EEC role in the development of agro-industries; Lomé Convention member states. Roles of the European Investment Bank, the European Development Fund, and the Center for Industrial Development; with case studies of Cameroon and Rwanda.
Les « États généraux de l'eco : quelle monnaie pour quel développement en Afrique de l'Ouest ? », organisés à Lomé du 26 au 28 mai 2021, se sont achevés par une déclaration qui élabore les traits fondamentaux de l'Eco-CEDEAO, et par l'élaboration d'une feuille de route dédiée à sa mise en place. Cet article propose de mettre en perspective la déclaration de Lomé en précisant les fondements théoriques et la temporalité de mise en œuvre d'une monnaie unique pour la CEDEAO, actant la fin du franc CFA en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Der Botswana über die Konvention von Lome zu hohen Preisen gewährte Zugang zum Rindfleischmarkt der EG führt zu einem hohen Wachstum dieses Agrarbereiches, von der nur die reichen Bauern und die Staatsklasse profitieren; dies zerstört die ökologischen Grundlagen. (Die englische Übersetzung u.d.T.: "Rich farmers - poor environment" ist ebenfalls im IAK vh; Sign.: Aee.a 338:63 WE.) (DÜI-Spe)
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 179-220
The primary purpose of this article is to offer a critical, multifaceted evalution of the economic assistance extended by the European Economic Community (E.E.C.) to the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of states (A.C.P.s) under the terms of the Convention of Lomé. The first agreement was concluded in 1975, followed by the second in 1979, which runs until March 19852. Both, of course, were signed in the capital of Togo. The Lomé Convention is largely a product of the E.E.C. association policy, included as Articles 131–136 in the Treaty of Rome3, primarily at the insistence of France. This led to the Implementing Convention of 1958 which governed the aid and trade ties between the E.E.C. and the 17 colonial dependencies of member states. Specifically, the Implementing Convention instituted a free-trade area between the associated dependencies and the Community, and created the European Development Fund (E.D.F. or Fund) as a source of supplementary aid.
La tesi tratta la politica di cooperazione tra l'Unione europea e gli Stati ACP (Africa, Caraibi e Pacifico) dal 1957 ad oggi. Nella prima parte, la ricerca si concentra sull'analisi delle ragioni che nel 1957 hanno spinto l'Europa ad associare alcuni PTOM (Paesi e territori d'oltremare) al percorso d'integrazione comunitario, analizzando attentamente il ruolo giocato dalla Francia nella gestione e nell'organizzazione della politica d'aiuto della Comunità Economica Europea. La seconda parte è incentrata sullo studio del modello associativo di Lomé, nato nel 1975 con la firma della Convenzione di Lomé tra la CEE e ben 46 paesi in via di sviluppo, denominati ACP. Per molti anni, quest'accordo ha rappresentato uno dei tentativi più concreti per soddisfare le aspirazioni dei paesi in via di sviluppo per la costruzione di un Nuovo Ordine Economico Internazionale, che avrebbe ridotto il gap economico e politico tra il Nord e il Sud del mondo. La tesi cercherà di analizzare il percorso storico del modello di Lomé, ponendo l'accento sulle sue peculiarità e i suoi limiti. Un'attenzione particolare sarà riservata alla capacità di risposta del modello di Lomé, di fronte alla politica di assistenza erogata dalla Banca Mondiale e dal Fondo Monetario Internazionale -vincolata all'implementazione di precise condizioni economiche- e all'estensione del progetto comunitario verso l'Europa Centrale ed Orientale. L'ultima parte analizza la direzione assunta dalla politica di assistenza comunitaria negli Stati ACP, a seguito dell'espansione del commercio globale e la razionalizzazione delle istituzioni multilaterali.
"Pan-Africanism is both a project and a political commitment, an idea and an ideal which have largely contributed to the political and intellectual history of contemporary African societies. It is an imprecise term which leads to confusion. It is a word whose meaning varies depending on the individuals who use it. It is often constituted as an ideology, a political theory or even a concept. The question of its scientific definition is therefore almost never decided or discussed, each author making it, according to the needs of his demonstrations or his points of view, either an ideology, a concept, or a political theory. The proposal to include Pan-Africanism through the prism of the theory of social movements in this present study allows us to shed light and make a significant contribution to the history of Pan-Africanism. Keywords: Pan-Africanism, social movement, political theory"
The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) originated from the Lomé Peace Agreement, signed on 7 July 1999. The agreement provided for a cessation of hostilities and the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of combatants. The TRC was a vital part of a strategy for making the country's fragile peace permanent. Since the Lomé Accord gave all combatants in Sierra Leone's war a blanket amnesty, the TRC was intended to provide an alternative form of accountability. The TRC Act calls on the Commission to undertake research, receive statements from victims and witnesses, and hold public sessions with the aim of establishing an impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights and international humanitarian law related to the armed conflict in Sierra Leone, from the beginning of the Conflict in 1991 to the signing of the Lomé Peace Agreement. The Act also calls to address impunity, respond to the needs of the victims, promote healing and reconciliation and to prevent a repetition of the violations and abuses suffered. Most importantly, the TRC Act also stated that the TRC should be able to facilitate victim-offender mediation in cases where the victims welcomed it. In this thesis, I will discuss the Sierra Leone TRC and how it was influenced by traditional methods of reconciliation. We must note that the most important day to day exercise of restorative justice is to be found in the work of rural or local communities. In Sierra Leone, these communities were worst hit during the war as compared to the capital, Freetown. One of the questions which my study aims to answer is if the formal TRC system or methods of mediation were preferable to or more useful than the traditional/ritual methods of reconciliation in Sierra Leone.
Introduction -- Power, institutions and legitimacy in trade politics -- The evolving rules and practice of trade with developing countries : from Lomé to Cotonou -- North-South PTAS and the multilateral system : contesting the EPAs -- Regionalisms collide : the EPAs in Africa -- Institutions and agency on the periphery : the SADC EPA -- Conclusion -- Index
In the first years of the European Community, Africa appears like the "privileged continent" in the frame of a European development policy which culminates with the Lomé Convention in 1975. However, the Europe-Africa relationship is progressively challenged by the implementation of policies dedicated to other developing countries and supported by some EC Member States.
Since 1975 the Lomé Conventions have granted trade preferences to African exports to the European Union, Africa's main trading partner. The liberalisation of trade foreseen by the Uruguay Round means that these preferences will disappear, leading to net reductions in African exports. What lessons should the countries of Africa draw from this?