The consultation on Africa-EU strategy was launched on behalf of the European Union and the African Union and is facilitated by the European Centre for Development Policy Management as an independent foundation. As part of the first phase (until May 2007), ECDPM was asked by the EU and the AU to facilitate the joint internet consultation. A website was launched, pooling information about the consultation, and offering space for contributions. In the second phase (May-December 2007), ECDPM continued to facilitate the consultation process by running the website and sharing information about the process: timetable, issues at stake, positions of the various actors, informal liaison between the various actors. The project was supported by the African and European Commissions and was sponsored by the Finnish, German and Portuguese EU Presidencies of 2006 and 2007. Since January 2008, ECDPM is closely following the implementation and monitoring process of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy providing up-to-date news and resources, organising events related to the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and contributing to the debate.