The Africa Trade Network will hold its 11^th Annual Review and Strategy meeting from August 25-28^th 2008 in Accra, Ghana. The meeting, hosted by TWN Africa, will focus on responding to the new challenges emerging for the ATN's on-going flagship campaign against the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).  

The four-day meeting comprises 3-days analysis and teach-in, 1-day strategy and organization - structured as follows:

Day 1 - Global & African economic context today (including World Trade Organisation (WTO) and IFI- issues; Global Crises (food, fuel and finance), rise of China & other emerging powers, commodities boom and related issues.

Days 2 & 3 - IEPAs (Trade in Goods) and EPAs (Services, Singapore Issues, Intellectual Property)

Day 4 - Stop EPA campaign strategy and ATN networking & organizational priorities and mechanisms.

 

The objectives of the meeting are as follows: 

• Update on the status of EPA negotiations
• Review and Renew the STOP EPA campaign perspectives, strategy, and messaging in specific respect of IEPAs and negotiations towards comprehensive EPAs as well - at International, Continental, Sub-regional and strategic country levels
• Analyze issues and linkages arising from Global Economic Trends & EPAs
• Establish Network and Campaign organizational mechanisms, priorities and strategic alliances and synergies.