Sustainability Impact Assessment: Angola's Accession to the EU-SADC EPA

We will hold a range of interviews and one-to-one meetings with private sector and civil society organisations and other key stakeholders, both in the EU and Angola.

In addition, an online survey was undertaken to gather views about Angola's accession to the EU-SADC EPA.

Civil society dialogue (CSD) meetings organised by DG Trade are regular meetings where civil society and the Commission discuss about the EU’s trade policy. Two such meetings will be devoted to a discussion of the SIA:

• Presentation and discussion of the draft inception report on 22 April 2021 (meeting report);
• Presentation and discussion of the draft final report on 25 November 2021 (meeting report).

For further details in particular regarding conditions of participation and registration, please consult DG Trade’s CSD website.

A workshop took place in Luanda and as a webinar on 21 and 22 July 2021. It served to present and discuss the study and collect additional information from national interest groups.

• Workshop agenda
• Presentations by study team:
  • Context: the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and SADC countries, and the negotiations about accession
  • Introduction to Sustainability Impact Assessments: Methodology and role of this workshop
  • Economic impact of Angola's accession to the EU-SADC EPA: Preliminary findings
  • Angola’s accession to the EU-SADC EPA: Institutional capacity and technical assistance
  • Environmental impact of Angola’s accession to the EU-SADC EPA: Preliminary findings
  • Social impact of Angola’s accession to the EU-SADC EPA: Preliminary findings
  • Human rights impact of Angola’s accession to the EU-SADC EPA: Preliminary findings
• Workshop report