Relations between Ethiopia and the European Union

Ethiopia and the European Community established their first official relations in 1973 when the two sides signed an aid agreement to help the victims of famine in the northern parts of Ethiopia.

The 1975 Georgetown Agreement on the establishment of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, and the Lome Convention, which established economic partnership between the European Community (EC) and the ACP, laid the foundation for the Ethiopia-EC relations.

History of ACP and EC/EU cooperations

Year Type of Convention No. of Countries  
1957 S/D/M Entries TREATY OF ROME (European Economic Community) EEC members special relations
ACP
EC
EDF1
1963 Yaoundé Convention I
18
6
EDF 2
1969 Yaoundé Convention II
18
6
EDF 3
1975 Lome Convention I
46
9
EDF 4
1980 Lome Convention II
58
9
EDF 5
1985 Lome Convention III
65
10
EDF 6
1990 Lome Convention IV
68
12
EDF 7
1995 Lome Convention V
70
15
EDF 8
2000 Cotonou Agreement
77
15
EDF 9
2005 Revised Cotonou
78
25
EDF 10


Under Lome I-V, Ethiopia has been allocated 1.9 billion euros and has used 1.3 billion (68.4%) up to 31 December 2001. Ethiopia is allocated 538 million euros under the Cotonou Agreement (2000-2007). Under the 10th EDF, which covers the period 2008-2013, the EU has allocated to Ethiopia 644 million euros (‘A’ allocation) and 30 million euros (‘B’ allocations).

 Relations between...

• Ethiopia and the Benelux
• Ethiopia and European Union

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