Brussels, 8-9 March 2012 - Africa-EU Partnership

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Partnership 6 - Climate Change and EnvironmentI. ParticipantsAfrica: Abdelkader Taleb, Morocco, Co-Chair; M. H. Khalil Timamy, African Union; MinataSanganoko, Ivory Coast; Fisseha Kidane, Ethiopia; Devan Moodley, South Africa; FrancisBokilo, African UnionEU: Jean-Claude Gazeau, France, Co-Chair; Silvia Corrado, Italy; Geoffrey Rudd, EuropeanCommission (EC); Dimitri Harmegnies, EC; Pedro Oliveira, EC; Charles Brasseur, EEAS;Michael Schloms, Germany; Jozias Blok, EC; Gwenolé Le Roux, France; Patrick Wegerdt,EC; Françoise Villette, EEAS; Andreas Gumbert, EC; Martina Kuhner, EC; Etienne Coyette,ECII. OutcomesParticipants agreed to analyse the 7 priorities of the Action Plan and to address additionalissues such as the preparation for the Rio+20 conference (June 2012) and the Doha climatechange conference (December 2012).Progress achieved on the Great Green Wall of the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGWSSI)includes the clarification about the leadership role of the Pan African Agency for theGGWSSI and the coordination role of the African Union Commission (AUC). Thecoordinator post is now on AU website. Requests for funding from EC follow their paths.Efforts in 2012 will seek to improve circulation of information on related initiatives, notablyon NEPAD/GEF proposal to support the GGWSSI as well as on the outcomes of the India-Africa Summit, in which India expressed interest. A 2012 challenge is to cover the 20countries involved in the GWWSSI (so far 13 benefit from support).ClimDev: The EU said that the AUC should submit a detailed budget to the Addis EU DEL,which in turn confirmed its ability to quickly provide the funds once the budget is agreed.Interviews for posts already happened: the team could be operational by May 2012 if requestis prepared, agreed and processed swiftly.Support to African Negotiators: The Co-chairs reminded the participants that the focus of thisaction is to carry out training sessions; AUC informed about its proposal to ask relevantagencies to deliver training to negotiators both for climate change and desertification,participants will be selected on the basis of consultation with the African Group ofNegotiators (AGN) Bureau.On Disaster Risk Reduction, it was explained that funds are requested for national andregional and continental platforms but not yet secured. There is good collaboration betweenstakeholders.Preparations for the biodiversity related conference already started. Agreement not yetreached on venue and date nor on the content.18
Activities on deforestation are on track (FLEGT negotiations) as well as for AMESD:Participants were informed about the plans to organise a GCCA conference gathering allbeneficiaries and stakeholders (tbc).AUC proposed to insert in the rolling follow-up table the Rio+20 conference and theconference organised in Brussels on 27 th March by the AU representation is included as a2012 deliverable. The proposal for a joint side-event on the Partnership 6 in the next climatechange conference (Doha) will be examined appropriately.Two points submitted by CSOs were shared with the group: include systematically a point inthe agenda to have the CSOs report on their activities in relation to the partnership and seek tobetter coordinate with the Energy partnership. Both proposals were accepted.Finally, participants agreed to also reflect on the conclusions from Tripoli to assess thefunctioning of the JEG6. It was also proposed to seek how to engage such meetings in policydiscussions and not only focus on implementation issues. Questions for discussion couldinclude the linkages between agriculture, sustainable energy and climate change or capacitybuilding in terms of mitigation.19
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