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THE COTONOU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

THE COTONOU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. South African Head Office Foreign Affairs ZA. Introduction. The CPA as successor of the Lome Conventions A Partnership between the 77 ACP states and the 15 member states of the EU

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THE COTONOU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

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  1. THE COTONOU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT South African Head Office Foreign Affairs ZA

  2. Introduction • The CPA as successor of the Lome Conventions • A Partnership between the 77 ACP states and the 15 member states of the EU • Builds on 25 years of ACP-EU cooperation under four successive Lomé Conventions • Has a lifespan of 20 years and contains a clause allowing it to be revised every five years

  3. Introduction (continue) • The financial protocol indicates the total resources that are available to the ACP through the European Development Fund (EDF)- the current ( 9th ) EDF amounts to Euro 15.2 billion • Central objective: to reduce and eventually eradicate poverty while contributing to sustainable development and to the gradual integration of ACP countries in the world economy • Three pillars: Political dialogue, trade and aid • Signed on 23 June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin

  4. South Africa’s qualified status • Full ACP membership • Qualified CPA membership- special protocol • Excluded from trade and aid pillars (alternative instruments: TDCA, EPRD) • Included in Political Dialogue, i.e.Full member of the Joint Institutions: • Council of Ministers • Committee of Ambasadors • Joint Parliamentary Assembly

  5. Political dialogue • Political foundation of the partnership based on • equality of partners and ownership of development strategies • participation (central government, civil society, private sector and local government) • dialogue and mutual obligations: • issues of mutual concern. • “essential elements” (respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law) • “fundamental element” (good governance)

  6. Opportunities for South Africa • Common objectives of CPA and MAP/NAI • Coordination with the high level OAU-EU dialogue • Underutilised EDF resources (some 10 billion euros unspent) • South-South cooperation • Sharing South Africa’s experience of negotiating an FTA with the EU • Ensuring that the so-called EPAs achieve maximum synergy with the TDCA, SADC Trade Protocol, AGOA etc

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