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SUMMARY:EU's New Finance Instruments: The European Peace Facility 
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DESCRIPTION:The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's (FES) Africa Department and EU O
 ffice cordially invite you to the fourth webinar in our  series \"What's t
 he offer? A new partnership between Europe and Africa\". In the third webi
 nar we took a closer look on the future Africa-EU economic cooperation and
  EU's financial instruments such as the External Investment Plan.<br><br>I
 n 2020\, the nature of the cooperation between the European Union and Afri
 ca is being negotiated and might profoundly change: a new EU-Sahel Strateg
 y\, a new EU-Africa Strategy\, the EU-AU summit in autumn\, the German Pre
 sidency of the Council of the EU\, the development of new finance instrume
 nts - all against the background of a shaky multilateralism and the challe
 nges posed by the corona crisis. An opportunity to raise the partnership t
 o »a new level«? An opportunity to address not only issues such as secur
 ity\, migration\, hunger and poverty but also sustainability\, the empower
 ment of women and youth and fair trade?<br><br>The EU is providing substan
 tial financial support to the Africa Peace and Security Architecture (APSA
 ). Within this framework\, Germany is playing an important role through te
 chnical and institutional support. After the evaluation of the EU's engage
 ment towards the APSA by the European Court of Auditors in 2018\, the EU's
  engagement for peace\, security and democracy on the African Continent wi
 ll be re-defined through new financial instruments: the European Peace Fac
 ility (EPF) and the Neighbourhood\, Development\, International Cooperatio
 n instrument (NDICI). Both instruments will replace the African Peace Faci
 litate (APF). The APF - through its provisions on governance and a strong 
 role of the AU PSC - strengthened the cooperation between the AU and the E
 U on a continental level. The way that EPF and NDICI are designed\, they m
 ight lead to a more interest based and flexible engagement of the EU on pe
 ace and security on the African continent. In the webinar we will discuss 
 the possible impact of the new financial instrument EPF and NDICI on the A
 U-EU\, especially for the system of collective security and the long-term 
 goal to strengthen civic conflict prevention. <br><br>The webinar will be 
 held in English language with French interpretation.<br><br>More informati
 on on the topic and webinar series on our website: <b><a href=\"https://ww
 w.fes.de/en/together-towards-justainability\">https://www.fes.de/en/togeth
 er-towards-justainability</a></b>
ORGANIZER;CN="Eickhoff, Svende":mailto:Svende.Eickhoff@fes.de
DTSTAMP:20260519T093825Z
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