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However, to reach early results on the key deliverables of the Lisbon Declaration, special attention will be devoted to a number of selected priority actions in the initial period 2008- 2010, all of which have a positive impact on the daily lives of the citizens of Africa and Europe. The Parties agree to implement these selected priority actions in the context of specific ‘Africa-EU Partnerships’ on subjects of common interest, which add value to existing cooperation and political dialogue. The Partnerships will focus in particular on actions at the global, continental or regional level, with a clear comparative advantage as compared to cooperation at the national level, where the participating actors have a collective capacity to deliver. In addition, other agreed initiatives and partnerships will continue to be implemented. In this context, the development of infrastructure as a crosscutting priority, and the implementation of the EU-Africa Infrastructure Partnership launched in
The Partnerships will work under the political guidance and responsibility of the existing
Africa-EU Ministerial Troika, where appropriate with inputs from sector-specific ministerial Troikas. Partners also agree to take the necessary steps in the initial period 2008-2010 to establish and implement the institutional framework. The monitoring of progress will take place in the framework of the Joint EU-AU Task Force, which will report to their respective constituencies.
The Partnerships are to be seen as political relations between interested partners who have organized themselves on a voluntary basis around a shared vision with the intention of launching concrete activities. Their actors and duration will vary, in function of the objectives of the cooperation.
Source: Africa-EU Partnerships