Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2022 | Jutta Urpilainen Commissioner | Opening speech at the session of the Africa-Europe Week CSOs-LAs Forum | — |
| 15 Feb 2022 | Jutta Urpilainen Commissioner | Opening speech at the session of the Africa-Europe Week CSOs-LAs Forum | SRC |
Mission & Goals
State society relations. Working to rebuild the social contract in emerging economies. Africa Platform is an Africawide Platform working with societies, governments and businesses across 27 countries to rebuild the Social contract and re-establish the society as the source of state legitimacy and the final authority to whom all development actors-businesses, development partners-are accountable. As part of his work at Africa Platform. ACP focuses on four aspects of the Social contract-Connecting Societies, Connecting Societies with their Governments, Connecting Societies with Businesses and Connecting Societies with International Development Actors. We also engage in Global Spaces whose policies affect Africa including,European Union’s Global Gateway (Steering Committee of Civil Society Advisory Board), C20, the civil society engagement for G7 and G20,UNDP Regional Program Advisory Board, World Economic Forum and the United Nations
EU Legislative Interests
Africa European relations and especially policies on trade and taxation and on development Currrently these include Samoa Agreement European Green Deal Economic Partnership Agreements as well as other Trade Agreements EU Tax policies EU Agricultural and Food Systems policies EU Global Gateway EU Digital policies The Critical Minerals Act
Communication Activities
Engagement in EU forums and with EU CSOs as well as active engagement with EU legislative bodies Meetings with EU Members of Parliament and other EU leaders Proposed meeting with Ursula von der Leyen,Presidency of the European commission Primarily Africa Platforms works through dialogue and engagements. And this is mainly through aranging meetings and dialogue forums
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
www.weforum.org Africa working group on Sustainable development Africa water for peace EU Global Gateway CSO Advisory Board Friends of Europe Working Group-Rebalancing Partnerships and Redefining Community Engagement C20 Civil Society Engagement with G7 and G20 Africa-Europe CSO Platform
Organisation Members
www.civicus.org www.concordeurope.org C20- work with other organizations from G20 countries to develop policy recommendations that are formally submitted to G20 leaders for consideration. Africa Europe CSO Platform Africa Civil Society Mechanism on Sustainable Development Friends of the CONGO
Additional Information
The bulk of our budget comes from donations in the form of direct support to logistics such as travel and accommodation, as well as direct support that goes to our coalition members instead of coming to us. We also raise