Translation of "MAEP " (French → English) :

43. Expresses serious concern that the "governance profiles" developed by the Commission for each ACP country, which will guide programming for development assistance in relation to the EUR 2,700,000,000 additional funds under the 10th EDF, have been prepared without any participatory element; notes that eligibility for additional funds of beneficiary countries has been judged according to a set of criteria relating to such issues as migration, trade liberalisation and the fight against terrorism, with only one criterion directly linked to the MDGs; expresses dismay that the Commission's "profiles" risk hollowing out the APRM process and that, only after the programming of the additional fund is over, does the Commission propose to launch ...[+++], outside the APRM process, a "Governance Forum", and that "in order to facilitate more effective support to the Pan-African governance architecture (.) the EU will explore new avenues to pull Community and Member States funding"; calls on the Commission to consult and inform the European Parliament and the Council on the follow-up and the implementation of these funds in order to make sure they are allocated to governance initiatives, to support the AU governance agenda and the APRM process;

43. Expresses serious concern that the "governance profiles" developed by the Commission for each ACP country, which will guide programming for development assistance in relation to the EUR 2,700,000,000 additional funds under the 10th EDF, have been prepared without any participatory element; notes that eligibility for additional funds of beneficiary countries has been judged according to a set of criteria relating to such issues as migration, trade liberalisation and the fight against terrorism, with only one criterion directly linked to the MDGs; expresses dismay that the Commission's "profiles" risk hollowing out the APRM process and that, only after the programming of the additional fund is over, does the Commission propose to launch ...[+++], outside the APRM process, a "Governance Forum", and that "in order to facilitate more effective support to the Pan-African governance architecture (.) the EU will explore new avenues to pull Community and Member States funding"; calls on the Commission to consult and inform the European Parliament and the Council on the follow-up and the implementation of these funds in order to make sure they are allocated to governance initiatives, to support the AU governance agenda and the APRM process;

43. Expresses serious concern that the ‘governance profiles’ developed by the Commission for each ACP country, which will guide programming for development assistance in relation to the EUR 2.7 billion additional funds under the 10th EDF, have been prepared without any participatory element; notes that the eligibility for additional funds of beneficiary countries has been judged by a set of criteria relating to such issues as migration, trade liberalisation and the fight against terrorism, with only one criterion directly linked to the MDGs; expresses dismay that the Commission's ‘profiles’ risk hollowing out the APRM process and that, only after the programming of the additional fund is over, the Commission proposes to launch, outside th ...[+++]e APRM process, a “Governance Forum”, and that “in order to facilitate more effective support to the Pan-African governance architecture (.) the EU will explore new avenues to pull Community and Member States funding”; asks the Commission to consult and inform the European Parliament and the Council on the follow-up and the implementation of these funds in order to make sure they are allocated to governance initiatives, to support the AU governance agenda and the APRM process;

The African press is now freer, more multi-party elections have taken place, and the implementation of NEPAD’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a step in the development of improved political and economic governance.

The EU offered to support the APRM, including through the APRM Trust Fund, as well as through the implementation of APRM recommendations in the future.

20. Promote governance through support of African efforts and in co-ordination with other donor efforts, including backing for the AU and NEPAD governance agenda and for the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), through (i) support for the APRM structures to facilitate country level 'self assessments' and learning across countries (ii) development of an EU Governance Initiative to support the implementation of reforms triggered by the APRM process and (iii) continue to implement a governance facility under the future European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument.