By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – Ahead of the G20 Summit in Japan’s Osaka on June 28-29, the Brussels-based organisation of 79 developing countries, the ACP Group of States, called upon Heads of Government to take strong measures to end Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing – an issue at the core of marine ecosytems […]
BIOPAMA Launches the 1st Call for Proposals for Medium Grants
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) has launched on June 24 the first call for proposals for medium grants (up to € 400,000) in the frame of its “Action component”. The Programme assists the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to address their priorities for improved management and […]
79-Nation ACP Moving into a New Era of Global Partnerships
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) – To bring “Asia and the Americas into closer bonds of friendship” with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and “strengthen South-South solidarity”, Secretary-General Dr. P. I. Gomes is keen to “build bridges with India on technical cooperation” and initiate a “new partnership” with Peru. He was […]
ACP-EU Projects Assist Africa to Unlock Innovation Potential
By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (ACP-IDN) – The world’s first green power generator which can produce electricity using radio frequencies, an electric powered car which does not consume fuel, a multi-fueled helicopter: by any stretch of imagination, innovations like these will not be attributed to an African. But Maxwell Chikumbutso has meanwhile been recognized as an […]
79-Nation Group’s Head Explains Vital Tasks Ahead Until ACP-EU Accord Expires
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – As talks progress on future relations between 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union in the aftermath of historic Cotonou Agreement due to expire in February 2020, Secretary-General Dr. Patrick Ignatius Gomes has spelt out vital tasks ahead. The significance of milestones marking […]
ACP Provides Information on Development of Private Sector
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, has launched a series of regional meetings aimed at boosting ACP private sector information, developing knowledge sharing and networking. As an integral activity of the Joint ACP-EU Private Sector Development Framework, these events are being organised with […]
Lending a Research Hand to CARICOM, Strengthening the ACP
By Desmond Brown This report is part of a series focusing on the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States working to “modernize” their relations, and in the process giving the ACP Group “a greater presence” at the United Nations. – The Editor. KINGSTON, Jamaica (IDN) – In the face […]
ACP-UNCTAD Workshop Targets at Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality
By Ronald Joshua GENEVA (IDN) – Well ahead of the High-Level Political Forum in July 2019 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the focus on “empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality“, the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Secretariat and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held […]
International Aid Flows to Southern Africa after Two Devastating Cyclones
By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE (IDN) – All that she has now is her 12-year old daughter. Her home, and almost all her belongings were destroyed by Cyclone Idai in March. Over a month ago since the tragedy struck, 35-year old Teresa Chizimu who hails from Chikwawa district in Malawi, has sunken deeper and deeper into […]
79-Nation ACP Group Must Guard Against Lack of Unity
By Desmond Brown This report is part of a series focusing on the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States working to “modernize” their relations. These involve “a greater presence” of the ACP Group at the United Nations. As a minimum, an ACP-EU coordination unit should have a seat at […]