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African Peace Facility

African Peace Facility: The Intra-ACP Cooperation funds allocated to the APF under the 11th EDF amount to Euro 900.0 million. Based on the principle of African ownership, the APF supports the AU and regional African organisations which have a mandate to promote peace and security.

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https://www.africa-eu-partnership.org/

Objectives

The overall objective of the APF is to support peace, stability and security in Africa and provide the basis for sustainable development.

The following are the supported activities under the APF Facility:

  • ECOWAS Mission to Guinea Bissau;
  • African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA);
  • The Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI-LRA)
  • Capacity-building programme

The programme ended in July 2019

Under the 11th EDF, the first Action Programme of the APF (2014-2016) was adopted by the EC in July 2014. It initially foresaw a total EDF contribution of EUR 750 million. Due to increasing needs, an additional amount of EUR 150 million was allocated in December 2015. By the end on 2015, EUR 600 million had already been contracted. The Facility was monitored by the Joint Coordination Committee jointly chaired by the AU and the EU and comprises of representatives of the RECs. An amount of EUR 100.0 million was allocated to APF under the AAP 2016.

Beneficiary countries

The direct beneficiaries of the APF are the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities with a mandate in peace and security, and the relevant institutions and structures within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA): Somalia (AMISOM); Guinea Bissau (ECOMIB); DRC, Central African Republic and Uganda (RCI-LRA); Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon (MNJTF); Gambia (ECOMIG); Burundi (HROs/MEs); South Sudan (CTSAMM); Mauritania, Mali and Burkina Faso (G5 Sahel Joint Forces).

For more information, contact: Department of Macro-economics, Development Finance and Intra-ACP Programming