PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 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)
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 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 • o 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 U-Pac ific de ve lopme nt partne rship " a s a ke y ste p owards a re ne we d E • 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 , …) •
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 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 in the ACP Gro up a nd tha t it is the be st tne r t fo r the Gro up. c onduit for E U suppor taking , to sa fe g ua rd c o he sio n a nd c o nsiste nc y. Single le gal unde r • Prio ritie s a nd c ha lle ng e s – c limate c hange , r gy a nd sustainable e ne wable e ne r • de ve lopme nt a nd manage me nt o f natur c e s inc luding mar al r e sour ine 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 r e sour a g e nda . Othe r impo rta nt issue s suc h a s the pr de ve lopme nt , labour mobility , ivate se c tor • 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 migr c o nside ra tio n.
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 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 PR) in 2014 – a pro c e ss to r ame wor k for Pac ific Re gionalism (F • 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 ; •
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 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 o 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 • o 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? 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 PACP L • (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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