While the Modernised Partnership, which will take over from the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the 79 ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) countries, was the subject of a political agreement between the chief negotiators of the EU and the OACPS last December (see EUROPE B12616A7), the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) published on 8 January an introductory analysis of this agreement which will open a new chapter in relations between privileged partners.
This concept...