Trade and Digital Africa: Innovating for inclusive and sustainable continental integration Monday 28 September 17:00 – 18:30 (GMT+2)
The digital economy and e-commerce are fast transforming societies globally, including in Africa where digital innovation is providing unprecedented opportunities for uplifting traditionally disadvantaged groups like women and youth. Appropriate and innovative policies at the national, regional and international levels are needed to harness these opportunities.
With African countries scheduled to start the process for an e-commerce protocol to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by end 2020, African stakeholders urgently need to explore innovative solutions to African digital integration, drawing from their experiences in national policy as well as international and regional trade negotiations.
Three recent studies hold critical policy implications This session aims to support this critical work by drawing out the policy implications of three recent studies.
Partnering for Economic Recovery in Morocco - Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This session will highlight how the U.S. and African public and private sectors are partnering to facilitate critical economic recovery in Morocco in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What do crises teach us? Civilian crisis prevention in Germany and the EU
What do crises teach us?
Civilian crisis prevention in Germany and the EU
Annual Conference of the Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding
2 October 2020, 09.30-17.00
Unresolved long-lasting conflicts in Europe’s neighbourhood, progressing climate change and the corona pandemic as an amplifier – the European Union is navigating through troubled times. During the German EU Presidency, important political and financial decisions are due. Negotiations with the EU Parliament on the European Council’s draft for the next multi-annual financial framework and the EU Next Generation Programme are imminent. A new Africa Strategy and an Africa-EU Summit are planned. How important will the civilian component of crisis prevention and peacebuilding in the EU be in the future? What can we learn from crises that were not prevented?
Colloque CPCCAF/Assemblée nationale: Les priorités du développement africain
Alors que la crise mondiale du Covid-19 continue de sévir, il faut au plus vite engager la nécessaire relance économique africaine, qui se fera avec le soutien de l'Europe et également de la France, dont les chambres consulaires interviennent pour assurer, d'un continent à l'autre, la coopération économique au service des entreprises et des territoires.
En effet, depuis de nombreuses années, le réseau CPCCAF met en oeuvre des solutions partenariales pour le développement, qui témoignent de la fertilisation croisée Europe-Afrique et démontrent que des opportunités de croissance sont possibles pour les territoires des deux continents, grâce à l'appui aux entreprises et aux métiers qui est assuré par les chambres.
En lien avec l'Assemblée nationale, la CPCCAF organisera ainsi un colloque en ligne, le vendredi 18 septembre 2020, de 14h30 à 16h30, pour faire état des actions des chambres, et évoquer celles qui pourront bientôt être menées, avec le soutien des partenaires, pour soutenir durablement l'activité économique des territoires et les populations africaines.
Online Expert Roundtable 16.09.2020 - EU-AU COOPERATION ON THE GREEN TRANSITION: WHAT ROLE FOR COOPERATION ON INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY?
Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side, the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal is first of all a transformative agenda for Europe, it also has important implications for the EU as a global actor and in particular for the EU’s relations with Africa. On the African side, the African Union and African states have launched a number of initiatives to promote a green transition that also allows for poverty reduction and job creation. The AfCFTA shall promote continental economic integration while the Agenda 2063 has ambitious objectives for energy transitions and the AU is currently preparing a new climate strategy. At the same time, the Corona crisis opens fundamental questions about how to move forward with the implementation of the Green Deal.
Online Expert roundtable - EU-AU COOPERATION ON THE GREEN TRANSITION: WHAT ROLE FOR COOPERATION ON ENERGY TRANSITION?
Preparations for the AU-EU summit offer an opportunity to give AU-EU cooperation on green transitions a new impetus. On the European side, the European Commission has proposed an ambitious agenda to transform the European Union in a carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and to decouple economic growth from resource use. While the Green Deal is first of all a transformative agenda for Europe, it also has important implications for the EU as a global actor and in particular for the EU’s relations with Africa. On the African side, the African Union and African states have launched a number of initiatives to promote a green transition that also allows for poverty reduction and job creation. The AfCFTA shall promote continental economic integration while the Agenda 2063 has ambitious objectives for energy transitions and the AU is currently preparing a new climate strategy. At the same time, the Corona crisis opens fundamental questions about how to move forward with the implementation of the Green Deal.
China's Evolving WEBINAR - Economic Relations with North Africa: Before and After COVID-19
China’s economic presence across North Africa has grown in recent years. The global power has forged close economic relationships with Egypt and Algeria, while also continuing to develop ties with Morocco and Tunisia.
Beijing, which views the region as a geostrategic intersection between Mediterranean, Middle East, and Africa, has primarily focused its efforts on developing bilateral relations, while also working within the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and the China–Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF).
Webinar - Africa Integration Day
Introduction
Africa’s journey towards an integrated continent reached an important milestone on 30 May 2019 with the entry into force of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) following ratification by 22 State Parties. The AfCFTA Agreement had earlier been signed by the first forty-four African Union (AU) Member States in Kigali, Rwanda on the 21 March 2018. This was historic not only because it marked the third stage of the roadmap set out in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) of 1991 (Abuja Treaty); but also because of the speed at which this happened. Never before, in the treaty making history of the African Union has a legal instrument of such nature received 22 ratifications in such a short period of time.
Webinar - Development Co-operation Report 19.06
This report is the OECD’s annual flagship report on development co-operation. For more than 50 years, the Development Co-operation Report has brought new evidence, analysis and ideas to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international community more broadly, shaping policy reform, behaviour change and promoting best practices in development co-operation. Each year the report analyses a fresh policy issue that is timely, relevant or challenging for development co-operation policy and finance. In addition, the Development Co-operation Profiles detail aggregate and individual trends in policies, allocations and institutional set-up for a broad range of providers, including members of the OECD and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), other countries and philanthropic foundations.
Webinar: Healthy Civic Space in a Global Health Crisis – What Role for the Business Sector?