Africa-EU Partnership: renewed impetus initiative - Roadmap available here

The "Africa-EU Partnership: renewed impetus" initiative was included in the 2017 Commission Work Programme for the preparation of the EU's strategic objectives and priorities in its relations with Africa in view of the 5th Africa-EU Summit scheduled to take place in November 2017 in Cote d'Ivoire. The Summit provides a key opportunity to further reinforce the Africa-EU Partnership, which is based on the Joint Africa-EU Strategy adopted at the 2nd EU-Africa-Summit in 2007, and to strengthen mutual engagement and joint action for the period 2018-2020, and potentially beyond. The primary objective of the initiative will be to put forward proposals to increase the effectiveness of the EU as global actor by consolidating the EU's political and strategic engagement with Africa on the path to the Summit.