosting Intra-African Trade”, ended deliberation Read the rest of this entry »


The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility

January 30, 2012

Council of the European Union The Global Approach to Migration (hereinafter ‘GAM’), defined for the first time by the European Council in December 2005 and further developed in 2007 and 2008, has constituted the framework for the cooperation of the EU with third countries in the area of migration and asylum. The Stockholm Programme adopted in 2009 also acknowledged the importance of consolidating, strengthening and implementing the GAM. Read the rest of this entry »


Commission welcomes Desertec and Medgrid cooperation on solar energy in North Africa and the Middle East

January 30, 2012

European Commission 24 November 2011, in the margins of the Energy Council, Energy Commissioner Oettinger welcomed the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Desertec Industry Initiative (Dii) and Medgrid. Read the rest of this entry »


Activation of the EU Operations Centre for the Horn of Africa

January 30, 2012

Council of the European Union At the 3142nd Council meeting on Foreign Affairs in Brussels, 23 January 2012, the Council adopted the following conclusions: Read the rest of this entry »


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