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TABLE

CONTENTSOF

Expectations 4

Policy Forum on Development 5

Welcome and Opening Address 6

The Case of Botswana 7

Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda 8

Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda

- Interactive Session 9-10

AU-EU Summit of November 2017 to Today 11

AU-EU Working Groups 12-13

Matching Africas’ and Europes’ Development Agenda

- Working Groups 14-15

Post 2020 EU-ACP and Africa Relations 16

Winning the Fight Against Corruption 17

Outcomes 18


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EXPECTATIONS

Translate the meetings into action. How do the outcomes translate into action?

Funding opportunities from EU and areas of focus

Discuss ways and mechanisms to increase FDI in the south where the need is greater

Investment opportunities

Feedback/progress/ achievements from previous Regional (African) and Global meeting of PFD

Find innovative solutions to the different problems

Sharing experiences and best practices from every region

CLGF (HQ) Building trust and building a joint dialogue. ACP post Cotonou debate

African Diaspora Network - Contribute to AU-EU dialogue process

Networking opportunities

Networking and capacity building

CLGF (SA) linking up with CSOs and partners (Network)

Awaress of organisation and look for opportunities to collaborate

Better understand Africa issues

Focus on decent work

Focus on local development

Cyber crime and security (ICT)

Gender (women’s representation, VAW)

Youth unemployment

Climate change

Democracy (elections) and Human Rights

Illegal immigration and human trafficking

Diseases (though gains, more to be done)

Terrorism (youth radicalisation)

Sharing of concernsSharing of expertise

Have a final document to share with our govenments

Local development - governance

Migration and mobility

Political issues of peace and security

Concrete proposals on issue of migration and its impact on local development

Skill development for youth and women to access labour markets

Role, and participation of, civil society in skill development for young people - investment in youth

Strengthening institutional and organisation capacity of CSOs to play an effective catalyst role in achieving SDGs

Establish effective mechanisms to ensure good governance is enhance, and

have tools to track data and statistics from CSOs

Open and inclusive discussion of themes

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Policy Forum on

Development

Presen

ted by

Claire

Frost

62 networks

and associations

Civil society organisations

Local authorities

European Commission

Private sector

Who?

Facilitate dialogue on cross-

cutting issues

Promoting policy debate,

consultation and exchange of

information

Providing space for regular

updates and peer reviews

Goals

Multi-stakeh

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CSOs

LAs

EU

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Welcome and Opening Addresses

H.E Jan Sadek H.E Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi

Cllr. Mpho Paks Tau

Moderator, Katrin Hagemann

Achieng Akena

What should we do to enhance investment where development needs

are greatest?

Our story of success is one of

prioritisation, choices and decisions in the face of

challenges

EU external investment fund

How have we addressed SDGs and aligned them with

Agenda 2063

Welcome to Botswana!!

Role of local authorities is irreplecable!

Without development no peace; without peace no

development

We hope you will:learndialoguecreate a body of knowledgeinnovate solutions

Welcome home!

We look forward to workable partnerships - in

Africa and with EU support

AU-EU alliance for

jobs

What progress on AU theme 2018:

Anticorruption?

5Ps: People, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership for

Poverty eradication

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Many African cities are presently preparing master plans as the cities they had before were prepared during the colonial times

What measures have been taken to alleviate the challenges faced in cities in Africa?

Many African cities are presently preparing master plans as the onesthey had before were prepared during the colonial times

Challenges identifying women’s organisations and getting women’s voice to be heard

Women’s rights organisations exist across the continent . It is important to not only recognise the voice of women, but to also work to remove the barriers to their participation

There are campaigns to fight against inequalities. We need to focus on removing barriers and unlocking access to resources

Is there a difference between Europe and Africa? Why do our GDP growth rates not result in improved livelihoods?

African cities are engaged in dialogue(s) on different questions of urbanisation

?

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How did AU ensure coherence between 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063?What role do CSOs have in achieving Agenda 2063?

European local governments are autonomous while African ones are dependent on central government support

Inequality is a shared concern with Europe. The EU is keen to have dialogue with Africa based on SDGs

In the development of Agenda 2063 there was strategic alignment with global frameworks

Every actor - including CSOs- has a role to play in Africa’s development agenda


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AU-EU Summit of November

2017 to today

Who was in Abidjan?(and who was excluded)

What happend in Abidjan?

What were the key outcomes?

What has happened since then?

engage stakeholders especially young people and CSOs in programmingPreparation of political

declaration-informed by presentation of youth among others

Development of action plan

Discussion on four thematic areas

City Society Forum

1st Africa-Europe Local and Regional Government Forum

5th AU-EU Summit Abidjan, November 2017

Joint Declaration- Investing in people- Strengthening resilience- Mobilising investment- Mobility and Migration

Heads of 55 African States

Heads of 28 European States

Young People-36 fellows - AU-EU youth plug in -Made presentation of youth agenda

Representatives of Local

and Regional Governments- not allowed to make presentation

CSOs-despite recognition in Accra declaration were not allowed access

The declaration reflected

Recommendation

Declaration

the recommendations of civil society

the recommendations of the youth

Evaluation of action plan of 4th (previous) AU-EU summit

Moderator: Emmanuel O.AkweteyPanelists: Domenico Rosa, Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi,

Nondumiso N Hlophe, Abozer Elligai

participation in human rights dialogue

continue to seek mechanism for participation of local governments

continue to seek recognition of ‘one Africa’

EU-Africa alliance for jobs

Erasmus plan

Vocational training for skills by EU

External investment plan of EU

Investment in energy by EU

Did not reflect

the declaration of local governents

governments would have liked a change in the narrative of migration (root causes of migration

are global)

Long term and political framework of the EU-Africa cooperation relations

The Africa-EU Partnership

Launched at the first Africa-EU

Summit in Cairo, in 2000

Adopted during the 2nd EU-

Africa Summit in Lisbon, in

2007

The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES)

Guidance tool defining the strategic orientation of the Partnership and providing the political vision for future cooperation.


If the AU recognizes diaspora as a region,

why does it not have a mechanism to work

with them?

Is the REASON for exclusion of CSO from

summit as provided legitimate?

PEOPLECENTRED

Is there space?

Was the engagement of young people ‘meaningful’ and sustainable?

goes into building community and

classifying identity?

Where is theINCLUSIONof the peoplein the process



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be in touch with lived realities

reach all young people

use existing mechanisms

Recommendation

European Youth Charter

AU contribution to youth development

existing policy instruments

corporate engagement

What is working

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Enhance effective partnerships - include CSOs, local govern-

ment and provate sector

Increase the level of TRUST between government, LAs and CSOs

Build capacity of governments and CSOs

Support national dialogue

Recommendation

Trust between governments and CSOs

Transition between political regimes

Governments implementing reforms

EU support for CSOs

Domestification of human rights protocol

What is workingWhat is missing

Governance

Jointly build capacity of governments and CSOs

Involve CSOs and diaspora in conflict resolution

Local governments and CSOs mobilize citizens

Engage CSOs in resource management

Recommendation

Space for CSO participation

Focus on democratic processes

Social and economic cooperation

Military cooperation

What is working

What is miss

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Peace and Security

Enhance monitoring and evaluation



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Post Cotonou Agreement:-Benefits to both parties-Separate regions, common foundations

Challenges-Partnership with EU is unequal-Donor funds linked to donor interests-Informal CSO participation-Lack of strategic position as one Africa

How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Create space for multi-stakeholder partnerships, diversity-Prioritise halting IFFs-Ensure SDG based partnering including EDF

-Align with Paris delegation-Strengthen CSOs

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Post Cotonou Agreement:-Better consideration for local governments-Invest in development of women and growth

Challenges-Paradigm of AU-EU relationship-exclusion of diaspora-Weak mechanisms for collaboration-No clarity on African interests

How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Change the paradigm-Include diaspora beyond financing-Create mechansisms for collaboration among stakeholders-Create interest based dialogue between parties

ENHANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT



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Challenges-Tense relationship between trade and development-Restricted mobility

How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts-Consider social indicators alongside economic ones-Encourage economic diversification-Finance development using Africa’s resources-Engage with CSOs and LAs-Mainstream CST done by private sector

TRADE AND COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT

Post Cotonou Agreement:-Greater accountability-Better information flow

-Build capacity of local investors-Reinforce role of women

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How EU policy can support Afria’s efforts- REcognize territorial differences-provide information on role of different actors in EIP-Address inequality-Contextualise approach to country needs

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WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

Mechanisms-anti corruption comittees-Multi-stakeholders approaches-both local level and national level initiatives-Continuous legal reforms

Questions-focus on bribery (exclu-sion of all else) - 95% of our efforts on 5% of our problems-difficulties accessing funds from institutions in Europe

Progress-Norms and processes in place-AU advisory Board-African Peer Review Mechanism-Work of investigative journalists-Social movements-Professional associations-CSO Forum for AU-Individual initiatives

Stumbling block-undermines democracy-diverts resources-US$ 100 Billion per year lost in Africa ($140 Billion in Europe)-weakens state institutions

Framework

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SDGs

(SDG 16)

AU

Convention

Moderator: David C. JamaliPanelists: Hon. Cllr Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Peter Frisch, Donald Deya

EU

leadership on addressing IFFS

relationships with citizens

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Mutual balanced relationship between AU and EU

Young population in Africa

ClimateChange

Weak implementation

Corruption and IFFs

Post Cotonou Negotiation

Rising inequalities

Inclusive Development

Institutional Development

Sustainability Approach

Inclusion and justice

Invest in Africa’s youth

Multi-stakeholder and Multi-level engagement

Multi-stakeholder Approach to Partnership

Mutually beneficial development model

Curb corruption and IFFs

Anchor post Cotonou negotiation in Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030

Common narrative on migration

Include Afria’s private sector in EIP

Resident institutions

Strengthen local structures

Migration

Migrants

Leadership

EIP

PFD model of multi-stakeholder dialogue

OUTCOMESObservation Recommendation


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