Madagascar

Stratégie Conjointe Européenne 2022 – 2027 pour Madagascar

A first joint European analysis was agreed in 2020 between the EU, France and Germany + European Investment Bank.

In 2017, the European Union (EU) and its Member States (MS), in particular Germany and France, embarked on Joint Programming (PC) 1. As early as 2018, a feasibility study and work to identify and map European initiatives were initiated on the basis of a series of workshops organized around 4 of the 5 “Ps” structuring the 2030 Agenda for development and New European Consensus: “People (Humanity)”, “Planet”, “Prosperity” and “Peace” 2. These workshops were followed by a retreat intended to reflect on these themes and their interconnections, with the aim of nourishing a first joint analysis, as a preliminary step in the formulation of a joint European response in support of national development policies. course and to come. The analysis validated in July 2018 included three areas of work: Governance in support of the theme "Peace" and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 8 and 16; Sustainable management of natural resources in support of the “Planet” and “Prosperity” themes and SDGs 6, 12, 13 and 15; and emerging industrialization, particularly through education, in support of the themes of “Prosperity” and “Humanity” in support of SDGs 8, 9 and 12. Discussions on CP continued more intensively following the elections of 2018 and 2019, and the formulation of the development strategy of the new government, the Plan Emergence Madagascar (PEM, 2019-2023) 3, replacing the National Development Plan (PND 2015-2019). In connection with the General State Policy (EMP), the EMP is supposed to represent the strategic framework necessary to justify the support of the European Joint Response. In 2020, the three partners decided to reactivate the Joint Programming process via the preparation of a joint country diagnosis in a participatory mode, as a preliminary step to the formulation of this Joint Analysis, a prelude to the formulation of the Joint Strategy for the period 2021-2027. The Joint Analysis is based on an update of the development context of the country, and lessons learned from the period 2017-2020. It takes into account the upheavals born from the COVID-19 crisis and its first responses at the end of June 2020, to finally propose some working orientations for the formulation of a joint European Strategy inclusive of recent developments, for the period 2021-2027.

State of play

In 2017 Team Europe as a group was the largest donor to Madagascar, disbursing EUR 165.50 million. The major sectors funded by the EU were 1) education; 2) agriculture, forestry and fishing; and 3) transport and storage.

The European roadmap for engagement with civil society in Madagascar 2014-2017 was signed by the EU, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.