The making of the Samoa Agreement: Insights from the negotiations between the EU, Africa and the ACP states
Light lunch provided
On 15 November 2023, leaders of the European Union (EU) and 79 states in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP) will meet in Samoa to sign the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, which will govern their relations for at least 20 years across various policy areas, namely development, migration, environment and climate change, peace and security, human rights and democracy, trade and investment. Drawing on a wide range of literature strands and capitalising on his active engagement with the two negotiating teams, Professor Carbone will expose the different logics and dynamics that characterised the making of the Samoa Agreement, from the contentious adoption of the two negotiating mandates to the impasse arising from the obstructive behaviour of two EU Member States after the conclusion of the negotiations.

Chair: Othon Anastasakis, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Date: 6 November 2023, 12:30 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue: St Antony's College - North Site
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Speakers: Maurizio Carbone (University of Glasgow), Eli Gateva (Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford)
Organising department: European Studies Centre
Organiser: Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host: Othon Anastasakis (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Part of: European Studies Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Julie Adams