European Union - Africa Partnership on Cotton

This document provides an update of the EU-Africa cotton Partnership concluded between the EU and African countries in July 2004 (at the Paris Forum). This Partnership led to an action plan, which developed into a framework for action following a midterm review (in June 2009)1, The revised action plan became the Partnership’s Action Framework. The Action Framework reaffirms the relevance of the EU-Africa Partnership on Cotton and the need for it to continue, while adapting it to the current situation. It covers the two components of the partnership: “Trade” and “Development”. The framework for action is both a strategic reference document, in articulation with regional cotton strategies and an instrument for monitoring actions carried out in the framework of the EU-Africa Cotton Partnership. It in fact serves as a monitoring tool for all the specific support for African cotton; this data is periodically updated using  information from the various donors and joint trading associations of the African value chains.

Source: ACP Group of States