Key Documents

Key documents on the Joint Strategy
Official documents on the Joint Strategy
EU-Africa dialogue
Issue papers on the Africa-EU Partnership
AU Events and Documents
EU Presidencies
EU policies towards Africa and existing partnerships
Related Documents
Consultation documents of 2007
Reports on the public consultations in 2007

Key Documents on the Joint Strategy

  • Lisbon Declaration: 9 December 2007 – html ; pdf
  • Joint Strategy and Action Plan: 9 December 2007 – pdf
  • The Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership – COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION GENERAL SECRETARIAT: June 2008 - pdf

    • Official documents on the Joint Strategy

    • Joint Communique of the 12th Africa-EU Ministerial Troika Meeting, 28.04.09- pdf
    • Draft Joint Roadmap for the Implemenatation of the 1st Action Plan (2008-2010) of the JAES, 28.04.09 -pdf
    • Agenda for the 12th Africa-EU Troika Ministerial Meeting, 28.04.09- pdf
    • AU-EU Expert Report on the Priniciple of Universal Jurisdiction, 8672/1/09 REV 1, 16.04.09- pdf
    • EC Communication ‘Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis” COM (2009) 160 Final, 08.04.2009 - pdf
    • VENRO Policy Paper “The JAES and Poverty Eradication: Common Civil Society Perspectives from Both Continents on Gender, Energy and Climate Policies, Trade and Regional Development” 07.04.09 – pdf
    • Joint note “the role of the Pan-African Parliament and the European Parliament in the implementation and monitoring of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy”-pdf
    • Report of the second meeting between AU and EU institutions, Strasbourg, 23/03/09- pdf
    • Report of the first meeting between AU and EU institutions Addis Ababa, 31/01/09- pdf
    • European Parliament resolution of 24 March 2009 on “One year after Lisbon: The Africa-EU partnership at work”-pdf
    • Joint Africa-EU Task Force, 17-18 March 2009 -Final Report -pdf
    • Joint Africa-EU Task Force, 17-18 March 2009 -Joint Communiqué -pdf
    • European Parliament Draft Report on ‘One year after Lisbon: The Africa-EU partnership at work’ ( 2008/2318 (INI) ) ( 14/01/2009 ) – pdf
    • Conclusions of the AU Peace and Security Council retreat on Mechanisms of Interaction with Civil Society Organisations, PSC/PR/(CLX), 04 – 05 Dec. 2009- pdf
    • Africa-EU declaration on climate change (01/12/2008 ) – doc
    • Guidelines for Joint Experts Groups (21/11/2008 ) - doc
    • EU-Africa Joint progress report (21/11/2008 ) – doc
    • Joint Communiqué of the 11th EU-Africa Ministerial Troike, Addis ( 20-21st of November) – doc
    • Staff Working Document: One year after Lisbon: The Africa-EU partnership at work – Early deliverables for each of the partnerships (17th of October 2008 ) - pdf
    • EC Communication: One year after Lisbon: The Africa-EU partnership at work (17th of October 2008 ) – pdf
    • EC-AUC Joint Statement on Implementation of the EU-AU Partnership for Science, Information Society and Space (1st October 2008) – pdf
    • European Economic and Social Committee opinion on the EU-Africa Strategy (18th September 2008 ) – doc
    • Joint Declaration of the College-to- College meeting between the EC and AUC ( 1st October 2008 ) – pdf
    • Press Release College-to-College meeting between the European Commission and African Union Commission (1st October 2008 ) – html
    • AUC-EC Book of Projects: Africa-EU Strategic Partnership Agreement, 8th Priority Action on “Science, Information Society and Space”, Addis Ababa September 2008 – pdf
    • EU Implementation Teams for the 8 Africa-EU Partnerships and Contact persons of the EU Civil Society Organisations Steering Group (September 2008 ) - pdf
    • Implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and its First Action Plan (2008-2010) : progress and way ahead (September 16th, 2008 ) -doc
    • EU Council conclusions on implementation of the EU/Africa Joint Strategy – June 2008 - pdf
    • First concrete plans on the Partnership on Science, Information Society and Space of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy – May 2008- short info
    • EP ad-hoc delegation to the Pan African Parliament on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy – 13/14 May 2008 – info
    • EC Communication on the Follow-up of the Joint Strategy and Action Plan – April 2008 – doc, short info – html
    • Lesotho Hosts Second Consultative Meeting on the Implementation of the First Action Plan of the Africa-EU Joint Strategy – 14-15/04/2008 – info
    • Press Release: 7th Meeting of the AU-EU Task Force in Addis – 17-18/04/2008 – doc
    • Meeting on Europe-Africa Research Network (EARN) – 02/04/2008 - info
    • First AU Regional consultative meeting on the Implementation of the First Action Plan of the Africa/EU Strategy – 19-20/03/2008 – info
    • Report: CSO Consultation on the Implementation Phase of Africa-EU Strategic Partnership by the AUC, Bamako – 3-5/03/2008 - doc, Speech by Dr. Jinmi Adisa (AUC) – pdf
    • Press Release: AU and EU met in Addis to discuss implementation of the Joint Strategy and Action Plan during the 2007 Lisbon Summit – 04/02/2008- doc
    • EC Communication: ‘From Cairo to Lisbon – The EU-Africa Strategic Partnership’ (27 June, 2007) – pdf
    • EC-Council Secretariat joint paper: ‘Beyond Lisbon – Making the EU-Africa Strategic Partnership work’ (27 June, 2007) – pdf
    • African Union Executive Council Declarations (28-29 June 2007) – pdf
    • Outline of the joint EU-Africa Strategy: 15 May 2007 – pdf
    • Joint AU-EU press release on the second Experts Meeting on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy (Addis Ababa, 23-24 March 2007) – doc
    • Joint AU-EU press release on the first Experts Meeting on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy (Brussels, 19-23 February 2007) – pdf
    • Joint AU-EU press release on launch of public consultation

    EU-Africa dialogue


    Issue papers on the Africa-EU Partnership

    • ‘Climate Change and International Security’ – Report by Javier Solana – pdf
    • Solana appoints Special Advisor for African Peacekeeping capabilities – pdf
    • EU-Africa Summit: strategy and partnership? By Romy Chevallier -pdf
    • How to deliver on the EU-Africa Partnership’s ambitions? Adapting the institutional framework for EU-Africa relations (October 2007) html pdf
    • Setting the Agenda: Towards a Joint Africa-Europe Partnership Strategy pdf ; doc
    • The EU-Africa Partnership in Historical Perspective pdf ; doc

    AU Events and Documents

    • AU, G8 meeting underlines capacity building for African peace architecture – info
    • African Union Audit Report, 2008 – doc
    • 11th African Union Summit, Sharm El Sheikh, Eygpt, 24 June – 1 July 2008. Website; Info
    • AU-CSO Pre-Summit meeting in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, 17 till 19 June 2008 – info – communique
    • 11th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Executive Council on the Audit Report of the African Union – info
    • Handing over ceremony of the old Commission to the recent new elected Commission at the headquarters of the AU in Addis – info
    • 10th African Union Summit, Addis Ababa, 31 Januray – 2 February 2008. Website; Info
    • CCP-AU CS0 Pre Summit Meeting, Addis Ababa, Communique – pdf
    • 9th African Union Summit, Accra, Ghana, 6 July 2007. Website ;
    • 8th African Union Summit, Addis Ababa, 22 – 23 January 2007. Web site ; Press release
    • 7th African Union Summit. Banjul, 25 June -2 July 2006. Website
    • 6th African Union Summit, Khartoum, Sudan, 16 – 24 January 2006. Website
    • 5th African Union Summit, Sirte, Libya, 26 June – 2 July 2005. Website
    • 4th African Union Summit, Abuja, Nigeria, 24-31 January 2005. Website
    • 3th African Union Summit, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 6-8 July 2004. Website

    EU Presidencies


    EU policies towards Africa and existing partnerships

    Related Documents

    Consultation documents of 2007

    • Contributions to the public consultation
    • ECDPM paper: ‘Additional points from the public consultation on the joint EU-Africa strategy’ (October 2007) – doc ; pdf
    • ECDPM paper: ‘The public consultation on the joint EU-Africa Strategy: What is the state of the debate?’ (May 2007) – html ; doc.


    Reports on the public consultations in 2007

    • Report of the Internet consultation (11 May, 2007)
    • Report from Conference on Civil Society and the Joint EU-Africa Strategy (Bad Honnef, Germany, 23-24 April 2007) – pdf ; doc ; more info
    • Report from African Civil Society conference (Accra, Ghana, 26-28 March 2007) – pdf ; more info
    • ECDPM preliminary report of the internet consultation presented at the second Experts Meeting on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy (Addis Abeba, 23-24 March 2007) doc – pdf
    • ECDPM presentation of the preliminary report of the internet consultation at the second Experts Meeting on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy (Addis Abeba, 23-24 March 2007) ppt – pdf
    • ECDPM summary report on the first Experts Meeting on the EU-Africa Joint Strategy (Brussels, 19-23 February 2007) doc

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