Addressing shared EU-Africa challenges

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC) i, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 5 april 2016.

On 6 April, the African Union Commission and the European Commission hold their annual College-to-College meeting in Africa's political capital, Addis Ababa.

The two Commissions work together as the engine of EU-Africa relations, collaborating on tackling challenges that the two continents are facing together. This annual meeting is the biggest EU-Africa political meeting of the year. Discussions focus on key themes such as migration, peace, security and sustainable growth, as well as other policy areas enshrined in the Joint EU-Africa Strategy (JAES). The plenary meeting, followed by thematic clusters discussions and a joint press conference by the two co-chairs, African Union Commission President Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini i.