APRODEV has been working on EU-ACP relations since the mid 90's and is a founding member of the CONCORD Cotonou Working Group (CWG). APRODEV is active on the two main pillars of the Cotonou Agreement:

• EU aid to the ACP countries and the European Development Fund
• EU-ACP trade and the negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements

The Cotonou working group actively supports the participation of European and ACP civil society organisations at the biannual ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assemblies. In that view, the group prepares short briefing papers on issues related to or impacting on ACP-EU relations.

POSITION PAPERS

• CONCORD recommendations on the 11th EDF - May 2012
• CONCORD recommendations on the second review of the Cotonou agreement - March 2010
• CONCORD concerns on the upcoming review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement - April 2009

BRIEFING PAPERS (November 2009 - May 2012)

• Agenda for Change (2012)
• Post-Busan development effectiveness (2012)
• Budgetisation of EDF (2012)
• 11th EDF (2012)
• Economic partnership agreement (2012)
• Policy Coherence for Development (2012)
• Energy (2012)
• Rio + 20 Conference (2012)
• Migration (2012)
• Outcome of the Second Review of the Cotonou Agreement (2010)
• Civil Society and Parliament (2009)
• New tendencies in EU-ACP relations after the Lisbon Treaty (2011)
• Climate Change (2011)
• Gender Equality and Women's Rights (2011)
• Governance: a central priority in EU-ACP cooperation (2011)
• Food Security (2011)
• Joint Africa - EU Strategy (2011)
• Intra-ACP funding (2011)
• 10th EDF mid-term review (2011)

Bottlenecks to a meaningful participation of civil society in EU development policies and processes (June 2010) - this paper was drafted by APRODEV in consultation the CONCORD Cotonou group (French version)

What Future for the ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement? Discussion paper prepared by APRODEV for the CONCORD Cotonou Working Group - October 2008 - (French version)

Background paper on Budget Support - Lessons and reservations from the practice (Sept. 2007)

EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND AND ITS PROGRAMMING

Programming of the 10th EDF

• Participation of Civil Society in the mid-term reveiw of the 10th EDF - Feb 2010
  
• Briefing Paper ACP-EU relations: Will the EU deliver on its promises? Challenges of the 10th EDF Programming process
• Report of the Seminar on the 9th and 10th EDF, Brussels , 27– 28th February 2007

This report is the summary of very rich debates held between different stakeholders coming from Europe and African, Carabbean and Pacific countries. The focus of the seminar was limited to the implementation of the 9th and 10th European development Fund. This version of the report summarizes the main questions, concerns and recommendations made by the participants and working groups

EU-ACP relations: will the EU deliver on its promises: Information on the programming of EC aid for ACP countries (March 2006) - French version (Mars 2006)

This briefing paper has been prepared by the Concord Cotonou Working Group to facilitate the lobbying and participation of civil society organisations in the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the forthcoming processes of the 10th EDF Programming.

Programming of the 9th EDF

• Table summarizing some aspects of the Country Support Strategies of 40 African Countries (December 2003)
• Rapid survey of 40 ACP Country Support Strategies: What about civil society participation? (September 2002)