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ACP- E U RE L AT IONS POST COT ONOU

14T H RE GIONAL ME E T ING OF T HE ACP- E U JOINT PARL IAME NT RY ASSE MBL Y CONVE NT ION CE NT RE , PORT VIL A, VANUAT U 19 – 21 JUL Y, 2017

Mr . Shiu Raj, Dir e c tor Polic y E c onomic Gove r nanc e (shiur @for umse c .or g)

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Pac ific ACP-E U RE L AT IONS

• T

he Pa c ific Gro up o f Sta te s c o mprise 18 pe rc e nt o f the e ntire ACP me mb e rship (15

• f the 79 ACP) - sma ll vulne ra b le o c e a nic isla nd sta te s
• 4 OCT

s – Ne w Ca le do nia , F re nc h Po lyne sia , Wa llis & F utuna , Pitc a irn

• COUNCI

L CONCL USI ONS:

• 2006 – “ E

U Strate gy for the Pac ific ”

• 2012 – “ T
• wards a re ne we d E

U-Pac ific de ve lopme nt partne rship" a s a ke y ste p

fo rwa rd in the pro c e ss o f re ne wing the E U stra te g y fo r e ng a g e me nt in the Pa c ific .

• 2016 - JOI

NT COMMUNI CAT I ON T O T HE E UROPE AN PARL I AME NT AND T HE COUNCI L

• A re ne we d pa rtne rship with the c o untrie s o f Afric a , the Ca rib b e a n a nd the Pa c ific

(se c tio n 3.2.3)

• Dialogue Partne rs - E

U a nd Me mb e r Sta te s (F ra nc e , Ge rma ny, Spa in, UK , …)

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MUL IF ANUA CONCL USIONS

• I

n Mulifa nua , Sa mo a in 2013, the Pa c ific ACP Gro up c o nse nsus wa s fo r the Pa c ific to r

e main a n e qual par tne r in the ACP Gro up a nd tha t it is the be st c onduit for E U suppor t fo r the Gro up.

• Single le gal unde r

taking, to sa fe g ua rd c o he sio n a nd c o nsiste nc y.

• Prio ritie s a nd c ha lle ng e s – c limate c hange , r

e ne wable e ne r gy a nd sustainable de ve lopme nt a nd manage me nt o f natur al r e sour c e s inc luding mar ine r e sour c e s - g ive n e q ua l tre a tme nt, vo ic e a nd c o nside ra tio n in the g lo b a l

a g e nda .

• Othe r impo rta nt issue s suc h a s the pr

ivate se c tor de ve lopme nt, labour mobility, migr ation a nd r e mittanc e s, a nd inve stme nt, sho uld re c e ive the sa me le ve l o f

c o nside ra tio n.

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PACIF IC PL AN RE VIE W AND F RAME WORK F OR PACIF IC RE GIONAL ISM

• E

ndo rse me nt o f F

r ame wor k for Pac ific Re gionalism (F PR) in 2014 – a pro c e ss to

e nsure tha t re g io na lism e ffo rts re ma in c urre nt.

• PACPS a re suppor

tive o f the the ma tic a re a s a nd pillar s tha t will guide the

ne g o tia tio ns o f re la tio ns b e twe e n the ACP a nd the E U po st-Co to no u, na me ly:

• T

r ade , Inve stme nt, Industr ialisatio n and Se r vic e s;

• De ve lo pme nt Co o pe r

atio n, T e c hno logy, Sc ie nc e and Inno vatio n/ r e se ar c h; and

• Po litic al Dialo gue and Advo c ac y;

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• CONCL

USIONS

• Mulifa nua 2013: ra ise the visib ility, re le va nc e a nd e ffe c tive ne ss o f the ACP Gro up a nd the Pa c ific

e ng a g e me nt.

• PACP L

e a de rs a t the ir 2016 Me e ting re a ffirme d the F

• rum Se c re ta ria t’ s ro le in suppo rting the

Me mb e rs in the se disc ussio ns

• ACP Gro up re positioning is re quire d to like wise se c ure improve d ACP tra de a nd e c onomic de a ls
• utside the E

U, inc luding with the Unite d K ing do m po st-BRE XI T , a nd o the r e c o no mie s.

• I

mpo rta nc e o f politic a l c ommitme nt a nd will in the re g io n a nd the va rio us pla tfo rms in stre ng the ning pa rtne rships e .g . Jo int Pa rlia me nta ry Asse mb ly, Pa c ific – E U L e a de rs Summit?

• PACP L

e a de rs me e ting in Se pte mb e r, 2017 in Apia , Sa mo a to disc uss PACP po sitio ns

• (plus E

U se ssio ns a t CRGA in No ume a , a nd L e a de rs Me e ting in Apia )

• Re a ffirm c ommitme nt to wo rk in mutua l unde rsta nding a nd c o o pe ra tio n to e nha nc e furthe r the

re la tio nship b e twe e n the PACP, ACP a nd the E U in the spirit o f pa rtne rship, unity a nd solida rity a nd fo c us o n impro ve d de live ry o f o utc o me s.

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