Suchergebnisse

This report presents the findings of the group of independent experts tasked by the European Commission- DG RTD to undertake an evaluation of the International Cooperation (INCO) Activities of the Seventh Framework Programme's for Research 2007-2013 (FP7) under the Capacities 'pillar' of the Programme. The ex-post evaluation takes stock of the dedicated activities undertaken to strengthen international cooperation in FP7, assesses them, and concludes by making a number of recommendations at both strategic and operational level in view of further work under Horizon 2020.

I. Introduction . - 1. Maurizio Carbone, EU-Africa relations in the twenty-first century: evolution and explanations 3. - II. Actors and contexts. - 2. Fredrik Söderbaum, The European Union as an actor in Africa: internal coherence and external legitimacy 25. - 3. Gorm Rye Olsen, The EU's Africa policy between the US and China: interests, altruism, and cooperation 43. - 4. Richard G. Whitman and Toni Haastrup, Locating the EU's strategic behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: an emerging strategic culture? 57. - 5. Ian Taylor, Africa's place in international relations: domestic politics, global linkages 77. - 6. Mary Farrell, African regionalism: external influences and continental shaping forces 98 . - III. Policies and partnerships. - 7. Maurizio Carbone, Foreign aid, coordination, and ownership in EU-Africa relations 121. - 8. Gordon Crawford, EU human rights and democracy promotion in Africa: normative power or realist interests? 142. - 9. Christopher Stevens, Economic Partnership Agreements and Africa: losing friends and failing to influence 165. - 10. Alan Matthews, Unfulfilled expectations? The EU's agricultural and fisheries policies and Africa 189. - 11. Amelia Hadfield, Out of Africa: the energy-development nexus 209. - 12. Simon Lightfoot, Climate change and the EU-Africa Strategy: coherence, leadership, and the 'greening' of development 238. - 13. Tine Van Criekinge, The EU-Africa migration partnership: the limits of the EU's external dimension of migration in Africa 258. - 14. Jan Orbie, Work in progress: the social dimension of EU-Africa relations 283. - IV. Conclusion. - 15. Michael Smith, European policies, African impact and international order: (re)evaluating the EU-Africa relationship 307