本文採用國際關係新自由制度主義分析《科多努協定》的簽訂 與執行成效，並以歷史研究法與文獻分析法彙整史實及文件內容。《科多努協定》迄今成效有限，國家主權與利益的讓渡及交換方式乃為發展合作政策成功與否的關鍵。本（2010）年歐盟與非加太國家將完成《科多努第三協定》的協商，協商結果亦將影響未來《科多努協定》的執行成效。 The Lomé Convention which signed in the year 1975 by the European Community and ACP countries was replaced by the Cotonou Agreement in the year 2000. The Cotonou Agreement is a global agreement, introducing important changes and ambitious objectives while preserving the acquis of 25 years of ACP-EC cooperation. It is designed to establish a comprehensive partnership, based on three complementary pillars: development cooperation, economic and trade cooperation, and the political dimension. The Cotonou Agreement provides for a revision clause which foresees that the agreement is adapted every five years.
The Cotonou Agreement was first adapted in the year 2005 and bringed into five new challenges: enhance political dialogue between EU and ACP countries, realize the United Nations Millennium Developing Goals, eradicate poverty and increase economic and trade network. The objective of the thesis is to discuss the background, internal and external factors of signing and adapting the Cotonou Agreement, and to analyze if it has already reached the objectives.
The thesis is based on the perspectives of Neoliberal Institutionalism Theory and the whole thesis uses the methods of historical research and documentation analysis research. Overall, The Cotonou Agreement only has limited implementation achievement and the result of the second revision of the Cotonou Agreement in 2010 will affect further implementation of the agreement in the future.
