The first fisheries agreement between the European Community and Angola was signed in 1989 and denounced in 2006 by the EU, due to the legislative framework adopted in Angola in 2004. EU vessels currently fishing in the Angolan exclusive economic zone (EEZ) do so on the basis of direct authorisations. Since 2019, Angola has showed interest in a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA), and both the EU and Angola have agreed to initiate exploratory discussions about a SFPA. This ex-ante evaluation was carried out in accordance with both the EU Financial Regulation and its Rules of Application and the European Commission's Better Regulation Guidelines and 'Toolbox'. A wide range of stakeholders in both the EU and Angola were consulted, the former largely using questionnaires with responses provided by email, and the latter through a field mission to Angola. A large body of relevant secondary data was also reviewed.

In September 2006 the EU and Cabo Verde concluded a bilateral Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA). This Agreement provided fishing possibilities exclusively for highly migratory species for EU vessels fishing in Cabo Verde waters. It entered into force on 30 March 2007 and has been automatically renewed twice for periods of 5 years (29 March 2012 and 29 March 2017). The current Protocol was signed, and entered into provisional application on 23 December 2014, it will expire on 22 December 2018. The Protocol sets out the fishing opportunities and financial contributions provided for in the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). It grants to the EU fishing opportunities for up to 71 vessels to fish for tuna and other highly migratory species in 3 fishing categories: 28 tuna seiners, 30 surface long liners and 13 pole-and-line vessels, with a reference tonnage of 5,000 t/year. The Member States interested in fisheries activities in the EEZ of Cabo Verde are, France (FR), Portugal (PT) and Spain (ES). The annual EU public financial contribution to Cabo Verde amounts to EUR 550,000/ year out of which EUR 275,000 is earmarked for the support of the Cabo Verde fisheries policy for the first two years of the Protocol, and EUR 250,000/ year for the last two years of the Protocol. The Agreement is classified by the EU as a "tuna agreement" (as opposed to multi-species agreements); its main characteristics are provided in Table 1. The SFPA with Cabo Verde is part of a network of SFPAs with other coastal States in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, which include Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and São Tomé and Príncipe (tuna agreements) and Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Morocco (multi-species agreements). The present report provides an independent ex-post evaluation study of the current four-year Protocol to the SFPA between the EU and the Republic of Cabo Verde as well as an ex-ante evaluation of a future Protocol. This final report presents information collected from various sources, including the EU/DG MARE, EU concerned Member states (FR, PT, ES) and the professional associations of EU vessel operators concerned with the availability and utilisation of fishing possibilities. It also includes the findings of a mission to Cabo Verde that took place in December 2017, during which discussions were held in Praia and Mindelo with Cabo Verdean and other stakeholders involved in the implementation of the SFPA, including public authorities, private sector and NGOs.

The 2015-2020 Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and Liberia considers access to the Liberian EEZ for a maximum of 28 tuna purse seiners and 6 surface longliners in exchange for an annual EU financial compensation of EUR 357 000 for the first year, EUR 325 000 for the second, third and fourth years and EUR 292 500 for the last year, plus an annual maximum amount for the support and implementation of the Liberia's fisheries sectoral policy equal to the EU annual compensation. The Protocol also foresees payment of access fees by EU operators benefiting from fishing opportunities. The Protocol will expire on 8 December 2020.

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

This publication displays the menu for choice of available methods to evaluate the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). It caters mainly to policy makers from developing countries and aims to equip them with some economic knowledge and techniques that will enable them to conduct their own economic evaluation studies on existing or future FTAs, or to critically re-examine the results of impact assessment studies conducted by others, at the very least.

The 2016-2020 Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and Cook Islands (CK) considers access of a maximum of 4 EU purse seiners in exchange for an annual EU financial compensation of EUR 385 000 the first two years and EUR 350 000 the last two years, plus an annual maximum amount of EUR 350 000 for the support and implementation of the CK's sectoral policy. The Protocol also foresees payment of access fees by EU operators benefiting from fishing opportunities. The Protocol will expire next 13 October 2020.