Institutional cooperation · Historical record
Seventh College-to-College meeting
A concise Recorded briefing on the April 2015 meeting between the two commissions, the policy areas considered and the records produced.
Institutional meetings establish shared priorities and produce records that can be examined over time.
The seventh College-to-College meeting took place on 22 April 2015. It brought the European Commission and African Union Commission together to review political priorities and practical cooperation under the joint strategy in place at the time.
Purpose of the meeting
The meeting was intended to give political and operational direction to cooperation between the participating institutions. Discussions took place in a plenary format and in four parallel sessions before a closing session considered the shared outcome.
A joint declaration was adopted within the respective responsibilities of the two commissions. The record describes constructive discussion across long-term cooperation priorities and urgent regional concerns, including the humanitarian situation in the Mediterranean at that time.
Five areas on the agenda
The road map then guiding cooperation grouped the discussion into five broad areas:
- Peace and security
- Democracy, governance and human rights
- Human development
- Sustainable and inclusive development, growth and continental integration
- Global and emerging issues
How to read the outcome
The declaration is an institutional record of the priorities discussed and positions adopted at that meeting. It should be read alongside its date, the road map operating in 2015 and the separate sector reports that informed the wider exchange.
Supporting records cover space cooperation, infrastructure, agriculture, food security and food safety. Together, they show how a high-level meeting connected broad political aims with work in individual policy areas.
Why this record remains useful
Historical meeting documents help readers trace continuity and change in cross-continental cooperation. They can clarify which issues were grouped together, how responsibilities were framed and which sector discussions fed into the wider institutional process.
They do not, by themselves, indicate the present status of a programme or commitment. Current interpretation requires comparison with more recent strategies, budgets, implementation reports and institutional statements.
Outcome documents
Primary files and supporting records associated with the 2015 meeting. Their original language and historical status are retained.
Joint declaration
The English-language outcome adopted at the close of the seventh meeting.
Open English document →Joint declaration
The French-language version of the same meeting outcome.
Open French document →Sixth Space Troika communiqué
A supporting communiqué concerning cooperation in the space sector.
Open communiqué →Infrastructure reference group
A statement prepared in connection with the College-to-College process.
Open statement →Agriculture and food systems
The 2015 contact-group report addressing agriculture, food security and food safety.
Open report →Declaration document page
A dedicated Recorded entry for the English version of the declaration.
View Recorded entry →Reading recorded policy
Four checks for using this record
Meeting pages are most useful when their scope and historical limits remain visible.
Confirm the date
Separate the 2015 meeting record from later strategies and current institutional arrangements.
Check document status
Distinguish a declaration, communiqué, sector report and editorial summary.
Compare the scope
Identify which institution and policy area each supporting file addresses.
Trace later action
Use newer implementation records before drawing conclusions about present policy.