Background: joint EU-Africa Strategy
On 8-9 December 2007, African and European Heads of Governments met in Lisbon and adopted the joint EU-Africa strategy.
In the crucial week of negotiations of the joint EU-Africa strategy, Bond launched the African Voices publication collecting the voices of civil society organisations from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa and from the African Diaspora in the UK on Africa-Europe relations.
Bond thinks that those people whose life is affected by European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) policy decision should have a say in the process if the strategy has to have a positive impact on poverty eradication and the fulfilment of human rights.
African Voices
African Voices gathers the opinions of civil society organisations from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora in the UK on Africa-Europe relations. The publication is available in English, French and Portuguese.
Lisbon Summit: political declarations and statements
- Lisbon Summit Political Declaration
- Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and Action Plan
- European Parliament - Pan-African Parliament Declaration
- Statement of European and African anti poverty campaigners in the Global Call to Action against Poverty ahead of the Summit
- Euro-Africa Civil Society Forum Political Declaration
- Euro-Africa Youth Forum Declaration
- Trade Unions' Declaration
- Statement of the EU-Africa Business Forum
Reports
- Official EU-Africa Summit, Lisbon 8-9 December
- Civil Society speaks out at the Lisbon Summit
- BBC reports from European and African
- Euro-Africa Civil Society Forum, Lisbon 15-17 November
- House of Commons debate on the joint EU-Africa Strategy, London 23 October
- Meeting between civil society representatives and European negotiators, Brussels, 17 October
Video and audio
Audio and videos
from debates on Africa-Europe relations are now available.
Listen, add your
comments and re-broadcast for further debate
