Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme in the Africa-EU Partnership Françoise Moreau Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens DG DEVCO, D4 13 th April 2016
The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) Launched at the Africa-EU Lisbon Summit in 2007 Purpose : - take the Partnership to a new strategic level - provide overarching long-term framework - move beyond a donor/recipient relationship - expanding cooperation in areas of common interest - people-centered partnership 2
The Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) I. Africa-EU Summit, Cairo Adoption EU Strategy for Africa II. Africa-EU Summit, Lisbon: Adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy III. Africa-EU Summit, Tripoli Action Plan 2011-13 IV.Africa-EU Summit Brussels 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Launch NEPAD Establishment African Union EU enlargement EU enlargement EU Delegation to AU C2C EC Proposal to create Pan-African Program
Treating Africa as one Euro-Med Partnership with North Africa + Neighbourhood Policy Cotonou Agreement with sub-saharan Africa Agreement on Trade, Coop. and Development with South Africa
JAES Roadmap 5 priority areas: 1. Peace and security 2. Democracy, good governance and human rights 3. Human development (STI, Higher education, migration) 4. Sustainable and inclusive development and growth and continental integration (private investment, infrastructure, trade, agriculture) 5. Global and emerging issues (climate change and environment, post 2015 ) 5
PanAfrican Programme (PanAf) Purpose: provide dedicated support for the Strategic Partnership Key Principles: Promote cross-regional, continental and global cooperation Support mutual interest and shared values, "beyond Development" Complementarity with other funding sources, EDF (NIPs, RIPs, Intra-ACP), DCI thematic (GPGC & CSO/LA), ENI, EIDHR Funded under DCI (not EDF): 845 million 2014-2020 Focused on the 5 priorities of the Roadmap 6 of 11
PanAf priorities (1/4) 1. Peace and Security (3-5%) e.g. cross-regional criminality 2. Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights (7-10%) e.g. African Governance Architecture AU Electoral Observation Promote Human Rights through CSOs 7
PanAf priorities (2/4) 3. Human Development (15-20%) Science, Technology and Innovation e.g. African Union Research Grants, Africa Connect II Higher education Intra-Africa Mobility: 10M approved in 2015 (call launched in 2016), 10M to be approved in 2016 (for call to be launched in 2017) Tuning/Quality: 5 M approved in 2015, implemented by DG EAC, two components:tuning Africa and Quality and Accreditation (HAQAA) PAMCIT: Pan-African Masters Consortium for Interpretation and Translation, 3,6 M approved in 2015, followed up by DG SCIC Nyerere: support to the AUC scholarship scheme PanAfrican University (PAU): possible support to the AUC flagship initiative Mobility and Migration 8
PanAf priorities (3/4) 4. Sustainable and Inclusive Development and Growth and Continental Integration (45-50%) Continental integration and trade Raw materials Statistics Infrastructures Agriculture 9
PanAf priorities (4/4) 5. Global and Emerging Issues (10-15%) Climate change Support to the JAES Support to AUC Support to CSOs 10
PanAf MIP state of play PanAf MultiAnnual Indicative Programme 1 (EUR415M) 2014-2017: AAP1 (EUR 107M) adopted in 2014 12 actions AAP2 (EUR 146M) adopted in 2015 10 actions AAP3: adoption foreseen Q3 2016 AAP4: adoption foreseen 2016-2017 11 of 11
2014: Migration Dialogue Mobility and Migration Human Development 2014: Tuning & Harmoni sation 2017: Pan- African Universit y Science, Technolog y & Innovatio n Higher Education 2015: Intra- Africa Academic Mobility 2014: Africa Conne ct II 2014: AU Research Grants 2014: Interpretatio n & Translation (PAMCIT) 12
Thank you for your attention For more information on the Africa-EU Partnership: http://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/ 13