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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Development Energy Environment HIV/AIDS Human Rights Intellectual Property Labour Least Developed Countries Peace and Security Social Development Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Trade and Development Water Social Development: Employment Poverty Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa Peace in Africa
Geographic scope:	Regional Europe Africa
Country of activity:	United Republic of Tanzania Belgium South Africa Switzerland Benin Netherlands Eswatini Côte D'Ivoire Malta Italy Niger Ethiopia France Comoros Zambia Cameroon Chad Namibia Uganda Central African Republic Portugal South Sudan Germany Poland Sudan Burkina Faso Malawi Spain Liberia Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Cape Verde Guinea Bissau Ghana Togo Congo Guinea Gambia Mali Eritrea Somalia Zimbabwe Madagascar Botswana Mozambique Angola Mauritius Senegal Rwanda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Seychelles Ireland Democratic Republic of the Congo Mauritania Sierra Leone Gabon Holy See Djibouti Burundi Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Motivated by our Christian faith and enriched by the Social Teaching of the Church, we aim to be alert wherever political decisions concerning economic relations between Africa and Europe are being made. As citizens of our own countries and of the European Union, we lobby decision-makers at a national level through our 'Antenna' groups and, at European level, through the International Secretariat in Brussels. Networking through our communities and churches we join with other Church and civil society groups at national and international level we strive to advance the common cause for a respectful, compassionate and just world.
Year established:	1988
Year of registration:	1990
Organizational structure:	Each member send a representative at the annual Members General Assembly (MGA). The Assembly elects the Executive (9 members included the executive secretary). The executive chooses the President and two co-presidents that form the Presidency. The Executive is responsible for the direction of the Network, the staff of the secretariat and the nomination of the Executive SEcretariat. The Executive sits in Rome and the International Secretariat is in Brussels (Belgium).
Number and type of members:	about 50 member congregations.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	AEFJN works in Platformes with other NGOs on the different issues of the Plan of Action. We are affiliated with "Echumenical Pharmaceutical Network", with "Plateforme Santé-Solidarité", with "11.11.11", with BecauseHealth...
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	The members are Catholic religious congregations working in Africa and in Europe; 9 of them were the founding members. The funding structure is very similar to the one existing today, with the difference of increased membership.

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