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This Country Strategy Paper (CSP) presents the framework which will govern EU cooperation with Haiti for the period 2008-2013.

This 10th EDF Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and National Indicative Programme (NIP) for the period 2008 to 2013 articulates a strategic and programming framework to facilitate Guyana-EC cooperation on critical aspects of Guyana’s development agenda. This agenda, since 2001, has been driven by the combination of a National Development Strategy (NDS) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Recently, two additional “drivers” – the National Competitiveness Strategy (NCS) and a Sugar Action Plan – have been developed and added to this mix.

Guinea Bissau is a small country of 36 000 km² and approximately 1.3 millions inhabitants (annual growth rate: 3%), wedged between Senegal and Guinea Conakry. The country has been independent since 1974 following a war of liberation which lasted around twelve years. A significant development in the country's history was the 1980 coup which severed the strategic alliance established during the liberation struggle with Cape Verde.

The purpose of this Country Support Strategy is to provide a framework for EU assistance programmes in Grenada under the 10th EDF. It outlines the current status of EU–Grenada relations, gives a detailed country diagnosis, summarises the Government’s development agenda, reviews past and present EC cooperation and the activities of other major donors, and concludes with the proposed EU response strategy and its corresponding indicative work programme.

Ghana, the “shining star” of Africa at independence in 1957, experienced political and economic shocks that led to a deterioration of living standards. From the mid nineties, macroeconomic stability has improved considerably and Ghana’s democratic gains were impressive. At the moment, Ghana faces no external threats and plays a key stabilising role in the otherwise troubled West African Region.

The Gambia gained independence from Britain in 1965 and became a Republic in 1971; it was one of the very few multiparty democracies in Africa at the time. A military coup in 1994 briefly interrupted the country’s democratic process, but democracy was restored in 1996 with the holding of Presidential elections followed by National Assembly elections in 1997, completing the return to civilian rule. On the path to a maturing democracy, the 1970 Constitution of the First Republic was replaced by the 1997 Constitution of the Second Republic through a referendum.

The aim of the strategy of the European Union over the period 2008-2013 covered by the 10th EDF is to reduce poverty in the context of sustainable economic and human development. It is based first and foremost on the pillars set by Gabon in its Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Document (GPRSD), which was adopted in 2006. It also takes into account the guidelines of the Law of 2003 on land development and land use, in particular as regards the exploitation and protection of natural resources, and the guidelines of the National Good Governance Programme (PNBG).

This Country Strategy Paper (CSP) reflects the EU Strategy for Africa and the analysis of the Country Diagnostic Survey carried out in 2006 by the Commission with the participation of EU Member States, which provides a framework for Member States and European Commission planned cooperation initiatives in Ethiopia.

Relations between the European Commission and Eritrea date back to Eritrean independence (1993). Past cooperation has focused on addressing the pressing issues of reconstruction following the devastation of the war of independence and the border conflict with Ethiopia (1998-2000).