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The Cotonou Agreement

The Cotonou Agreement is a comprehensive trade and aid agreement concluded between the EU and 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Its provisions involve new opportunities as well as new risks for the stakeholders especially in the ACP countries. Much will depend on the proactive influence these countries will be able to exert on the implementation of the agreement. Thus, for many of the new actors in the ACP countries, effective participation in the Cotonou partnership is a matter of support and access to topical and concise information in view of the multitude of key issues involved in the cooperation and the impacts forthcoming negotiations have on their region or single country. FES studies revealed that the current state of involvement of the civil society in Tanzania on Cotonou Agreement has improved. The National NSAs Consultative Workshop which took place in February 2005 formed the NSA Task Force Group with the purpose of co-ordinating the NSAs in Tanzania for effective participation in the Cotonou Agreement. With this new development within the period of three years, FES is especially supporting the involvement of Non-State Actors in the relevant negotiation- and policy processes, building the capacity of the NSAs for effective engagement and create a pool of Tanzanian experts on Cotonou and other relevant development co-operation matters.

Projects and Activities (examples):

• Support to the Non-State Actors Task Force which was formed by Tanzanian NSAs following the NSAs consultative workshop.
• Working with the office of National Authorising Officer (NAO) in the creation of the NSAs database to be used for the exchange of information among NSAs on Cotonou processes.
• Several workshops dealing with networking and Cotonou's impact on the East African countries and the link between EPA and other WTO negotiations.
• FES EU-ACP consultants training with NSAs from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia to enhance their skills and knowledge about the Cotonou Agreement
• Building the capacities of the NSAs who are members of the NSA Task Force for effective engagement with the Government and the EU on the Cotonou Agreement.
• Capacity-building for journalists and trade unions to promote competent coverage of the Cotonou Agreement and its implications.
• Creation of the Cotonou expert pool through capacity building trainings for Tanzanian emerging experts on international co-operation issues in order to cope with the lack of expertise on Cotonou as well as other international trade agreements.

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Documents:

The Challenges of Economic Partnership Agreements in Tanzania (pdf, 163kB)
Understanding development cooperation under the Cotonou agreement (pdf, 1.6MB)
Consultation of Non-State Actors Under the New ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (pdf, 517kB)
Negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU (pdf, 737kB)
Impact of International Trade Agreements on Tanzania's Trade Performance (pdf, 167kB)
The Cotonou Agreement - A User's Guide for Non-State Actors (pdf, 1.251kB)
Preparing for Economic Partnership Agreements - Trade Analysis Handbook (pdf, 326kB)
The Cotonou Agreement and Non-state Actors Basics (pdf, 29kb)

Excerpt: "Consultation of Non-State Actors under the New ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. Empirical Survey of 17 Countries in Sub Sahara Africa"; Rudolf Traub-Merz and Arne Schildberg, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 2003

Finding Your Way through the Cotonou Agreement (pdf, 141kb)
Tanzania and Regional Trade Agreements (pdf, 19kb)
Tools for Preparing Tariff Offers and 'Defending National Interests' (pdf, 35kb)
Civil Society and the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement in Tanzania (pdf, 31kb)
Debates around Future ACP-EU Trade Relations (pdf, 193kb)
The Implications of CAP Reform: Tools for Identifying 'Offensive' Interests (pdf, 29kb)

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