AEFJN 2026 PLAN OF ACTION

Specific Strategies
(What)

Indicators (How)

Concrete
Action Plans for Implementation (Deliverables)

Actors Involved (Who)

Venue and
Date (Where, When)

Present Status

Comments/Suggestions

Food Security: “Our Land is Our Life” Campaign

–
Increased food production

-Easy
access to food

-Household
ownership on food sovereignty 

–
Indigenous farming practices in climate change mitigation

-Improved
land management practices

-Improved
Land Security Tenure

Improved
Locally Led Adaptation Financing Models (LLAFM)

Climate
smart Agricultural investment

1.
Food and Land Security Project (focus should be on women and land rights)

–
Conduct research-based advocacy and campaigns on land rights and food
security

-Policy
review and analysis

-Publication
of Findings
– Training sessions on agroecology and sustainable farming

Local farmers, AEFJN, Local, NGOs, Government Agencies

AEFJN
Antenna countries in Africa 

(Uganda,
Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Cameroon)

Ongoing
(Uganda)

Tanzania:
Masai International Alliance (MISA)-ongoing

NB:
Feasibility studies for possible intervention in Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya,
Malawi and Cameroon

Strengthen
collaboration with indigenous groups

Monthly
Webinar series 

Africa-EU Relations: Trade Justice (Including Critical Raw
Materials)

-Trade
Balance Between Africa and the EU.

-Successful
Implementation of the International Binding Treatt on Critical Raw materials

-Community
Inclusion in Resource Management

-Improved
Environmental Management Practices

-Enhanced
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks

-Increased
Transparency and Accountability

-Share
of Value-Added Products in Africa’s Exports to the EU.

-Reduction
in Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers for African Goods in the EU Market.

-Volume
and Impact of EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa.

-Integration
of Fair Labor Standards and Environmental Protections in Trade Agreements

–
Policy briefs on trade justice

-Engage
in dialogue with EU policymakers

–
Engage in Lobby

-Advocate
for Fair and Equitable Trade Agreements Between Africa and the EU

-Mobilize
Civil Society and Religious Networks to Influence Trade Policies.

-Support
African SMEs and Farmers in Accessing Fair Trade Markets. 

–
Advocate for adoption of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
and similar frameworks for tracking and publishing CRM-related revenues,
contracts, and expenditure.

-AEFJN,
EU Institutions, AU institutions -African Trade Bodies and RECs

-AEFJN,
Mining Sector Stakeholders, AU, UN, EU

Africa
& Europe, Bi-annual Meetings

Conduct
a series of webinars and look for speakers ahead of time

Ongoing
for Uganda

need
to start in:

Zambia,
Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi and Cameroon

Expand
advocacy efforts through research-based reports

AU-EU Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) Towards Equal Partnership

-Strengthened
engagement, collaboration and partnership between AU and EU faith-based
actors

-Organize
annual AU-EU FBO summit
-Develop joint policy recommendations

-Organise
advocacy campaigns for policy reforms

-Organise
joint training workshops

-Open
a coordinated space  for sharing best practices.

AEFJN,
AU, EU, FBOs

Africa
& Europe, Annual Event

Initial
discussions

Enhance
involvement of grassroots FBOs organizations

Human Rights & Collaboration with the African Institute of
International Law

-Enhance
legal frameworks for human rights protection

-Promote
Community Legal Empowerment

1.
Conduct legal training programs
2. Publish joint research on human rights issues

AEFJN,
African Institute of International Law

Africa,
Legal Forums (2026)

Ongoing

Strengthen
partnerships with legal institutions

Strengthen AEFJN Antennae

-Improved
Stakeholder Involvement

-Increased
Antennas’ engagement

-Strengthened
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

-Build
the capacity of Antennae

-Capacity-building
training

Quarterly
Inter-Antennae Meetings

-Support
at least 3 national advocacy actions 

-Monthly
antenna updates feeding continental advocacy

-Engage
Antennas on effective reporting.

-Compile
and publish reports from Uganda, Spain, Cameroon, Ireland, Zambia,

Malawi,
DRC, Kenya, Tanzania Germany, and Italy
-Analyze key advocacy areas per region

AEFJN
Antennae

Africa
& Europe, Bi-annual Reports

Ongoing

Standardize
reporting format

Migration

-Data
on African migration flows

-Africa’s
migration laws that are in line with international human rights standards

-Migrants
having access to legal protection

-African
migrants successfully integrated into host societies

-Improved
response to migration induced factors 

-Conduct
research on migration patterns and their impacts
-Develop and advocate for policies and laws that address migration challenges

-Conduct
webinars

-Develop
Policy Briefs

-Provide
physical and emotional support to migrants

-Establish
and report on accessible protection mechanisms for migrants

-Organise
awareness campaigns on the plight of migrants

AEFJN,
Migration Experts, Policymakers

Africa
& Europe, Throughout 2025

In
progress

Foster
stronger international cooperation on migration policies

Research-Based Advocacy

-Research
publications or reports that are widely cited or referenced in policy
discussions and advocacy campaigns in Africa and Europe

-Policy
changes or new policies that have been influenced by research findings and
recommendations

-Stakeholder
actively involved in research or utilizing the research findings in
decision-making

-Increase
in public awareness or understanding of issues addressed in the research

-Developed
strategy for research and advocacy campaigns

-Conduct
research on key advocacy areas (e.g., trade, food security, migration)
-Publish research-based reports and policy briefs

AEFJN,
EU, AU, Research Institutions, Policymakers,

-Hekima
center for research, Training and Publication,

Africa
& Europe, Throughout 2025

In
progress

Increase
collaboration with research institutions for more impactful advocacy