The African Peace Facility APF

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• The African Peace Facility (APF)
• Historical background and context
• African Peace Facility 9th EDF
• African Peace Facility 10th EDF
• 1st and 2nd APF comparative table
• Further information

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1. Historical background and context

• Transformation of the OAU into the AU (2002)
• New approach non-indifference
• Development of the continental framework for
  peace and security
• AMIS in Darfur-first major AU peace operation

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1. Historical background and context

• Origins of the APF
• AU request to establish a Peace Support Operation
  Facility- Maputo Summit (July 2003)
• EU response APF operational in May 2004
• Legal basis Art. 11 of the Cotonou Agreement
• Nexus security-development No development
  without security

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Objectives and scope
• Innovative instrument to support African peace
  and security agenda
• Scope- support to
• African-owned and led peace operations
• Strengthening capacity of the relevant African
  organisations
• Principles African ownership and solidarity,
  EU-Africa partnership
• Beneficiaries AU and sub-regional organisations

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Programming
• Initial allocation- 250 M
• Peace support operations- 200 M
• Capacity Building 35 M
• Contingencies, audit, evaluation and monitoring-
  15M
• Three subsequent replenishments under the 9th EDF
  (total 150 M)
• Additional Voluntary Contributions of 8 EU Member
  States (Nearly 40 M)- first example of
  cofinancing under the 9th EDF
• By 2009 total APF allocation of 440M
• Additionally, 7,7M Contribution from South
  Africa budget line

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Commitments APF (M)
440
4th repl.55m
3rd repl.39.2m
2nd repl.45m
1st repl.50m
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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Main actions supported
• Peace Support operations
• the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) - over
  305M
• the FOMUC/MICOPAX Mission in the Central African
  Republic
• ( CEMAC/ECCAS) 53,2M
• the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
  35,5M
• the African Union Missions in the Comoros
  (AMISECMAES) - 5M 3,5M
• Main items funded allowances for military/police
  observers, troop allowances, rations, insurance,
  medical support, fuel and technical assistance

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Support to PSOs
MICOPAX
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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Main actions supported
• Evolution of payments 2004-2008 fund-consuming
  PSOs

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Cases
• Missions in the Central African Republic
  FOMUC/MICOPAX
• Missions in the Comoros AMISEC, MAES

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Capacity Building support
• Strengthening capacities of the African Union
  Commission AUC (6M),
• African Standby Force (ASF) workshops (988,552),
  
• Support to sub-regional organisations liaison
  officers to the AU, to early warning system and
  financial capacity of both SROs and AUC (7,7M
  contribution to the APF from South Africa budget
  line),
• Support to planning capacities of the African
  Standby Force, to early warning systems and
  financial management at both sub-regional and
  continental levels (20M).

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Support to capacity building - examples
• Effort on institutional capacity, and links AU /
  SROs.
• 3 main CA committed under 9th FED
• 2004 6M prog. Reinforcement of the AU
  continental role PSC protocol and sec., AUPSOD
  experts (planning, PCRD, EWS,.)
• In 2008, 30 committed (11/ 40 experts
  recruited).
• 2006,2007- 7.5 20 M prog. Reinforce links AU/
  SROs, support build-up of APSA.
• Liaison offices for SROs in ADDIS
• Recruitment, Training, Equipment for EWS, Plan
  Elm, ASF.
• Implementation of a TA to kick-off the project,
  and setup a project management unit (PMU).
• Draft annual report commitment 20

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Implementation/delivery
• APF managed by HQ
• Joint management, Contribution Agreements with
  Beneficiairies
• TA monitoring, reporting, training, advice
• Key issue limited AU RECS capacity, including in
  financial / administrative matters

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2. African Peace Facility 9th EDF

• Additional Voluntary Contributions
• Background AMIS APF depleted
• EC organised call for additional contributions
• 8 Member States responded. In total 39M
• Managed by EC. EDF procedures.
• Permanent feature under 10EDF

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• New context
• Africa-EU joint strategy
• Principles
• A jointly developed shared long-term vision
• A partnership between equals, moving away from
  the traditional donor beneficiary relation
• Political dialogue
• on issues of common concern (eg. peace
  security)
• on key issues for development (eg. governance)
• seeking joint responses to global challenges (eg.
  energy climate change)
• promoting a broad-based and wide-ranging
  people-centred partnership
• The Strategy goes beyond
• development cooperation (eg. sciences)
• institutions (eg. Non-State actors, civil
  society, private sector)
• Africa (eg. international level Poznan, UN)
• Treating Africa as one (continent-to-continent
  approach)
• EU test case for policy coherence, aid
  effectiveness, division of labour

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How does it relate to Cotonou? Institutional
framework
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Thematic Africa-EU partnerships

• Peace Security
• Democratic Governance and Human Rights
• Trade, Regional integration Infrastructure
• MDGs
• Energy
• Climate Change
• Migration, Mobility Employment
• Science, Information Society Space

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Institutional architecture with multiple actors
every 3 years
Summit
Political guidance
Inputs
Ministerial Troika(s) (MFA ad hoc sectoral)
2 x / year
Political dialogue, review, monitoring
Annual progress review
Senior Officials (EU-Troika AU extended Troika)
Expertise
Joint report
Joint Experts Groups (JEGs)
(implementation engine coordination body)
AUC, AU MS, RECs
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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• New context
• Partnership on peace and security
• Objectives
• Enhance dialogue on challenges to peace
  security
• Full operationalisation of the Africa PS
  Architecture (APSA)
• Predictable funding for Africa-led peace support
  operations
• The African Peace Facility 10th EDF (2008-2010)
  300M major deliverable of the Partnership

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• New context
• Further development of APSA
• Establishment of APSA structures at the
  continental and regional levels
• AU Peace and Security Council,
• the Panel of the Wise,
• the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS)
• the African Standby Force (ASF)
• Regional Economic Communities/Regional Mechanisms
  (RECs/RMs) - building blocks of the APSA

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Preparation of the APF 10th EDF
• In-depth consultation process with the African
  side- AU and RECs/RMs
• Based on the lessons learned and joint
  recommendations
• Seminar in Djibouti, November 2007
• Joint Coordination Committee of February 2008
• Consultation process in the Council, adoption in
  December 2008
• Fully integrated into the new context- Joint
  Strategy and Partnership on Peace and Security

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Main orientations
• Financial muscle to support the Joint Partnership
  on Peace and Security
• Instrument to support all the three Priorities of
  the Partnership
• Enlarged scope to ensure an integrated approach
• Enhanced flexibility
• Co-financing as a permanent feature

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Programming

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Early Response Mechanism
• Innovative feature of the APF
• Flexible and immediately available funding for
  urgent needs
• Launch of an African-led mediation initiative
• Preparation of a decision-making process and
  planning in view of an African led peace
  operation

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Beneficiaries
• African Union
• African sub-regional organisations
• Relevant institutions/national structures within
  or related to the African Peace and Security
  Architecture

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Decision making process
• Two procedures
• standard procedure for non-urgent interventions
• accelerated procedure for urgent interventions
• Choice of the procedure COM proposal, "last
  word" for the Council
• Specific provisions for "small" operations (up to
  10M)
• Specific feature Decision by COM with
  consultation and political appropriateness
  decision by the Council

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Eligibility/ DAC-ability
• Eligible costs Non-lethal. Everything except
  weapons, ammunition, military equipment, basic
  military salaries
• Examples Allowances, medical, transport,
  valions
• Consequence complementary funding always
  required
• DACability
• APF 9th EDF non DACable
• APF 10th EDF Most activities non DACable -
  but scope broadened
• Commission to prepare annual report

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3. African Peace Facility 10th EDF

• Coherence
• Internally within EU/EC instruments and
  initiatives EDF (RIPs, NIPs, intra-ACP),
  Instrument for Stability, ESDP/II pillar
• EC/EU and Member States
• Other partners (UN, US, Canada, )

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1st and 2nd APF comparative table
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Further Information

• DEV
• Anna STRZASKA, Panafrican issues and
  institutions, Peace and Security unit
• anna.strzaska_at_ec.europa.eu
• AIDCO
• Jens MOLLER, African Union and Peace Facility
  unit
• jens.moeller_at_ec.europa.eu