Central African Republic
School children from Zimbabwe, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago are among the winners of the European Commission's (EC) International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality, announced on 29 June.
Each winner will be given €1,000 to spend on computers, books or pay for school, library fees or other educational materials. The winning drawings were...
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
‘Green’ Ghanaian timber for Europe
At the end of 2010, the first shipments of timber from Ghana – certified ‘legal and sustainable’ – will be arriving at European ports. This is a major first, the result of several years of negotiations with the European Union (EU) and an example that is likely to be followed by others. More Voluntary Partnership Agreements...
Safeguarding the economy of Niger’s legendary pasture farming is the ambition of the European Union’s PASEP (Support to the pastoral economy) Programme.
“They are Peuls!” exclaims the driver of our expedition, as he points to a group of men accompanying a drove of cows and goats that cross the road towards the North. “But also Touaregs and Wodaabe...
ACP states in line for ‘Food Facilty’ named
Thirty-four nations are to benefit from a variety of EC-funded projects and programmes to improve food security over the next three years.
On 30 March 2009, the European Commission approved an initial financing decision under a €1bn ‘Food Facility’ which was adopted at the end of last year by all European Union (EU)...
Information: playing a role in fostering peace and civil society
Guns or ballot boxes? Sierra Leone is emerging from a terrible war: 200,000 killed, two million displaced people, thousands of people who had their arms hacked off as an intimidation gesture: is it possible to express one’s opinion with a mere free and democratic ballot after emerging from such appalling violence? A few...
© EC
1957. Treaty of Rome. Convention of Application - EDF 1
EEC (6 countries)
France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany
Partners (31 OCTs)
French West Africa comprising : French west Africa, Guinea (1), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Upper Volta
French Equatorial Africa, comprising : Cameroon (Trust Territory),...
Gertrude Mongella was appointed President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) at its inauguration in Midrand, South Africa in 2004. She spoke to us about her vision for the fledgling organisation, an organ of the African Union. Twenty-five of its members will meet with an equal number of their European Parliament counterparts prior to the December Africa-EU Summit in Lisbon to the people...
It was on Madeira, that bridge between the coasts of Africa and Europe, that EU development ministers gathered 21–22 September for an informal meeting on key issues regarding the partnership between the EU and ACP countries.
The theme of the meeting in Funchal, Madeira’s capital, came from the desire of Portugal’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,...
School children from Zimbabwe, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago are among the winners of the European Commission's (EC) International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality, announced on 29 June.
Each winner will be given €1,000 to spend on computers, books or pay for school, library fees or other educational materials. The winning drawings were...
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
‘Green’ Ghanaian timber for Europe
At the end of 2010, the first shipments of timber from Ghana – certified ‘legal and sustainable’ – will be arriving at European ports. This is a major first, the result of several years of negotiations with the European Union (EU) and an example that is likely to be followed by others. More Voluntary Partnership Agreements...
Safeguarding the economy of Niger’s legendary pasture farming is the ambition of the European Union’s PASEP (Support to the pastoral economy) Programme.
“They are Peuls!” exclaims the driver of our expedition, as he points to a group of men accompanying a drove of cows and goats that cross the road towards the North. “But also Touaregs and Wodaabe...
ACP states in line for ‘Food Facilty’ named
Thirty-four nations are to benefit from a variety of EC-funded projects and programmes to improve food security over the next three years.
On 30 March 2009, the European Commission approved an initial financing decision under a €1bn ‘Food Facility’ which was adopted at the end of last year by all European Union (EU)...
Information: playing a role in fostering peace and civil society
Guns or ballot boxes? Sierra Leone is emerging from a terrible war: 200,000 killed, two million displaced people, thousands of people who had their arms hacked off as an intimidation gesture: is it possible to express one’s opinion with a mere free and democratic ballot after emerging from such appalling violence? A few...
© EC
1957. Treaty of Rome. Convention of Application - EDF 1
EEC (6 countries)
France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany
Partners (31 OCTs)
French West Africa comprising : French west Africa, Guinea (1), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Upper Volta
French Equatorial Africa, comprising : Cameroon (Trust Territory),...
Gertrude Mongella was appointed President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) at its inauguration in Midrand, South Africa in 2004. She spoke to us about her vision for the fledgling organisation, an organ of the African Union. Twenty-five of its members will meet with an equal number of their European Parliament counterparts prior to the December Africa-EU Summit in Lisbon to the people...
It was on Madeira, that bridge between the coasts of Africa and Europe, that EU development ministers gathered 21–22 September for an informal meeting on key issues regarding the partnership between the EU and ACP countries.
The theme of the meeting in Funchal, Madeira’s capital, came from the desire of Portugal’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,...
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