A PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND JOBS

March 2020#EUAfrica

Today’s Strategy with Africa is the roadmap to move forward and bring our partnership to the next level. Africa is the European Union’s natural partnerand neighbour. Together we can build a more prosperous, more peaceful and more sustainable future for all.

The European Union’s contribution towards a Strategy with Africa proposes to build partnerships in five key areas to tackle together the challenges ofthe 21st century. It builds on an ongoing dialogue with the EU’s African partners and will be taken forward in the next European Union-African UnionSummit in Brussels in autumn 2020.

ACTION• Substantially increase environmentally, socially and financially sustainable investments that are

resilient to the impacts of climate change; to promote investment opportunities by scaling up theuse of innovative financing mechanisms; and to boost regional and continental economic integration,particularly through the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.

• Attract investors by supporting African states in adopting policies and regulatory reforms thatimprove the business environment and investment climate, including a level-playing field forbusiness.

• Rapidly enhance learning, knowledge and skills, research and innovation capacities, particularly forwomen and youth, protecting and improving social rights, and eradicating child labour.

€222 billion

€42 billion

€38 billion

EU27

United States

China

Foreign Direct Investment stock in Africa (2017)

Source: Eurostat, UNCTAD World Investment Report 2019

A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GREEN TRANSITION AND ENERGY ACCESS

• Maximise the benefits of the green transition andminimise threats to the environment in full compliancewith the Paris Agreement.

ACTION

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560 10

Hydropower

Solar

Wind

Geothermal

EU supported renewable energy projects in Africa – By technology and generation capacity (Mw)

2005 201817 million 330 million

A PARTNERSHIP FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

• Boost the continent’s digital transformation.

ACTIONNumber of internet users in Africa

A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE

ACTION• Adapt and deepen EU support to African peace efforts through a more

structured and strategic form of cooperation, with a particular focus onregions where tensions and vulnerabilities are the highest.

• Integrating good governance, democracy, human rights, the rule of law andgender equality in action and cooperation.

• Secure resilience by linking humanitarian, development, peace and securityinterventions at all stages of the cycle of conflicts and crises.

WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THE PARTNERSHIP

A PARTNERSHIP ON MIGRATION AND MOBILITY

ACTION• Strengthen the international rules-based order and the

multilateral system, with the United Nations at its core.

• There are currently 10 EU Common Security and DefencePolicy missions in Africa

• The EU has contributed €253.6 million to the G5 Sahel JointForce to combat terrorism and security threats and improveregional security

• The EU has provided €3.5 billion through the African PeaceFacility since it was established in 2004, including €2.4billion since 2014.

ACTION• Ensure a balanced, coherent and comprehensive

approach to migration and mobility.943,1

1.094,10

1.393,60

958,2

72,7

Total €4461.60 million since 2016

Greater economic and employmentopportunities

Strengthening resilience of communities

Improved migration management

Improved governance and conflict prevention

Other/Cross-cutting

The EU Trust Fund for Africa in figures (€ million)

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