ACS en Afrika

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Vanaf de eerste Overeenkomst van Lomé (1975) tot de Overeenkomst van Cotonou (2000-2021) zijn de betrekkingen tussen de EU en 79 landen van de groep van staten in Afrika, het Caribisch gebied en de Stille Oceaan (ACS), die onlangs is omgedoopt tot de Organisatie van staten in Afrika, het Caribisch gebied en de Stille Oceaan (OACPS), geregeld in het EU-ACS-partnerschap.

Gedurende deze hele periode heeft het EESC, samen met het maatschappelijk middenveld van de ACS-landen, gestreden voor erkenning van de wezenlijke rol die de niet-statelijke actoren in het ontwikkelingsproces spelen, wat uiteindelijk werd bereikt met de Overeenkomst van Cotonou, waarin het EESC de opdracht kreeg activiteiten en raadplegingen te organiseren met de economische en sociale belangengroepen uit de ACS-landen en de EU, om de standpunten van het maatschappelijk middenveld te verzamelen en het een stem te geven. Het doel is uitwisselingen te bevorderen en aanbevelingen te doen over kwesties en beleidsmaatregelen die van belang zijn voor de betrekkingen tussen de ACS-landen en de EU, om daarna officieel aan de leiders van de EU en de ACS-landen te worden voorgelegd.

In de praktijk worden de activiteiten van het EESC m.b.t. de betrekkingen tussen de EU en de OACPS-landen hoofdzakelijk uitgevoerd onder leiding van een inclusief follow-upcomité ACS-EU, bestaande uit EESC-leden en afgevaardigden die de economische en sociale belangengroepen van de ACS-landen vertegenwoordigen.

Het follow-upcomité EU-ACS onderhoudt regelmatige contacten op verschillende niveaus met de vertegenwoordigers van het maatschappelijk middenveld in de ACS-landen, via:

  • Regelmatige vergaderingen van het follow-upcomité ACS-EU,
  • regionale seminars in ACS-landen, waarmee een forum wordt geboden voor het bespreken van onderwerpen van algemeen belang met vertegenwoordigers van het maatschappelijk middenveld in wisselende regio's,
  • driejaarlijkse algemene vergaderingen van de economische en sociale belangengroepen uit de ACS en de EU in Brussel.

Het EESC onderhoudt ook regelmatige contacten met de vertegenwoordigers van economische en sociale belangengroepen van de Afrikaanse Unie, in het kader van de gemeenschappelijke strategie EU-Afrika. Zo vergadert het EESC jaarlijks met het netwerk van economische en sociale belanghebbenden Afrika-EU. 

Het EESC onderhoudt al vele jaren regelmatige contacten met de Paritaire Parlementaire Vergadering ACS-EU; tijdens de zittingen van de plenaire Vergadering presenteert het een verslag over zijn activiteiten.

Het EESC onderhoudt eveneens goede contacten met internationale werkgevers-, werknemers-, landbouw- en consumentenorganisaties. Deze organisaties wijzen de ACS-vertegenwoordigers aan die worden uitgenodigd voor de door het EESC georganiseerde bijeenkomsten, met inbegrip van het follow-upcomité EU-ACS.

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Infrastructures at the heart of the Africa-EU comprehensive strategy

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INTERACTIO-7th Meeting of the representatives of African and EU economic and social stakeholders
EESC Building Rue Belliard, 99
Brussels
Belgium

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Seventh meeting of the EU-Africa Economic and Social Stakeholders' Network originally scheduled in 2020 had been postponed to 2021.

The EESC proposes holding the Seventh meeting of the EU-Africa Economic and Social Stakeholders' Network at the EESC building in Brussels, on 2 March 2021, from 2.30 to 6.15 pm. 

The meeting will be held virtually from the EESC building in Brussels. The system INTERACTIO will used as it allows simulations interpretation in EN, ES FR and PT, which is the linguistic regime applied to EESC regular activities with Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP). 

 

02/03/2021

Meeting of the Follow-up Committee ACP-EU - December 2020

Event
Rue Belliard, 99 Brussels
Brussels
Belgium

The Meeting of the Follow-up Committee ACP-EU will virtually take place on 14 December 2020, 5-7 p.m. Brussels time, which is 4-6 p.m. G.M.T., 12 a.m.-5 p.m. in Trinidad and Tobago, 7-9 p.m. in Nairobi or 4-6 a.m. in Suva (Fiji).

This meeting will be the opportunity to properly say good-bye and thank our delegates for the good cooperation during the 2018-2020 period, before the EESC launches call for the nomination of new delegates.

14/12/2020

17th Regional Seminar of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups

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Sofitel Hotel
Port Louis
Mauritius

The EESC  organised a regional seminar in Eastern and Southern Africa, which comprises the Indian Ocean islands (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles), countries from the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan) and some countries of Southern Africa (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe).

The regional seminar took place in Mauritius, on 21-22 November 2019.

 

 

 

21/11/2019 22/11/2019

6th Meeting EU-Africa Economic and social Stakeholders' Network

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Meeting
European Economic and Social Committee JDE 63
Brussels
Belgium

The sixth meeting of the EU-Africa Economic and Social Stakeholders' Network took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 and 4 July 2019. A political declaration was adopted by the network to be addressed to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the African Union.

03/07/2019 04/07/2019

16th Regional Seminar of the ACP-EU economic and social interest groups

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Hotel Safari - Windhoek (Namibia), 8-9 November 2018
Windhoek
Namibia

On the basis of the Cotonou agreement, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is mandated to organise consultation sessions and meetings of ACP-EU economic and social interest groups in order to voice these actors' views on the ACP-EU partnership and foster cooperation between civil society organisations.

Within this framework, the EESC organises regional seminars every year in one of the ACP regions.

This year, the EESC is organising a regional seminar in Windhoek (Namibia) on 8-9 November 2018.

08/11/2018 09/11/2018

5th Meeting EU-Africa Economic and Social stakeholders' network

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JDE 70
Brussels
Belgium

The EU-Africa economic and social stakeholders' network will first deal with the up-coming EU-Africa Action Plan for the period 2018-2020. The annual meeting will specifically address migration and economic issues, focusing on the implications for young people. The youth focus is essential as young people clearly represent an increasingly important proportion of African populations. Moreover, youth unemployment in both Africa and Europe is a shared concern of economic and social actors. It is helping to feed migration flows, especially for young Africans who are facing a lack of prospects.

17/07/2018

CARIFORUM-EU Consultative Committee - 3rd meeting

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JCC Meeting
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago

The Consultative Committee (CC) is one of the 5 institutions foreseen in the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. The CC is composed of 40 (25 from the CARIFORM side and 15 from  the EU side)  standing representatives of organisations of the civil society  representing employers' organisations, trade unions, other economic, social and non-governmental organisations, including development and environmental organisations; and the academic community.

06/11/2017 07/11/2017

4th Meeting of EU-Africa Economic and Social Stakeholders and Economic and Social Council

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Meeting
Côte d'Ivoire

The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) has been the main framework for relations between the continents of Europe and Africa since 2007. Its goal is to develop a shared vision of the main global issues whilst simultaneously strengthening cooperation in a broad range of areas such as development, governance, human rights, trade, regional integration, food security and migration. To this end, meetings of EU-African economic and social stakeholders are held on a regular basis.

16/11/2017 17/11/2017

28th Meeting of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups

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Brussels
Belgium

Under the auspices of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organises meetings with ACP and EU economic and social interest groups. This role has been confirmed by the Cotonou Agreement, which mandates the EESC to organise consultation sessions and meetings of ACP and EU economic and social interest groups (Protocol 1).

Within this framework, the EESC organises general meetings in Brussels every three years, with delegates from the 78 ACP countries, together with representatives of the EU institutions, national economic and social councils, the secretariat of the ACP Group of States, EU and ACP states' diplomatic missions, NGOs and other interested parties. These general meetings are in addition to the regional seminars, which take place in the ACP regions once a year.

15/05/2017 16/05/2017

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