Africa Platform
Acronym: ACP
General Information
Identification Code: 972461146935-95
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Entity Form: Non profit
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 6/18/2022
Last Update: 6/20/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: State society relations. Working to rebuild the social contract in emerging economies. Africa Platform is an w 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
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Business and industry
- Competition
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Enlargement
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
- sub-national
- global
- national
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: 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
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
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 18 Bishop Road
Post Code: 00100
City: Nairobi
Country: KENYA
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EU Office
Address: 18 Bishop Road
Post Code: 00100
City: Nairobi
Country: KENYA
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary 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
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 7
Members F T E: 1.25
Info Members: Meetings are part of the engagement leading to the formation of AU-EU Civil Society Engagement Partnership for the EU-AU JOint Strategy for Africa
They are also part of our engamenet with the Global Gateway
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: 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.
Organisation Members: 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
Joint EU-Africa Civil Society Engagement Mechanism