Statement: Joint Communiqué between the African Union Commission and the European Commission at their 8th College to College Meeting

On 7 April 2016, the African Union (AU) Commission and the European Commission held the 8th College-to-College meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was hosted by the African Union Commission, under the co-chairmanship of its Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana C. Dlamini Zuma and the Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.

During the meeting, discussions touched upon the preparations of the next Africa-EU Summit, which was to take place in 2017 in Africa, and on cooperation between the two Commissions. Discussions were structured around the five priority areas of the 2014-2017 Roadmap adopted at the Africa-EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium in 2014:

- peace and security;
- democracy, good governance and human rights;
- human development;
- sustainable and inclusive development and growth and continental integration;
- global and emerging issues.

ESO: Background information: Press Release: African Union Commission and European Commission meet to address shared EU-Africa challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-african-union-commission-and-european-commission-meet-to-address-shared-eu-africa-challenges/

ESO: Background Information: The EU-Africa Partnership http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-the-eu-africa-partnership/

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