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October 2008: Strengthening the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership
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The Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership provides a long-term vision of collaboration between Africa and the EU for the benefit of Africa and Europe. This is a new perspective on looking at the relations between the two continents, and relegates the classical donor-recipient relationship. In December 2007, the second Africa-EU Summit took place in Lisbon, during which the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership, the Action Plan 2008-2010 and the Lisbon Declaration were adopted. This included a set of entry points within which civil society can be involved in order to push forward the objectives of the agreed upon actions. As emerging counterparts within civil society, the diaspora can play a key role in realizing the Action Plan 2008-2010 . This Action Plan sets out priorities around 8 thematic areas that should be implemented within the next 3 years. Given the degree of involvement of the diaspora in catalyzing the realization of the MDGs, the diaspora are in a clear position to contribute to the implementation of the strategy as non-state actors. They are also in a key position to contribute to the Third Summit that will take place in 2010. This factsheet looks at how the diaspora can contribute to the implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership within the context of the Action Plan 2008-2010.
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The Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership provides a long-term vision of collaboration between Africa and the EU for the benefit of Africa and Europe. This is a new perspective on looking at the relations between the two continents, and relegates the classical donor-recipient relationship. In December 2007, the second Africa-EU Summit took place in Lisbon, during which the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership, the Action Plan 2008-2010 and the Lisbon Declaration were adopted. This included a set of entry points within which civil society can be involved in order to push forward the objectives of the agreed upon actions. As emerging counterparts within civil society, the diaspora can play a key role in realizing the Action Plan 2008-2010 . This Action Plan sets out priorities around 8 thematic areas that should be implemented within the next 3 years. Given the degree of involvement of the diaspora in catalyzing the realization of the MDGs, the diaspora are in a clear position to contribute to the implementation of the strategy as non-state actors. They are also in a key position to contribute to the Third Summit that will take place in 2010. This factsheet looks at how the diaspora can contribute to the implementation of the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership within the context of the Action Plan 2008-2010.
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