Ubari Oasis in Libya

As of today, Libya and the European Union are not linked by contractual relations. After the lifting of sanctions in 2004, an informal dialogue started with a view to strengthening EU-Libya relations. In 2008, negotiations of an EU-Libya Framework Agreement started and ten rounds of negotiations took place until February 2011, when they were suspended by the new events. In 2010, in the context of the EU policy of engagement, the European Commission and Libya agreed on a programme of financial and technical cooperation under the European Neighbourhood Policy instrument. For that purpose, the European Commission had prepared a Country Strategy and National Indicative Programme.

EU-Libya co-operation was concentrated on two areas: migrations and HIV-AIDS. With regard to HIV-AIDS, the EU implements since 2005 the Action Plan for Benghazi in order to tackle the consequences of a major HIV infection in that city. Technical and financial cooperation was suspended in February 2011.

Following on the United Nations Security Council resolution 1970 (2011), the EU imposed new restrictive measures against Libya on 28th February 2011.

Country Strategy Paper and National Indicative Programme 2011-2013 [534 KB]

Mid Term Review of the ENPI Programming Documents - Libya [44 KB]