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Priorities for 2012 and way ahead• Political dialogue: to convene the 5 th meeting of the PSC-to-PSC meeting in spring2012, maintaining cooperation on concrete crisis areas. Regular VTCs between the EUPSC and the AU PSC are essential.• Continued operationalization of APSA: Joint efforts as regards the Initial PlanningConference for the second AMANI Africa Cycle, start implementation of the ASFroadmap III, establish AU Liaison Offices to RECs/RMs, implement the AfricanTraining Centers Programme. The AU will intensify efforts to mobilise resources forthe African Peace Fund.• Funding of African PSOs: EU and AU to deploy further efforts to mobilise financingfor AMISOM, including from other donors.• Cross-cutting issues: The AU to finalise the establishment of the African Commissionon Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) Secretariat by putting in place the necessary personneland work plan. Concluding a legal basis for cooperation between AFCONE andEURATOM is being explored.8
Partnership 2 - Democratic Governance and Human RightsCoordination meetingI. ParticipantsAfrica: Salah Hammad (AUC-DPA); Habiba Merji-Cheikh (AUC-CID) Omar Shalaby(Egypt-MFA), Shari Cupido (Embassy South Africa), Philisiwe Chidawnyika (EmbassyZimbabwe); (Hon. Laroussi Hammi, Vice President PAP).EU: Renée Iltis (EEAS), Joana Cruz (EEAS), Gary Quince (EEAS); Petra Hagelstam(DEVCO); Agata Nieboj (DEVCO) Ama Annan (EU DEL to AU); Olivier Sperling(Germany-MFA); Franziska Hagedorn (Germany-MFA); Carolina Quina (Portugal-MFA);Alexandra Bilreiro (Portugal-MFA).II. OutcomesThe coordination meeting was co-chaired by Egypt, Chair of the African ImplementationTeam, and Germany and Portugal, Co-Chairs of the EU Implementation Team. The meetingdiscussed the preparation for the next meetings in Geneva. It was agreed that the first week ofJune would be a good time to hold the Workshop on Racism and the next iJEG.On the first item, concerning the Workshop on Racism, it was agreed to work through therespective AU and EU delegations in Geneva, for both logistical issues (interpretation andvenue) and to lead the groundwork on substance. In addition, it was agreed to ask that the twodelegations would work on a joint concept paper to serve as a basis for the discussions, whichshould be made available five weeks prior to the holding of the Workshop (i.e. last weekApril). As for potential guests, a few ideas were brought up to the table (e.g. the Head of theAnti-Discrimination Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) and the Special Rapporteurs of the Human Rights Council on Racism and Freedomof Expression). The AU Commission agreed to contact the African Commission on Humanand Peoples’ Rights to inform about the workshop and potential participation whereas the EUside agreed to contact the OHCHR to facilitate the logistical aspects.Regarding the iJEG, the meeting reached a preliminary agreement on the next agenda givingappropriate attention to the three priorities. The June meeting should discuss therecommendations of the two Working Groups on Natural Resources and Freedom ofExpression, and how to take these recommendations forward. A briefing by the two co-chairs(Egypt and Germany) on the outcome of the Freedom of Expression workshop will bepresented. One practical suggestion that was made by the AU Commission was to link onespecific recommendation of the report (i.e. support to Pan-African Media Network –“PAMNET”) to the upcoming celebration by UNESCO of the World Press Freedom Day onMay 3 rd in Tunis. The suggestion was supported by the EU side. It was agreed that the workof the two Working Groups formed under the Platform for Dialogue should be continued.Under the umbrella of the support to the African Governance Architecture, the meetingagreed that it would be useful to have a presentation on the popularisation of the African9
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