Africa Europe Cooperation Council
is collaborating with privet sectors, organizations and governments of both regions to:
- Reduce prejudice:
- Communicate knowledge:
- To awaken understanding:
- Enabling encounters & promoting friendships:
- Build networks:
- Our aims at:
- To accomplish our goals:
According to this motto, the Africa Europe Cooperation Council has been created to successfully deepen African European relations through our events. We provide information beyond the everyday headlines. We offer an exchange by direct and personal forums forgetting to know each other, by providing knowledge and facilitating personal encounters to help mutual benefits and build friendships.
Knowledge is important to get your own picture of the world. Therefore, the AECC invites numerous speakers from different fields especially, economic, culture, technology, health and education to provide the knowledge to both areas, to successfully improving the relationship.
Mutual understanding is crucial to building a long-term trusting relationship. With the organization of lectures, discussions, but also background discussions and conferences, the AECC promotes a respectful action.
Making encounters possible shaping them together, AECC sees itself as a platform for Africa Europe exchange, arranges contacts and organizes events on all fields of interest. Besides the opportunities of exchange between high level businesses of both regions, this event aims to target also the students and young entrepreneurs. AECC has created a forum that is defined by current and broad thematic, but also to enable mutual acquaintance and networking. Through numerous cooperation with Africa Europe study programs, participation in fairs and other activities, we work to ensure that students graduates and young professionals exchange ideas and get the opportunity to inform themselves about the academic and professional opportunities in the countries of both regions. We are convinced that especially young people should be in the focus of promoting friendships, dialogue and discussion.
We help build strong networks by promoting targeted networking between companies, members and potential business partners, by organizing delegation trips we help to connect with potential customers or relevant decision-makers. In addition, we organize trips to various federal states to introduce the states from their economic, academic side and to strengthen both regions. Our vision is to be recognized as an unparalleled bond for advancing the relationship in all fields.
Fostering, developing and expanding economic and business relations. Actively working to attract foreign direct investment by conducting effective policy advocacy, undertaking various trade promotion initiatives, providing ongoing updates on the business climate in both regions and helping develop strategic relationships among private sectors and governments. Holding conferences, forums, seminars and exhibitions as well as organizing trade missions to encourage, increasing, communication and business activity between the two regions. Providing advice and information on African and European economic relations based on the views of council members to officials of both regions Expanding business ties between both regions by providing opportunities for council members to meet senior executives and discuss business and government policy matters of common interest Increasing public understanding about the importance of the economic relationship between the two regions through public meetings, reports and press releases
We assist members developing their relations with their counterparts in the other side and provide means of communication between business communities in both regions Facilitate growth for members companies in both regions by developing programs and activities that create business development opportunities for both regions Interact with African and European governmental authorities, business development authorities, along with the private sector to improve the knowledge of the business opportunities in both regions and provide greater insight and access to opportunities for trade and investment between both markets Provide valuable and competitive advantages for our members by gathering, analyzing and disseminating information that will improve their knowledge and understanding of trade and investment opportunities Support, promote and encourage economic, culture, education, health, sports and any kind of cooperation between both regions.