Africa-EU Lisbon Summit - December 8-10

GCAP is calling for a total re-think of the trade agreements being negotiated between the two and which stand to leave African’s worse off.

Find here:

• The Joint Africa-EU Strategy Draft

• The joint GCAP EUROPE and AFRICA press statement

See also

Civil Society Forum on Europe-Africa Dialogue, Lisbon 15th - 17 November 2007, was the key event of the Portuguese ONGDs Platform’s Presidency Project. This event was a valuable instrument for policy analysis and debate, which aimed to open and broaden the perspectives of the dialogue between the European and African continents. Download the ECDPM report.  More

All Africa Conference of Churches: Report of the Study on African Ecumenical Engagement with the Consultation Process Towards a Joint EU-Africa Strategy- October 2007.
Download the report.
Download the Churches Statement (in french).

Alternative Summit: European and African civil society organizations will meet in Lisbon on 8 to 9 December, in parallel with EU-Africa Summit. Visit the event website. Sea also the press release

More links

EPA Negotiations: Where do we stand? - (ECDPM website)

AU page on Africa-EU Summit 2007

News on the Lisbon Summit (europafrica.org)

African Press Organization page on the Lisbon Summit