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EU and Africa: Making an equal development partnership a reality based on sustainability and common values (own-initiative opinion)

Priimtos on 18/09/2020
Nuoroda: 
REX/527-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Dimitris DIMITRIADIS (Employers - GR I/Greece), Dilyana SLAVOVA (/Bulgaria), Thomas WAGNSONNER (Workers - GR II/Austria) (Employers - GR I / Greece)
  • The common foundation of any EU political engagement leading to an equal development partnership with Africa shall be based on a multidimensional approach, articulating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the respect of Universal Human Rights (UHRs) - including fundamental rights, the right to a healthy environment and the freedom to conduct a business.
  • The EESC advocates promoting a decent life and good prospects, creating a middle class and supporting equal partnerships by strengthening sustainable social-liberal democratic structures in Africa.
  • The EESC highlights that the EU strategy on Africa must focus on Development and welcomes the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
  • The EESC reiterates the important role of organised civil society in the up-coming ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.

    EESRK nuomonė: EU and Africa: Making an equal development partnership a reality based on sustainability and common values (own-initiative opinion)

    External aid, investment and trade as instruments to reduce the reasons of economic migration, with a special focus on Africa (own-initiative opinion)

    Priimtos on 11/12/2019
    Nuoroda: 
    REX/516-EESC-2019
    Rapporteur: 
    Arno METZLER (Germany)
    Co-rapporteur: 
    Thomas WAGNSONNER (Workers - GR II/Austria)

    When it comes to development and EU-Africa relations, the EESC consistently emphasised the importance of sustainable development and cooperation based on the rule of law and the respect for human rights. Initiatives focused on trade, investment and business relations with Africa could be welcomed, but not to the detriment of traditional development policies focusing on reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). EU and Africa leaders agreed in 2015 at the Valletta summit on migration on setting up the EU Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), as the main instrument of EU external migration policy. The Fund finances the development of border protection capacities, but also long-term development policy projects so as to decrease the likelihood of further migration.

    EESRK nuomonė: External aid, investment and trade as instruments to reduce the reasons of economic migration, with a special focus on Africa (own-initiative opinion)

    Neighbourhood, Development and Cooperation instrument

    Priimtos on 12/12/2018
    Nuoroda: 
    REX/508-EESC-2018
    Referral: 
    COM(2018) 460 final 2018/0243 CODCOM(2018) 460 final 2018/0243 CODCOM(2018) 462 final 2018/0245 NLE
    Rapporteur: 
    Cristian PÎRVULESCU (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)

    This proposal is part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) outlined in the European Commission’s Communication ‘A modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends – The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027’. On 14 June 2018 the European Commission presented the budget for the external action of the European Union, which includes and the Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and the European Instrument for Nuclear Safety.

    EESRK nuomonė: Neighbourhood, Development and Cooperation instrument

    Renewed partnership with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Communication)

    Priimtos on 07/12/2017
    Nuoroda: 
    REX/485-EESC-2017-EESC-2017-00788-00-00-AC-TRA
    Referral: 
    JOIN(2016) 52 final
    Rapporteur: 
    Brenda KING (United Kingdom)

    The Commission recently published a Communication on a Renewed Partnership with the ACP Group of countries. ACP-EU relations are currently governed by the Cotonou Partnership Agreement that will expire in 2020, therefore the Commission has published recommendations on what the future structure should be. Last year the EESC already drafted a general opinion on the post-Cotonou framework; this new opinion will have to answer specifically to the Commission's communication.

     

    EESRK nuomonė: Renewed partnership with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (Communication)

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