• Lome and Cotonou

Lome and Cotonou

This paper presents the outcomes of a workshop assessing the degree to which the Cotonou Process really has involved civil society so far. The workshop ‘Reality or Wishful Thinking – Does the Cotonou Process Strengthen Civil Society?’ informed about the status of implementation and the quality of civil society participation from the northern and southern perspectives.

The presentations held at the workshop and documented in this paper include:

• 'Civil Society in the Cotonou Agreement' by Simon Stocker of Eurostep explores the opportunities that the Cotonou Agreement offers for civil society to participate in EU-ACP cooperation
• 'The Cotonou Agreement and NSAs Dialogue at Policy and Implementation Level' by Pieter Bangma of the European Commission finds that The Cotonou Process does strengthen Civil Society
• 'How Do the Non-State Actors Participate under the New ACP-EU Partnership Agreement?' by Rudolf Traub-Merz and Arne Schildberg of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation offers an empirical survey of 17 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 'Cotonou – A Southern Perspective' by Rebecca Muna of the Tanzania Networking Programme looks at the co-operation between the EU and Tanzania

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