Established: 2001

Objectives

The Tripoli Process is a series of sequenced and formal, high-level political meetings following up on the original meeting's Declaration, and one in which binding decisions can be pursued or followed up.  It is also a full-African-continent-with-full-EU initiative, and as such is not characterized by regular, close, informal consultations among all members.  It can be viewed as a pillar within the broader Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership. 

The EU-Africa Declaration on Migration and Development adopted at the Tripoli meeting led to the establishment of the European Union (EU)-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment (MME).  [KG1] MME is now a key part of the EU-Africa strategic partnership within the framework of the joint EU-Africa Declaration on Migration and Development.  

 

Current Focus

Specific areas of discussion include:

  • concern for the human rights and wellbeing of migrants
  • human resources and brain drain
  • irregular migration
  • migration and development
  • migration management challenges
  • opportunities for regular migration
  • peace and security
  • protection of refugees
  • sharing best practices

Secretariat:

  • No official Secretariat.  IOM provides support to capacity building activities targeting both ECOWAS institutions and its Member States. 
Members

82 Members (53 AU Member States and 28 EU Member States)

  • Algeria
  • Austria
  • Angola
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cabo Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eriteria
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Kenya
  • Latvia
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Netherlands
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Romania
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
Observers

Observer States

  • Switzerland

Observer Organizations

  • Conseil des Organisations Non Gouvernementales d'Appui au Développement (CONGAD, Council of Non-Governmental Development Support)
  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  • IRD
  • International Labour Organization (ILO),
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM),
  • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),
  • Organisation of African Unity (OAU),
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
  • West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA),
  • Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),
  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Meetings
  • 4th EU- Africa summit, Brussels, April 02-03, 2014
  • Africa–EU Summit “Adoption of the Second Action Plan, which covers 2011–2013,” 29–30 November 2010, Tripoli, Libya
  • 2nd Africa-EU Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 8 December – 9 December 2007
  • The EU-African Union meeting “The Joint Africa–EU Declaration on Migration and Development” (‘Tripoli Conference’), 22–23 November 2006, Tripoli, Libya
  • 1st Africa-EU Summit, Cairo, Egypt, April 2000