European Union - Australia Partnership Framework

ANNEX

Activities completed or cooperation/coordination established in 2008 and 2009

Objective 1

• Jointly support expansion of counter-terrorist activities through capacity building projects at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation .
• Together promote the International Criminal Court in the South East Asia/Pacific region
• Commenced negotiations on a Security of Information Agreement in 2009.

Objective 2

• Established a dialogue on sanitary and phytosanitary issues .
• Established a dialogue on animal welfare issues .
• Revised the MRA on Conformity Assessment, Certificates & Markings
• Signed the Wine Agreement in December 2008.

Objective 3

• Three-year trial of untying of EC development assistance programs in 18 countries in Asia.
• Lao PDR Trade Development Facility established in 2008 with funding from Australia the EU and the World Bank.

Objective 4

• The EC became a founding member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute in May 2009, furthering the Desired Outcome of Action 3.

Objective 5

• Developed an innovation, science and research partnership through the Science and Technology Cooperation Roadmap agreed in 2009.
• Enhance Australian-EU science and research collaboration in the Asia-Pacific through the EC's FP7 PACE-Net initiative
• Held the first policy dialogue on education and training policy in 2009.
• Developed a brochure on EU-Australia relations on education and training.
• Smooth implementation of the eVisitor system
• Established policy dialogue on issues arising from cultural, religious and linguistic diversity.

21 October 2009