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Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
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Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa has escaped being bruised by the global economic downturn, explains Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a United Nations agency. His organisation, which has 154 country members and over 400 affiliates, promotes the development of sustainable and universally accessible tourism, particularly in developing...
Bar the occasional shock, in terms of arrivals numbers, there has been virtually uninterrupted growth in the tourism sector since the 1950s, according to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a specialised United Nations agency. The sector creates employment - especially in small island nations - and triggers development in other areas of the economy; construction, agriculture and...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
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Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
When a woman is illiterate, she has little chance of improving her situation and people can easily deny her rights. At the International Literacy Day on 8th September 2010, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) celebrated literacy as a means of empowering women by giving awards to governments and non-state actors that had achieved effective results in the...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Africa has been central to the South-South strategy advocated by President Lula – full name Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva – during his eight years as Brazil’s leader. For reasons of solidarity, but also, and above all, due to geopolitical and economic interests.
“Brazil will never be able to repay its historical debt to the continent”, Lula has stated repeatedly...
Josè da Silva is the manager of Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, and his company, LUSAFRICA Productions, represents a true success story in the African cultural industry. The Courier met him at the ‘Girona Conference on Culture and Development’, which was held on 4 and 5 May and organised by the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation and the EC’s DG Development...
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa has escaped being bruised by the global economic downturn, explains Taleb Rifai, Secretary General of the Madrid-based World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a United Nations agency. His organisation, which has 154 country members and over 400 affiliates, promotes the development of sustainable and universally accessible tourism, particularly in developing...
Bar the occasional shock, in terms of arrivals numbers, there has been virtually uninterrupted growth in the tourism sector since the 1950s, according to the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a specialised United Nations agency. The sector creates employment - especially in small island nations - and triggers development in other areas of the economy; construction, agriculture and...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
When a woman is illiterate, she has little chance of improving her situation and people can easily deny her rights. At the International Literacy Day on 8th September 2010, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) celebrated literacy as a means of empowering women by giving awards to governments and non-state actors that had achieved effective results in the...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Africa has been central to the South-South strategy advocated by President Lula – full name Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva – during his eight years as Brazil’s leader. For reasons of solidarity, but also, and above all, due to geopolitical and economic interests.
“Brazil will never be able to repay its historical debt to the continent”, Lula has stated repeatedly...
Josè da Silva is the manager of Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, and his company, LUSAFRICA Productions, represents a true success story in the African cultural industry. The Courier met him at the ‘Girona Conference on Culture and Development’, which was held on 4 and 5 May and organised by the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation and the EC’s DG Development...
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