EU-ACP/EU-AU

No people-centred partnership with Africa without local governments

Local and regional leaders from Africa and Europe discussed on Tuesday (15 February) the future of t...
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Local governments are organising their forum during the Africa-Europe Week

[updated on 16/02/2022 with names of speakers and link to final Declaration] PLATFORMA, together wit...
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Local and regional governments stay mobilised ahead of the European Union-African Union Summit

Despite the postponement of the European Union-African Union Summit to 2021, PLATFORMA and CEMR, tog...
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Africa’s Local and Regional Governments declared climate ambitions in Accra

More than 2,000 representatives of African local and regional governments and non-state actors gathe...
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Study: Local and Regional Government and the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement

The Cotonou Partnership Agreement will expire in a year (29 February 2020). In a study written by M...
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Moroccan municipalities strengthen links with their African and European peers

At the Africities Summit in Marrakech (Morocco), the Moroccan Association of Presidents of Municipal...
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McAvan: “We often underestimate the importance of local government in economic development”

“Local government is close to people. It can make real change at low cost and quickly,” said DEV...
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Bonaccini: “In Africa and Europe, the future is local – ignoring it is a dramatic mistake”

“As African and European Heads of state and government have concluded their 5th African Union ...
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Leaders of local and regional governments of Africa and Europe send a strong message to the 5th AU-EU Summit in Abidjan

150 leaders of local and regional governments from African and European Union met in Abidjan, Côte ...
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“An AU-EU Summit without local governments? Never again!”

A hundred of local and regional elected leaders from Africa and Europe took part in the first ever A...
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Abidjan hosts the 1st Africa-Europe Forum of Local and Regional Governments

The Forum will discuss key issues such as economic development and employment, investment in youth, ...
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1st Africa-Europe Local Government forum

The partnership between Europe and Africa is key to answer the challenges of the 21st century. There...
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Call for interest for drafting a study on local and regional governments within the EU-ACP cooperation agreement

PLATFORMA is launching a call for interest for drafting a research on local and regional governments...
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Call for interest for drafting a study on local and regional governments within the EU-ACP cooperation agreement

PLATFORMA is launching a call for interest for drafting a research on local and regional governments...
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MEPs want a solid multi-stakeholder framework for the future of EU-ACP relations

MEPs from the European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE) debate and vote today (31st Augus...
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