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 The Cotonou Partnership Agreement in Brief
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| From 1975 to the new millennium, cooperation between Africa, Caribbean and The Pacific (ACP) and the European Union (EU) was defined by the Lomé Convention. In June 2000, a new convention known as the Cotonou Partnership Agreement was signed in Cotonou, Benin by 77 ACP countries and 15 EU member states. In essence, the agreement aims to alleviate poverty and to promote sustainable development and the integration of the ACP countries into the world economy.The agreement lasts for 20 years and contains a clause allowing it to be revised every five years, knows as the Mid-Term Reviews. Alongside the agreement is a financial protocol. Covering each five-year period, this indicates the total resources that are available to the ACP through the European Development Fund (EDF). |
CPA resources :
The 2010 Revision and the future of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (Discussion Paper 85)
 The Cotonou InfoKit
Designed for policy makers, practitioners and interested stakeholders in ACP and EU countries, the Cotonou Infokit brings together, in a readable form, basic information on the new Cotonou Partnership Agreement. Also available in French and Portugese. |
A User's Guide for Non-State Actors
As ACP-EU development cooperation is no longer restricted to governments, the field is open to non-state actors in the ACP countries to negotiate partnerships. This guide has two main purposes, which are:
- to inform non-state actors such as civil society organisations, economic and social partners, and the private sector in ACP countries on the most important features of the Cotonou agreement, and
- to provide practical guidance on how they can participate in ACP–EU cooperation. French version |
Explique-moi l'Accord de Partenariat ACP-CE. Manuel de facilitation à l'intention des acteurs non étatiques de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - PDF (French version only).
Ce manuel est réalisé par un groupe d’auteurs sous la coordination d’Enda Tiers Monde en partenariat avec la Fondation Friedrich Ebert. Il présente et explique dans un langage accessible le contenu de l’Accord, de ses concepts de base et de ses enjeux. Il facilite aussi la compréhension de ses mécanismes de mise en oeuvre. Il est destiné en premier lieu aux différents acteurs de la société civile dans le sens le plus large, au secteur privé d’Afrique de l’Ouest, ainsi qu’aux administrations et collectivités locales. |
The New ACP-EU (Cotonou) Agreement: A User's Guide
Trade and Development Studies Centre- Trust [TRADES CENTRE] with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Zimbabwe undertook an initiative to produce user's guides on the Cotonou agreement in four series covering the major areas of ACP-EU co-operation namely trade aspects, financial and technical co-operation, role of non-state actors and political dialogue. The User’s Guide seek to; lead concerned actors through the various provisions of the Lomé Convention, provide an analysis from an ACP perspective of the new arrangements, identify issues likely to arise in the course of implementation and inform in simple language the content of the agreement. The User’s Guides provide simplified and basic introduction to the new ACP-EU agreement for those in the ACP who are likely to be drawn into its implementation. |
| Links and further information : |
> The Cotonou Partnership Agreement
> Full text of the agreement
> Compendium on co-operation strategies - PDF
> The ACP-EU Courier, Special Edition on Cotonou
> ECDPM Publications on the CPA and the issues surrounding the agreement
> Introduction to ACP States and EU activities
> Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Groups of States (ACP Secretariat). The Secretariat is responsible for the administrative management of the ACP Group. It assists the Group's decision-making and advisory organs in carrying out their work.
> Europe's Forum on International Cooperation - (Euforic). Euforic is the focal point on the Internet and beyond for communities involved in Europe's international cooperation. Euforic improves the access to scattered information on the Internet, and brings people together.
> TRIALOG. Aims to raise awareness of development policies in an enlarged EU and to strengthen dialogue and partnerships between Europeand developing countries. |
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