Annex III AREAS OF COOPERATION UNDER THE PAN-AFRICAN PROGRAMME

The Pan-African programme shall support the objectives and general principles of the strategic partnership between Africa and the Union. It shall promote the principles of a people-centred partnership and ‘treating Africa as one’, as well as coherence between the regional and continental levels. It shall focus on activities of a trans-regional, continental or global nature in and with Africa, and support joint Africa-EU initiatives in the global arena. The programme shall in particular provide support in the following areas of the partnership:

1. (a)

   peace and security;

2. (b)

   democratic governance and human rights;

3. (c)

   trade, regional integration and infrastructure (including raw materials);

4. (d)

   MDGs and post-2015 internationally agreed new development targets;

5. (e)

   energy;

6. (f)

   climate change and environment;

7. (g)

   migration, mobility and employment;

8. (h)

   science, information society and space;

9. (i)

   cross-cutting issues.