Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa

In 1984, Jan Nico Scholten{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/development/services/events/EDD2007/jan-nico-scholten_en.htm|title=Jan Nico Scholten}} took the initiative for the foundation of AWEPAA, the Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid. He sought to coordinate at the international level the struggle{{Cite web|url=http://www.sadocc.at/forschung/sadet_booklet_web.pdf|title=International Solidarity and Southern Africa's Road to Democracy}} against the apartheid regime in South Africa. As President of AWEPAA he travelled through Europe and to the United States and Canada to stimulate support for sanctions.

Since its founding in 1984, AWEPAA has worked by implementing parliamentary capacity building programmes in Africa. The organisation's primary orientation, being established for and by parliamentarians, Image:First AWEPA Conference.jpgwas to mobilise politicians, from democratically elected European parliaments, against apartheid. The organization grew from a small group of members in 16 national parliaments and in the European Parliament in September 1985, to some 1000 members in the early 1990s. Parliamentarians ensured effective sanction policies by passing laws, they monitored the implementation of these laws, and they sought to hold governments accountable for their policies.

After the apartheid regime was voted out in South Africa, AWEPAA broadened its mission: to promote democracy, peace, human rights, and democratic governance in Africa. With apartheid over, AWEPAA{{cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/technology/mozambique/pics/d80512.pdf|title=Voting in the Rain|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606162435/http://www.open.ac.uk/technology/mozambique/pics/d80512.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2012|url-status=dead}} was renamed 'The Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa' (AWEPA) in 1993, and has since grown to some 1500 members.

Parliamentarians from Central and Eastern Europe began to join AWEPA in the early 1990s, and AWEPA developed into a non-partisan organization with members in parliaments all over Europe. Its political objective is to strengthen parliamentary democracy in Africa, to maintain an effective lobby to keep Africa on the political agenda in Europe, and to improve European-African relations.

During the 1990s, AWEPA became active in areas such as election observation and parliamentary and democratic capacity building at regional, national, provincial and local levels in Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa. Since 2000, AWEPA has also become involved in West Africa and the Horn of Africa, responding to emerging needs in these areas. Thematically, AWEPA activities promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa, including such areas as poverty reduction, women and children's rights, HIV and AIDS, and peace and security.

AWEPA's activities are divided into programs that either take an institutional focus, or programs that are more thematic in nature. At the institutional level, AWEPA works with African parliaments at a national, regional, or continental level as well as decentralized local authorities. Thematic programmes are programmes that carry a theme informing parliamentarians and mobilizing parliamentary action on specific issues through conferences, exchanges and publications.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes.html|title=AWEPA Programs|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021022759/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.raittorr.co.uk/awepa/fact_sheet.pdf|title=What are AWEPA's Programs|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083002/http://www.raittorr.co.uk/awepa/fact_sheet.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes.html|title=AWEPA Institutional Programmes|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001071239/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

Image:Programmes and themes.JPG AWEPA currently works with 25 parliaments in Africa through jointly agreed capacity building programmes. These include national parliaments, continental parliamentary institutions such as the Pan-African Parliament or the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), as well as decentralised authorities.

In addition to working in countries with established parliamentary system, AWEPA also works in post-conflict countries. Strengthening the role of parliament in promoting peace, reconciliation and good governance are strong elements of the capacity building programmes in these countries. Representatives from other countries in Central and Eastern Africa and from countries in Western Africa regularly participate in AWEPA's regional and international activities. AWEPA has also become an active partner with NEPAD and has a number of MoU's in operation.{{cite web|url=http://www.nepad.org/nepad/news/1790/nepad-signs-mou-awepa-engagements-parliaments-caadp-advocacy%E2%80%A6|title=NEPAD signs MoU with AWEPA on engagements with parliaments|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104234610/http://nepad.org/nepad/news/1790/nepad-signs-mou-awepa-engagements-parliaments-caadp-advocacy%E2%80%A6|archive-date=4 January 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.agra-alliance.org/section/links/awepa|title=AGRA - Growing Africa's Agriculture|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006050333/http://www.agra-alliance.org/section/links/awepa|archive-date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

AWEPA Institutional Programmes include: Pan-African Parliament,Pan-African Parliament East African Legislative Assembly,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/eala.html|title=EALA and AWEPA|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021021911/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/eala.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Réseau de Femmes Parlementaires d'Afrique Centrale,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/reseau-de-femmes-parlementaires-dafrique-centrale-rfpac.html|title=RFPAC and AWEPA|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001070009/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/reseau-de-femmes-parlementaires-dafrique-centrale-rfpac.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/drc.html|title=DRC and AWEPA|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001070434/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/drc.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Rwanda,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/rwanda.html|title=Parliament of Rwanda|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065810/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/rwanda.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Burundi,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/burundi.html|title=Parliament of Burundi|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021022641/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/burundi.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Kenya,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/kenya.html|title=Parliament of Kenya|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021020838/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/kenya.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Uganda,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/uganda.html|title=Parliament of Uganda|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065957/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/uganda.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Somalia,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/somalia.html|title=Parliament of Somalia|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021020958/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/somalia.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} Parliament of Mozambique,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/mozambique.html|title=Parliament of Mozambique|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021022527/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/mozambique.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} The South Africa Provincial Legislatures (SAPL) Support Programme, The South Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA),{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/ssla.html|title=SSLA|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021021730/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/ssla.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}} and the Stability Pact for the Great Lakes peace process.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/support-to-the-pact-of-stability-security-and-development-for-the-great-lakes-region.html|title=Stability Pact|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021020225/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/institutional-programmes/support-to-the-pact-of-stability-security-and-development-for-the-great-lakes-region.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/devoutreach/article/537/power-parliamentary-south-south-learning-fighting-small-arms-great-lakes-reg|title=The Power of Parliamentary South South Learning - Fighting small arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213063504/http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/devoutreach/article/537/power-parliamentary-south-south-learning-fighting-small-arms-great-lakes-reg|archive-date=13 December 2010|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/africa/2011/7/33/Assembleia-Republica-abre-Centro-Estudos-Formacao-Parlamentar,cf0aea09-355f-4c3c-a9dc-5a47d373606e.html|title=Assembleia da República abre Centro de Estudos e Formação Parlamentar - África - Angola Press - ANGOP|website=angop.ao}}{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/p%C3%B4le-d%E2%80%99exp%C3%A9rience|title=Pôle d’expérience - Burundi|website=ReliefWeb}}

Through thematic programmes, AWEPA informs and mobilizes parliaments to take action on developmental issues. Thematic programmes include:

• Famine in the Horn of Africa{{cite web|url=http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842683&Itemid=30 |title=Famine in Somalia Ignites Parliamentary Action |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215155856/http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842683&Itemid=30 |archivedate=15 February 2012 }}{{Cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201108160451.html|title=Mary Robinson shared her grave concern about spreading famine in Somalia}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=22604|title=EAC assembly calls for concerted efforts to address drought}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.trademarkea.com/site/default.asp?000=1&001=23&003=news&004=333|title=EALA Speaker warns of looming famine}}
• Female Genital Mutilation{{Cite web|url=http://www.politics.be/persmededelingen/27009/|title=Stop genitale verminking en seksueel geweld in Africa}}
• Strengthening Regional Parliaments towards Achieving The Millennium Development Goals{{Cite web|url=http://www.busiweek.com/11/the-eac-issues/eac-news/1473-eala-speaker-c|title=EALA speaker calls for more action on MDG's}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/mdgs.html|title=AWEPA and MDG's|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001070321/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/mdgs.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
• Climate Change Mitigation{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/mdgs.html|title=Aid Effectiveness|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001070321/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/mdgs.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
• Aid Effectiveness{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/climate-change.html|title=AWEPA African Climate Change Mitigation|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021020341/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/programmes/thematic-programmes/climate-change.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

AWEPA conducts research and produces parliamentary handbooks and other tools. Recent publications include:

• Mark van Dorp, Jeff Balch,{{cite web|url=http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/content/jeff-0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715184251/http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/content/jeff-0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-15|title=World Bank Institute - AWEPA's Jeff Balch}} David Batali, Emmanuela Darious Lado, Paul Lado Demetry and Isaac Woja's "No Time To Waste: Sustainable Environmental Management in a Changing Southern Sudan",{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/26-no-time-to-waste-sustainable-environmental-management-in-a-changing-southern-sudan.html|title=No Time To Waste - Sustainable Environmental Management in a Changing Southern Sudan|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402082956/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/26-no-time-to-waste-sustainable-environmental-management-in-a-changing-southern-sudan.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} which looks at waste management and pollution; deforestation and unsustainable forest use; climate change, drought, desertification and flooding; the relationship between natural resources, environment and conflict; and potential solutions to environmental management.
• Jos Havermans' "A Parliamentarians' Handbook on The Small Arms Issue",{{cite web|url=http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/content/jeff-0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715184251/http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/content/jeff-0|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-15|title=A Parliamentarians' Handbook on The Small Arms Issue}} which covers the impact small arms and light weapons have on the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa and gives suggestions about how parliamentarians can address this problem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.agora-parl.org/node/913|title=A Parliamentarians' Handbook on The Small Arms Issue}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bibalex.org/Search4Dev/document/369653|title=Search4Dev - Bibliotheca Alexandrina|website=bibalex.org}}
• Alta Fölscher, Mokoro's "Safeguarding the Interests of the People: Parliamentarians and Aid Effectiveness",{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/36-safeguarding-the-interests-of-the-people-parliamentarians-and-aid-effectiveness-.html|title=Parliamentarians and Aid Effectiveness|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083009/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/36-safeguarding-the-interests-of-the-people-parliamentarians-and-aid-effectiveness-.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} which sheds light on the issues surrounding the aid process.{{cite web|url=http://zunia.org/post/safeguarding-the-interests-of-the-people-parliamentarians-and-aid-effectiveness/|title=Safeguarding the Interests of the People - Parliamentarians and Aid Effectiveness|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331123044/http://zunia.org/post/safeguarding-the-interests-of-the-people-parliamentarians-and-aid-effectiveness/|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
• Prof. Luc Huyse's "All Things Pass Except the Past",{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/31-all-things-pass-except-the-past.html|title=All Things Pass Except the Past|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083019/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/31-all-things-pass-except-the-past.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} which examines the impact of civil war on a country's national psyche.{{cite web|url=http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=32402|title=All Things Pass Except the Past|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320134911/http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=32402|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
• Lucia van den Bergh's "Why peace worked: Mozambicans look back",{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/31-all-things-pass-except-the-past.html|title=Why peace worked - Mozambicans look back|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083019/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/resources/awepa-publications/doc_details/31-all-things-pass-except-the-past.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} which examines the interaction between Mozambican leaders and a civil society anxious for peace

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Of special importance to AWEPA is its Eminent Advisory Board, which meets annually and advises AWEPA on wide-ranging policies regarding its work in Africa and Europe. In 2011, this Board was composed of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ms. Graça Machel, then Prof. Wangari Maathai (now Dr. Wangari Maathai), Ms. Mary Robinson, Dr. Jan Nico Scholten, His Excellency Mohamed A. Sahnoun, and Prof. Albert Tevoedjre.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/eminent-advisory-board.html|title=Eminent Advisotry Board|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524015248/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/eminent-advisory-board.html|archive-date=24 May 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The highest political body within AWEPA is the Council, which comprises representatives from the AWEPA sections in the European Parliament and the national parliaments of Europe. The Council elects the Executive Committee, which is accountable to the Council. The President of the Council, Miet Smet, is also member of the Executive Committee.

AWEPA's Executive Committee is the executive board of the organisation and meets four times a year. It is elected by the Governing Council for a period of five years to prepare and execute the policy of AWEPA. It is composed of the President and Vice-Presidents. AWEPA's president of the executive committee is Miet Smet of Belgium. AWEPA's Vice-President's are Maja Ingold of Switzerland, Jeppe Kofod of Denmark, Patrick Meinhardt of Germany, Olivia Mitchell of Ireland, Henk Jan Ormel of the Netherlands, Rosita Runegrund of Sweden, and Egidijus Vareikis of Lithuania.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/executive-committee.html|title=AWEPA Executive Committee|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021022500/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/executive-committee.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The AWEPA Partnership Council is an organ consisting of members of the AWEPA Eminent Advisory Board, AWEPA's main African partners, and the AWEPA Executive Committee. It is jointly chaired by the Chair of the Eminent Advisory Board, Ms. Graça Machel, and AWEPA President, Ms. Miet Smet. The parliaments which AWEPA supports are its primary partners and this cooperation is normally laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding. In the implementation of its programmes AWEPA also works together with a variety of other organisations to increase the impact of the programmes. Partners on the council include: Pan-African Parliament, East African Legislative Assembly, Economic Community of West African States, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Network of African Parliamentarians, and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/partnership-council.html|title=AWEPA Partnership Council|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021022723/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/partnership-council.html|archive-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

The Council operates as a general assembly for a five-year term and meets at least once a year. The Council decides on the overall policy of AWEPA and is chaired by the President, Ms. Miet Smet. The Council is composed of the members of the Executive Committee, Dr. Jan Nico Scholten (Honorary President of AWEPA), and the following persons:

Thijs Berman, Jan Willem Bertens, Sabine de Bethune, Katharine Bulbulia, Baron Chidgey, Ingrida Circene, Minodora Cliveti, John Corrie, Alain Destexhe, Luc Dhoore, Therese Frösch, Barty L. Fuchs, Theodossis Georgiou, Chantal Gill’ard, Pär Granstedt, Carina Hägg, Jan Hamáček, Johan van Hecke, Maja Ingold, Brunhilde Irber, Tadeusz Iwiński, Inge Jäger, Kimmo Kiljunen, Krista Kiuru, Karsten Lauritzen, Kerstin Lundgren, Josep Maldonado, Lydia Maximus, Silver Meikar, Magda de Meyer, Denis Naughten, Charlie O'Connor, Matthew Offord, Maria Antonia Moreno Areias De Almeida Santos, and Judith Schwentner.

AWEPA has built up a broad member network of European parliamentarians that are supportive of its work. Within the different parliaments in Europe, these members form a section. The European Sections seek to keep Africa high on the political agenda in Europe and facilitate African-European Parliamentary dialogue. AWEPA works to support its existing and new sections so that they may perform advocacy and support functions effectively and efficiently. By promoting African issues on the political agendas of the EU and separate EU member states and by lobbying on decision-making, AWEPA tries to contribute to more favourable and more coherent trade, aid, investment, and agricultural policies towards Africa.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections.html|title=European Sections|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001070639/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections.html|archive-date=1 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

Current sections include: Austria,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/67-austria.html|title=AWEPA Austria|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083033/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/67-austria.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Belgium,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/59-belgium.html|title=AWEPA Belgium|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083045/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/59-belgium.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Flanders,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/168-flanders.html|title=AWEPA Flanders|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083057/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/168-flanders.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} France, Germany,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/69-germany.html|title=AWEPA Germany|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117151217/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/69-germany.html|archive-date=17 November 2011|url-status=dead}} Greece, Hungary, Ireland,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/78-ireland.html|title=AWEPA Ireland|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083128/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/78-ireland.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Italy, Latvia,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/73-latvia.html|title=AWEPA Latvia|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083139/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/73-latvia.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Lithuania,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/150-lithuania.html|title=AWEPA Lithuania|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083149/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/150-lithuania.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Malta, The Netherlands,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/148-netherlands.html|title=AWEPA Netherlands|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083200/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/148-netherlands.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Norway, Poland,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/77-poland.html|title=AWEPA Poland|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083212/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/77-poland.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Portugal, Romania,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/75-romania.html|title=AWEPA Romania|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083221/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/75-romania.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/68-spain.html|title=AWEPA Spain|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083231/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/68-spain.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Sweden,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/62-sweden.html|title=AWEPA Sweden|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323043631/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/62-sweden.html|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Switzerland,{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/79-switzerland.html|title=AWEPA Switzerland|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118083426/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/79-switzerland.html|archive-date=18 November 2011|url-status=dead}} United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/147-united-kingdom.html|title=AWEPA United Kingdom|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083312/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/147-united-kingdom.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}} and The European Parliament.{{cite web|url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/132-european-parliament.html|title=European Parliament|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402083322/http://awepa.org/index.php/en/european-sections/132-european-parliament.html|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

The execution of the AWEPA programmes is made possible through the financial support a broad funding base composed of government agencies, NGO's, and INGO's. In particular, major 2010 donors include: ADA, the Belgian Government, DANIDA, the Danish Embassy in Maputo, GTZ, the European Commission, the Finnish Embassy in Maputo, Irish Aid, AIID, DGIS, MINIBUZA, NORAD, SIDA, Swiss - SAPL, UK - FCO, UK - NRIL, UK - AGRA, UNDP, UNICEF, and others.{{cite web |title=AWEPA Donors |url=http://awepa.org/index.php/en/donors.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924024047/http://www.awepa.org/index.php/en/donors.html |archive-date=24 September 2012 |access-date=12 September 2011}}

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